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YISD cancels general election

The Yoakum Independent School District officially ordered to cancel their 2024 general election at the March 4 meeting.

Yoakum ISD to celebrate Texas Public Schools Week through March 8

Yoakum Independent School District (YISD) will honor Texas Public Schools Week March 4-8.“Public schools across the state are committed to laying the groundwork for a quality education,” said Tom Kelley, YISD Superintendent.

AT&T apologizes for service outage

On Feb. 22, AT&T, Cricket Wireless, and a few other cellular retailers brought some people’s communications to a screeching halt for a few hours at the end of last month.

Is Bob Right?

Bee Cave Bob says Texas gets an early spring. Is he correct? Bee Cave Bob, the weather fortune teller of Texas, made the prediction of an early spring for Texas just like his counterpart Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction; both did not see their shadow on February 2, 2024.

Council hears GLO-RCP grant project report

The Hallettsville City Council met in its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, Feb. 20 and heard from Langford Community Management Services regarding the General Land Office-Resilient Communities Program (GLO-RCP) grant projectJerri Conrado, who represented Langford, displayed a power point...

Lavaca County Crime Stoppers seek hay bale burning information

Lavaca Crime Stoppers is seeking information regarding three different criminal activities that involved the burning of hay bales over the last few weeks.According to a Lavaca Crime Stoppers Facebook post the incidences include:• The first incident took place on Feb. 21 at about 3:15 p.m. when the...

Time change begins Sunday

It’s the time of the year when Americans gain an hour to extend afternoon daylight as clocks are moved forward one hour.The practice of moving the clocks forward started in 1918when Congress enacted a provision meant to follow the European model designed to save energy during World War I.However at...

Largest wildfires in Texas history continue

By Murray MontgomeryStaff WriterAccording to a report by Texas A&M Forrest Service, the largest wildfire in Texas history continues to threaten the Texas Panhandle and portions of Oklahoma.The conflagration dubbed the “Smokehouse Creek Fire” has burned a total of 1,075,000 across Texas and Oklahoma.

‘Mystery Adventure’

The Vysehrad Independent School District gave some of their students a special surprise on Thursday, Feb. 29.Students were able to see a live PHI Air Evac helicopter and a Lavaca County EMS ambulance.“We had PHI out of Columbus with two female medical individuals,” Vysehrad Superintendent Robin...

Deer Park Team captures 42 Domino Tournament title

The annual State Championship 42 Domino tournament took place this past Saturday with a 149 teams competing for the title.When all the shuffling and bidding was done, the Deer Park team of Tom Fry and John Harrison defeated James Young and Art Curby, both of Wimberley to capture the...