Commissioner's Court meet on May 8
DeWitt County sees 20% increase in preliminary taxable values
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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Three of the four YISD bond propositions passed by voters
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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History and preparation for tornadoes and spring storms in Texas
Murray Montgomery
By Murray Montgomery
Tornadoes are a natural disaster that has caused significant damage and loss of life throughout history. Texas is no stranger to these destructive forces of nature, with a long history of tornadoes affecting the state.
Monday, May 8, 2023
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
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.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Yoakum ISD voters approve 3 of 4 school bond propositions.
Three of the 4 YISD bond propositions passed by voters
Bobby Horecka
Voters in the Yoakum school district approved some $31.7 million in proposed school bond projects Saturday, unofficial election night returns showed, but narrowly defeated a fourth and final measure that would have brought about several improvements to the school’s football stadium.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Fewer's than 4% of Yoakum residents turned out to decide on their city's leaders.
Hall tops Klander in Yoakum's lone contested city race
Bobby Horecka
Fewer than 300 people out of Yoakum’s estimated 7,694 residents cast a ballot in Saturday’s race to decide who the city’s top officials would be, Saturday night’s unofficial election night numbers showed.
The population estimate offered is based on how many people the U.S.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
School bond approval makes way for more classrooms at Shiner ISD.
School bond approved in Shiner, Werner-Mendel wins lone school board race
Bobby Horecka
Shiner voters approved a roughly $4.3 million school bond on Saturday, which the school’s board of directors has said will go toward new classroom space and other needed expansions at the steadily growing local school district.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Shiner votes approve 8.25 sales tax, same council makeup Saturday.
Shiner voters approve higher sales tax, current council makeup
Bobby Horecka
Shiner voters approved a 1-cent sales tax increase Saturday, while also voting to retain their current councilmembers, unofficial election night returns showed.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Mark Zimmerman to stay on as mayor, voters decide Saturday.
Moulton voters keep Zimmerman for mayor
Bobby Horecka
Mark Zimmerman will remain as mayor for the city of Moulton, voters decided Saturday.
That’s after facing off for the post with former councilman Donald Wagner for the city’s top elected post as the only contested race on the ballots.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Alice Jo Summers will stay as mayor, voters decided Saturday.
Hallettsville voters keep Summers as mayor
Bobby Horecka
Alice Jo Summers will retain her role as mayor of Hallettsville, voters decided Saturday.
Summers faced a three-way race for the city’s top elected position, with challenges coming from councilwoman and mayor pro-tem Cindy Renken and Hallettsville resident Gordon C. Clark.
Saturday, May 6, 2023