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Wendel Motor Co. Owner and Manager David Barnes prepares to close the doors of the family company that has provided auto sales and service to the Yoakum community for seven decades.

Wendel Motor Co. Owner and Manager David Barnes prepares to close the doors of the family company that has provided auto sales and service to the Yoakum community for seven decades.

The end of an era, Wendel Motor Co. to close after 70 years of service

News Staff
Monday, October 17, 2022
Forty-five years into taking over management of Wendel Motor Co. from his father-in-law, David Barnes is preparing to face the bitter-sweet reality of closing Yoakum’s largest car dealership in exchange for a well-deserved retirement.
Keetch-Byram drought index as of Oct. 10. Produced by TAMU Spatial Sciences Laboratory in partnership with Texas A&M Forest Service. Courtesy photo.

Keetch-Byram drought index as of Oct. 10. Produced by TAMU Spatial Sciences Laboratory in partnership with Texas A&M Forest Service. Courtesy photo.

County ‘strongly considering’ burn ban

Hans Lammeman
Thursday, October 13, 2022
DeWitt County Commissioners warned that another burn ban is on the horizon if dry weather patterns continue. On Monday, the Court opted to delay introducing a burn ban until their next meeting at the soonest but said conditions were trending toward the early summer’s dry spell.
Hallettsville PD Photo

Hallettsville PD Photo

Saturday afternoon fire call

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Members of the Hallettsville Police and Volunteer Fire Department were called to assist another department as they rushed to put out a burning shed in the 1600-block of FM 318 at 2:32 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8.
Assistant curator Roy Rivera, curator Duff Wagner and Councilman Greg Murrile pose for a picture to honor Wagner’s official retirement from the city last week. They are standing at the museum’s newest exhibit, featuring one of the massive train trusses and other sordid details about the big train derailment that took place in downtown Shiner earlier this summer.

Assistant curator Roy Rivera, curator Duff Wagner and Councilman Greg Murrile pose for a picture to honor Wagner’s official retirement from the city last week. They are standing at the museum’s newest exhibit, featuring one of the massive train trusses and other sordid details about the big train derailment that took place in downtown Shiner earlier this summer.

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S Panem Bohem, Duff!

Bobby Horecka
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Frank “Duff” Wagner, a staple at Shiner’s Edwin Wolters Memorial Museum and regular columnist with the Gazette, officially embarked on a new chapter of life Saturday, Oct. 7.
Overall Grand Champion - Smoker's Paradise

Overall Grand Champion - Smoker's Paradise

Moulton M+14 Cookoff another great success

Bobby Horecka
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
As the Meisetschleager family closed the books to yet another successful M+14 Memorial Barbecue Cookoff and Scholarship Benefit, siblings John Meisetschleager, Larissa Tesch and Kristen Jahn all agree their dad would have been quite pleased indeed.
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Moulton ISD Photo

So, how’s your Mum?

Bobby Horecka
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Moulton High School may not celebrate their own Homecoming until basketball season arrives later this school year, but that didn’t stop the school’s floral design and advanced floral design classes from teaming to building this mother of all mums.
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