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Guadalupe River State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife Photo

Guadalupe River State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife Photo

Texas State Parks Recognized Among the Nation’s Best

News Staff
Sunday, July 16, 2023
News Staff The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) along with the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration have selected Texas State Parks as a finalist for the 2023 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management.
Brothers Rashaun and Rhaden Sidney headed off to Gillette, Wyoming, this weekend to compete in the National High School Rodeo Finals. Follow the live broadcast Monday morning, July 17, and Friday evening, July 21, on The Cowboy Channel as they try to put Hallettsville back on the Rodeo map!

Brothers Rashaun and Rhaden Sidney headed off to Gillette, Wyoming, this weekend to compete in the National High School Rodeo Finals. Follow the live broadcast Monday morning, July 17, and Friday evening, July 21, on The Cowboy Channel as they try to put Hallettsville back on the Rodeo map!

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Sidney Brothers to compete at National High School Finals Rodeo in Wyoming

News Staff
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Rashaun Sidney, a senior at Hallettsville High School will be competing with his little brother, Rhaden Sidney, a sophomore at HHS, at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Wyoming, July 16-22.The Sidney brothers have been on horseback since they could sit up straight and have had a rope in...
Lucie was quite the character to those of you who had the honor of knowing her.

Lucie was quite the character to those of you who had the honor of knowing her.

Lucie: A dog’s life, remembered

Bobby Horecka
Sunday, July 16, 2023
In September 2004 a young, sickly and very pregnant dog invited herself to a patio party, forever changing the course of the lives of all those who were gathered there that day. Of course, none of them could have guessed that her arrival that day might one day save hundreds of other canine lives.
If you have any information on the person(s) responsible for this theft or the location of the boat and trailer, please contact investigators at 361-574-8023. 

If you have any information on the person(s) responsible for this theft or the location of the boat and trailer, please contact investigators at 361-574-8023. 

Boat stolen from Fordtran area

Bobby Horecka
Sunday, July 16, 2023
The Criminal Investigations Division with the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s in solving the theft of a 2015 Shoalwater boat and trailer from the Fordtran area between Hallettsville and Victoria.
Hallettsville’s Statue of Liberty was one of just two Lady Liberty miniatures found in the Lone Star State as of 2018, though a couple more have gone up in East Texas since. Still, she has almost as many visitors here in Hallettsville as those who swing by to see our historic courthouse over the course of a year, believe it or not.

Hallettsville’s Statue of Liberty was one of just two Lady Liberty miniatures found in the Lone Star State as of 2018, though a couple more have gone up in East Texas since. Still, she has almost as many visitors here in Hallettsville as those who swing by to see our historic courthouse over the course of a year, believe it or not.

What’s pointy and green and looks like it belongs in a New York harbor someplace?

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
If you happen to take U.S. Highway 90-A through Lavaca County, you’ll likely drive right past this less-than-usual sight on Hallettsville’s western edge as you’re headed out of town. See her over there, just to your left, right next to the USDA and Farm Service Agency offices?
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