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Plans for a five-story hotel in Yoakum

By Murray Montgomery
Staff Writermurray.montgomery@lavacacountytoday.comIt is a fascinating thing to look back into history and see the dreams of those folks who came before us – this story is about one of those dreams.

Water Tower gets cleaning and added safety features

The City of Yoakum City Council approved funding for an improvement project for the Laredo Street Water Tower earlier this year. After the bidding process, the contractor was selected and crews moved in to begin the process on Feb. 26.

William Linn named new city manager

After meeting briefly in executive session at the Thursday, Nov. 30, special called meeting of the Yoakum city council, aldermen reconvened in open session to announce the hiring of new city manager William Linn. “We had a pool of 21 applicants.

Update on Yoakum Little League Park improvements

Yoakum has been working hard at reinvigorating the Little League Park over the years. Raymond Rosas has been President of the Little League Park for the past four years and, already, he said there’s been some major changes. “We’ve done quite a bit of stuff.

Yoakum football: Hitchcock gets late splurge to defeat Yoakum 62-32 in district opener

By Alvin Gomez/Special to the Herald/Times The Yoakum Bulldogs kicked off District 12-3A play hosting the Class 3A Division I No. 4 Hitchcock Bulldogs Friday night.

Yoakum volleyball: Lady ‘Dogs win at Industrial and Tidehaven

The Yoakum volleyball team won road district matches against Industrial and Tidehaven last week. Yoakum 3, Industrial 0 The Lady Bulldogs bit the Lady Cobras in three sets, 25-15, 25-18, 25-24 on Oct. 3.

Yoakum cross country: Yoakum girls return to regionals, boys qualify for second straight year

The Yoakum cross-country teams competed in the 25-3A meet Monday at Yoakum City Park with both varsity teams qualifying for regionals as a team.

Yoakum football: Yoakum starts district with undefeated Hitchcock

The Yoakum Bulldogs get an intense start to district as they host Hitchcock at 7:30 p.m. at Bulldog Stadium. Hitchcock (also the Bulldogs) went undefeated in non-district, which includes a 43-36 win over 2ADI powerhouse Refugio.

Yoakum football: Yoakum falls in overtime to La Vega

By Alvin Gomez/Special to the Herald-Times The Yoakum Bulldogs took their longest road trip of the season last Friday, night pulling into Willie Williams Stadium in Bellmead to take on the Pirates of Waco La Vega High.