Lavaca County Sheriff

With wife Kim at his holding a Bible he was given by a fellow law enforcement officer 19 Christmases ago, Steven Greenwell accepts his oath of office in a ceremony led by Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd. Photo by Bobby Horecka

With wife Kim at his holding a Bible he was given by a fellow law enforcement officer 19 Christmases ago, Steven Greenwell accepts his oath of office in a ceremony led by Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd. Photo by Bobby Horecka

New sheriff starts year with oath of office

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
When Steven Greenwell grabbed the Good Book and told the Lavaca County residents and honored guests who gathered that New Year’s Day inside the local courthouse that he wanted to open by reading a few words, several in attendance instinctively bowed their heads.

Property stolen east of Hallettsville

Jimmy Appelt
Thursday, November 21, 2024
The Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for its assistance regarding information concerning a robbery that took place approximately seven and a half miles east of Hallettsville last week.According to a LCSO Facebook post, sometime between Wednesday night, Nov.

Where to vote

Jimmy Appelt
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Republican Party voters will go to the polls Tuesday, May 28 to decide the party’s nominees for the Lavaca County Sheriff and the Texas State Representative for District 30.All 11 Lavaca County voting precincts will be open 60th-year reunion on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Lavaca County Jail Bookings

News Staff
Sunday, October 8, 2023
The following people listed in custody via the online inmate register at the Lavaca County Jail in Hallettsville as of Sunday, Oct. 8, following arrests made by local law enforcement for a variety of charges: • Alexandra Aisha Edwards, 43, by Hallettsville PD on Saturday, Oct.
Sixteen-year-old Landon Koehne, a Hallettsville High School junior, died tragically in a rollover accident on his return home from a hog hunting trip Friday.

Sixteen-year-old Landon Koehne, a Hallettsville High School junior, died tragically in a rollover accident on his return home from a hog hunting trip Friday.

Community mourns loss of high school junior

Bobby Horecka
Sunday, May 7, 2023
A hog hunting trip and an overturned early 1970’s model Jeep ended with the loss of a Hallettsville High School junior Friday evening. The incident occurred on private property located along the 2500-block of Lavaca County Road 211 at about 6:46 p.m.
Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office hosted 58 jailers from Lavaca, Calhoun, Jackson, Gonzales and Fayette counties last week.

Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office hosted 58 jailers from Lavaca, Calhoun, Jackson, Gonzales and Fayette counties last week.

Sheriff hosts jailer training for five counties

Bobby Horecka
Friday, October 7, 2022
Melvin Bowser with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards presented inmate suicide prevention course for jailers, part of the training hosted by Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office for 58 jailers from Lavaca, Calhoun, Jackson, Gonzales and Fayette counties last week.
Members of the Texas Sheriffs’ Regional Alliance met Wednesday, May 18, at Prasek’s in Hillje to approve a new set of bylaws and select new board members and officers.

Members of the Texas Sheriffs’ Regional Alliance met Wednesday, May 18, at Prasek’s in Hillje to approve a new set of bylaws and select new board members and officers.

Harmon named president of the regional sheriff’s alliance

News Staff
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Members of the Texas Sheriffs’ Regional Alliance met Wednesday, May 18, at Prasek’s in Hillje to approve a new set of bylaws and select new board members and officers, choosing Lavaca County’s very own Micah Harmon as new president of the organization.
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