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Ryan Kapavik on Saturday becomes the first Catholic priest ever from Shiner St. Paul.

Ryan Kapavik on Saturday becomes the first Catholic priest ever from Shiner St. Paul.

Kapavik’s first mass takes place in Shiner Saturday

Bobby Horecka
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Ryan Kapavik will do something that no Shiner St. Paul graduate has ever done before when he becomes the school’s first to accept the Catholic Rites of Ordination—the final step becoming a priest—in a special mass taking place at the Our Lady of Victory Cathedral in Victoria at 10 a.m.
Telephone switch-board operator from back in the day. - Courtesy of Pixabay

Telephone switch-board operator from back in the day. - Courtesy of Pixabay

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When telephones came to Texas

Murray Montgomery
Thursday, May 4, 2023
By Murray Montgomery There are times when you take on a project, that you don’t know what you’re getting into - this column is one of those times. Simply put, after hours of research, it was hard to find much information on when Lavaca County actually received the telephone.
Front row, left to right, Andrew Machacek, Gage Janak, Matthew DeSarro and Anna Boedeker; middle row, left to right, Paul Filip, Jake Good, Celestine Filip, Wesley Miller, Lexie Ulcak, Emma Marshall, Reese Patek and Eli Barton; back row, left to right, Ashlin DeSarro, Clara Kinney, Carter Chilek, Gabe Darilek, Addison Matias, Michael DeSarro and Tatum Walker.

Front row, left to right, Andrew Machacek, Gage Janak, Matthew DeSarro and Anna Boedeker; middle row, left to right, Paul Filip, Jake Good, Celestine Filip, Wesley Miller, Lexie Ulcak, Emma Marshall, Reese Patek and Eli Barton; back row, left to right, Ashlin DeSarro, Clara Kinney, Carter Chilek, Gabe Darilek, Addison Matias, Michael DeSarro and Tatum Walker.

Shiner Catholic School students advance to PSIA State Academic meet

News Staff
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Nineteen students from Shiner Catholic School are headed to TCU in Fort Worth on May 6 to compete in the 2023 PSIA State Academic Meet.
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Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Pioneers used cast-iron cookware

Murray Montgomery
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
BY MURRAY MONTGOMERY After my mother passed away, we inherited many of her cooking utensils. Recently, I came across her cast-iron skillet and the memories of Momma’s home cooking started to come back. I recalled the many delicious meals that she prepared in that old skillet.
Photo by Jimmy Appelt

Photo by Jimmy Appelt

Rising Star Award

Jimmy Appelt
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Two members of the Lavaca County EMS department, Lavaca County EMS assistant chief Tim Decker and Yoakum Fire Department assistant chief/EMS director, Nicholas Kresta, were recognized at Monday’s Commissioners’ Court meeting for being awarded Rising Star Awards at the recent Mid-Coast Hurricane and...
Courtesy of Air Mobility Command Museum

Courtesy of Air Mobility Command Museum

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Moulton’s World War II Observation Tower

Murray Montgomery
Friday, April 21, 2023
After Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. Army Air Corps decided it was time for the United States to have some type of early-warning system to defend against enemy air strikes.
Art by Michelle Price.

Art by Michelle Price.

Lavaca County News Review Podcast

Murray Montgomery
Friday, April 14, 2023
A new podcast episode will be published every Thursday - the link to each new episode will be published every Thursday on all our papers Facebook pages. We hope you will enjoy this podcast and share it. We look forward to having you join us.
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Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Early voting to begin Monday, April 24

Jimmy Appelt
Thursday, April 13, 2023
By Jimmy Appelt jimmy.appelt@lavacacountytoday.com Early voting in this year’s entity elections will begin April 24 and run through Tuesday, May 2 with election day taking place on Saturday, May 6.
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