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Former NBA player and Harlem Globetrotter Melvin Adams performs while speaking at an event. Contributed Photo.

Former NBA player and Harlem Globetrotter Melvin Adams performs while speaking at an event. Contributed Photo.

Globetrotter to speak at Back to School Party in Yoakum

Hans Lammeman
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Former NBA player and Harlem Globetrotter Melvin Adams is teaming up with Fresh Start Fellowship for a Back to School Party with free backpacks, complimentary food and a speech from the basketball star on Aug 6.   Doors open at 322 Pat Cleburne Street at 4:30 p.m. The event begins at 5 p.m.
Shiner Gin & Mill Co. advertisement in the July 27, 1907 issue of The Yoakum Weekly Times.

Shiner Gin & Mill Co. advertisement in the July 27, 1907 issue of The Yoakum Weekly Times.

Yesteryear in Yoakum: July 27, 1907

Hans Lammeman
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Note: The following passages are printed exactly as they were published in the respective historical local paper.
Pictured are On Pointe students who placed first in the Elite large group ballet for Dance of Knights.

Pictured are On Pointe students who placed first in the Elite large group ballet for Dance of Knights.

Local ballet students win national acclaim

News Staff
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Multiple local ballet and dance students competed this past June at the Dance Showcase USA National Finals in Fort Worth held June 20 – 26. The students received an incredible reception and multiple high awards.

Roberts places at 4-H State Dog Show

News Staff
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Keira Roberts, a member of Half Moon 4-H Club, recently placed first in the costume contest at the State 4-H Dog Show, held at Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, on July 8 and 9.  She also placed second in confirmation with her dog, “Bailey”, a fawn Doberman Pinscher.
Photo by Murray Montgomery

Photo by Murray Montgomery

Rest in peace, Son of the South

Murray Montgomery
Monday, July 25, 2022
Not long ago I was out on one of my photo expeditions which I often do – either for my own enjoyment or doing favors for other folks who are seeking images of this area.
C.L. (Left) and E.L. Moore stand outside their shop with a sign displaying 120 years of service. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

C.L. (Left) and E.L. Moore stand outside their shop with a sign displaying 120 years of service. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

Moore’s Electric and Plumbing Supply celebrates 120 years…

Hans Lammeman
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Two  brothers carry the torch as the fourth generation of plumbers to serve the Yoakum community from behind the desk at Moore Electric and Plumbing Supply as it celebrates 120 years of operation.
Bruce and Angela McConnell inspect clusters of grapes at Loose Grapes Vineyard in Yoakum Friday, July 22.

Bruce and Angela McConnell inspect clusters of grapes at Loose Grapes Vineyard in Yoakum Friday, July 22.

Yoakum vineyard opens gates for community harvest

Hans Lammeman
Friday, July 22, 2022
Yoakum’s only vineyard will open its gates for visitors to pick locally grown grapes for only $1 per gallon from July 29 through Aug. 7.
Parishioners lift their voices in song for the day’s centennial celebration in Shiner. Aside from the vast arches of that ceiling and remarkable colors throughout, I particularly like having captured that painting, way back there above the choir loft. With so much else to fill your eye in this place I’m betting that has to be one of the most underappreciated works in the whole building.

Parishioners lift their voices in song for the day’s centennial celebration in Shiner. Aside from the vast arches of that ceiling and remarkable colors throughout, I particularly like having captured that painting, way back there above the choir loft. With so much else to fill your eye in this place I’m betting that has to be one of the most underappreciated works in the whole building.

A Throw Back Thursday from One Year Ago…

News Staff
Friday, July 22, 2022
Most anyone on Facebook these days can enjoy the treat of those occasional reminders back to days past whenever an anniversary rolls by for some post we might’ve made, or collection we might have tucked away someplace from a few moons back. It simply pops up and says, “Hey, remember me?
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