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Locals back both propositions, which dealt with property tax matters.

Locals back both propositions, which dealt with property tax matters.

Lavaca County voters back state propositions

News Staff
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Lavaca County voters backed the state’s two propositional changes to the Texas constitution overwhelmingly Saturday, May 7, unofficial election night returns showed.
Unofficial winners from Saturday's Yoakum city council race edged out incumbents.

Unofficial winners from Saturday's Yoakum city council race edged out incumbents.

Yoakum’s city council incumbents edged out by challengers

News Staff
Saturday, May 7, 2022
As few as two votes in one race and five in another is all that separated the winners from the losers Saturday in Yoakum’s first contested city council race in a couple decades, unofficial election night returns showed.
One of the contestants gives his all at the 2019 Songwriter Serenade, held inside the Moravia Catholic Church Parish Hall that year. The event will be just a few miles up FM 957 this year, at the much more spacious, covered outdoor pavilion found at St. John Community. Performances start at 11. a.m.

One of the contestants gives his all at the 2019 Songwriter Serenade, held inside the Moravia Catholic Church Parish Hall that year. The event will be just a few miles up FM 957 this year, at the much more spacious, covered outdoor pavilion found at St. John Community. Performances start at 11. a.m.

Wouldn't you just love a sweet serenade or two?

News Staff
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Looking for something to do this weekend after you cast your ballots? Why not take the short drive out to beautiful St. John and enjoy a full day of live music from 15 of the nation’s most talented up-and-coming singer-songwriters?
Polls in Lavaca County close at 7 p.m. Saturday, May. 7. Be sure to check back here later tonight for results.

Polls in Lavaca County close at 7 p.m. Saturday, May. 7. Be sure to check back here later tonight for results.

Lavaca County has much riding on today’s elections

News Staff
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Moulton decides a school board seat. Shiner picks who will serve on its council. Yoakum chooses council members, too, for the first time in nearly two decades. And Hallettsville weighs in on both council and school board members, as well as a proposed $13.8 million school bond package.
The opening ceremony of the 2022 DeWitt Lavaca Special Olympics included releasing balloons into the sky before commencing the contests.

The opening ceremony of the 2022 DeWitt Lavaca Special Olympics included releasing balloons into the sky before commencing the contests.

YHS hosts Special Olympics

News Staff
Friday, May 6, 2022
Students from more than a dozen districts gathered at the Yoakum Bulldog Stadium for the first DeWitt-Lavaca Special Olympics in three years on Friday, May 6.   Friday’s event started with an opening ceremony that welcomed students from DeWitt, Lavaca, Victoria and Gonzales Counties students.
The Yoakum Heritage Museum is set to open the YCH exhibit on Friday, May 12.

The Yoakum Heritage Museum is set to open the YCH exhibit on Friday, May 12.

Yoakum Heritage Museum opens hospital exhibit May 12

News Staff
Thursday, May 5, 2022
The Yoakum Heritage Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Yoakum Community Hospital (YCH) May 12 with a four-room exhibit showcasing tools, equipment, and other items from a century of health care.
The green on hole seven at the Yoakum Municipal Golf Course is sparse with grass.

The green on hole seven at the Yoakum Municipal Golf Course is sparse with grass.

Yoakum City Council talks subpar golf course conditions

News Staff
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Several Yoakum Golf Association (YGA) members discussed the worsening conditions of the turfgrass on greens at Yoakum Municipal Golf Course and options for replacement at last Wednesday’s special city council meeting.
Burn ban removed for Lavaca County

Burn ban removed for Lavaca County

Burn ban removed for Lavaca County

News Staff
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
By JIMMY APPELT tribunenewsroom@sbcglobal.net The burn ban for Lavaca County, that was ordered by the Commissioners’ Court on March 1, was removed last week.

Ezzell ISD to offer high school classes

News Staff
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
By BOBBY HORECKA bobbyhorecka@gmail.com Members of the Ezzell ISD school board boldly went where none of Lavaca County’s other small country school districts have yet dared in a modern era, when trustees approved a plan to start high school course offerings next school year.
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