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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.
Yoakum ISD voters approve 3 of 4 school bond propositions.

Yoakum ISD voters approve 3 of 4 school bond propositions.

Three of the 4 YISD bond propositions passed by voters

Bobby Horecka
Sunday, May 7, 2023
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.
Fewer's than 4% of Yoakum residents turned out to decide on their city's leaders.

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
Sunday, May 7, 2023
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.
Mark Zimmerman to stay on as mayor, voters decide Saturday.

Mark Zimmerman to stay on as mayor, voters decide Saturday.

Moulton voters keep Zimmerman for mayor

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, May 6, 2023
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.
Alice Jo Summers will stay as mayor, voters decided Saturday.

Alice Jo Summers will stay as mayor, voters decided Saturday.

Hallettsville voters keep Summers as mayor

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, May 6, 2023
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.
A fantastic image of a night sky meteor shower captured by the UK News.

A fantastic image of a night sky meteor shower captured by the UK News.

Meteor shower anticipated from world famous Halley’s comet

Bobby Horecka
Friday, May 5, 2023
Today marks the peak of the Eta-Aqaurids meteor shower, an annual meteor shower caused by the world’s most famous comet, 1P Halley. That’s according to national news stories published earlier this week by Forbes senior contributor Jamie Carter, a science and astronomy specialist.
ContriTom Fiorenzi, director of brewery and distillery operations, visits with KSAT-TV’s David Elder, host of Texas Eats, on the inspiration behind their last distilling ventures and discusses some of the unique hardware they acquired to accomplish their goals.

ContriTom Fiorenzi, director of brewery and distillery operations, visits with KSAT-TV’s David Elder, host of Texas Eats, on the inspiration behind their last distilling ventures and discusses some of the unique hardware they acquired to accomplish their goals.

Brewery featured on KSAT news program

Bobby Horecka
Monday, May 1, 2023
Viewers of San Antonio’s KSAT-12 television station learned last weekend that the Spoetzl Brewery, Home of Shiner Beers, is also now home to quite a bit more.
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