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Flatonia girls take first at Luling's Watermelonm Thump parade.

Flatonia girls take first at Luling's Watermelonm Thump parade.

Flatonia Czhilispiel float takes first at Thump Parade

News Staff
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
The Flatonia Czhilispiel Royalty returned home from their appearance in Luling’s Watermelon Thump Parade Saturday morning with a first-place award in the Visiting Floats Division.
City crews address water main crack and street flooding Friday June 25. Contributed Photo.

City crews address water main crack and street flooding Friday June 25. Contributed Photo.

City pipes crack downtown, drought to blame

Hans Lammeman
Monday, June 27, 2022
YOAKUM - Recent drought conditions resulted in a cracked water main east of downtown that flooded the intersection of W. May Street and Front Street last Friday afternoon.
St. Joseph Catholic Church in Yoakum on June 27. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

St. Joseph Catholic Church in Yoakum on June 27. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

Scammers disguise as local pastor

Hans Lammeman
Monday, June 27, 2022
Fraudsters disguised as a local pastor looking to raise funds for cancer patients contacted locals over the phone and email to deceive them into sending funds last week.   In a June 24 Facebook post, Yoakum’s St. Joseph Catholic Church urged locals to be wary of the scam artists’ attempts.
Photo by Bobby Horecka

Photo by Bobby Horecka

Cleanup continues in Shiner after Friday coal train derailment

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, June 25, 2022
(The story version that published in the print paper that week.)  What was ending as rather hot and lazy Friday quickly turned into a moment several locals won’t soon forget when the Union Pacific rail line downtown Shiner violently derailed several open top coal cars, flinging their heavy...
City Administrator Grace Ward discusses the fiscal year 2023 budget expected revenue with the Hallettsville City Council Monday, June 20. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

City Administrator Grace Ward discusses the fiscal year 2023 budget expected revenue with the Hallettsville City Council Monday, June 20. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

Council reviews HPD proposed budget

Hans Lammeman
Friday, June 24, 2022
With volatile material prices and interest rates looming over next year’s budget, Hallettsville City Council reviewed proposed budgets for the police department and public library June 20.

DeWitt County Sheriff’s Report, June 17 - 23

News Staff
Friday, June 24, 2022
DeWitt County law enforcement officers made 15 arrests between June 17 and June 23. Those arrests contributed to an average daily prisoner population of 98 inmates at the DeWitt County Jail, 15 of whom included prisoners housed for other agencies.
Have a capivating farm speaker topic? Pass it on and you could be addressing some of top ag leaders in the country.

Have a capivating farm speaker topic? Pass it on and you could be addressing some of top ag leaders in the country.

Farm Bureau calls for speakers at national conference

News Staff
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
By SUNNY ANDERSEN The American Farm Bureau Federation is accepting proposals for workshops and presentations for the 1,100-plus farmers, ranchers and Farm Bureau staff from across the country who will attend the 2023 FUSION Conference March 3-6, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Texas State Sen. Lois Kolkhort speaks to a Yoakum crowd gathered fora Senate District 18 meeting in 2021. Both Kolkhorst and Myra Flores' Congressional District 34 will share a few of the same counties in Texas.

Texas State Sen. Lois Kolkhort speaks to a Yoakum crowd gathered fora Senate District 18 meeting in 2021. Both Kolkhorst and Myra Flores' Congressional District 34 will share a few of the same counties in Texas.

Mayra Flores, R-Los Indios, claims Filemon Vela’s old seat

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
A South Texas respiratory care practitioner will be headed to Washington, D.C., to serve as the next congresswoman for District 34, following a special called election by the governor to replace Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, who resigned his post suddenly in April to become a lobbyist.
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