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Council to study streets, outdated ordinances
Council to study streets, outdated ordinances Virginia S. Gilstrap Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:54 Image Martha Rios describes the stray dog problem to the Yorktown City Council that caused her to receive a service charge for meter reading. STAFF PHOTO ...
Yorktown High School Student Earns GVEC Scholarship
Yorktown High School Student Earns GVEC Scholarship Staff Reports Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:54 Image Yorktown High School senior Tyler Respondek recently received a 2024 GVEC Scholarship. Respondek was one of 20 awardees, each of whom was presented with a scholarship by GVEC General Manager and CEO Darren Schauer. He plans to...
Moulton softball: Kittens get 10-1 win over Pettus in playoffs
Madison Rothbauer went 2-for-3 with a triple, RBI, run and stole two bases in the Kittens’ 10-1 win over Pettus Thursday in the regional quarterfinals in Ganado. The Kittens took a 2-0 lead in the third inning before adding three runs in the fourth and outscoring Pettus 2-1 in the fifth.
Softball Recap: Emily Boyle leads Somers to victory over Yorktown
Somers put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They never let the Yorktown Huskers onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Somers considering their one-run performance the matchup before. Emily Boyle made...
Hamilton re-elected to CISD District 5; Q&A forum set for run-off
Bill “Speedy” Hamilton retained his District 5 seat on the CISD Board of Trustees in Saturday’s school election, according to the unofficial results released by the DeWitt County Elections Office.Challenger Christopher DeLeon received 16% of the 64 total votes cast, while incumbent Hamilton received 84%.In other county elections, the Nordheim ISD board remains the same with current members Janice…
Falls City April Market Day
Cutline: Donna Richmond (right) of Beeville, helps a customer at her booth during Falls City Market Day, April 27. Richmond owns Bee Welcome Decor & More. Cutline: Young entrepreneurs, Landon (left) and Dustin Oliver, of Hobson, set up their display of homemade slime to sell at Falls City Market Day on April 27.
Eagles soar at regional track competition
The Pettus Eagles and Lady Eagles track teams soared into action at the Region 4 1A track meet held in Seguin, TX on April 19, 2024, clinching notable achievements amidst fierce competition. Leading the charge for the Eagles was standout athlete Gabriel Hernandez, whose performance in the boys' 300m hurdles...
Baseball Recap: Nader Gulahumsein leads a balanced attack to beat Devine
Floresville can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Devine Warhorses an 11-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Floresville sure is getting used to it with their 11th in a row. Nader Gulahumsein was a...
Baseball Recap: Floresville's loss ends six-game winning streak on the road
Floresville and Alice squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Floresville had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Alice Coyotes by a score of 7-6. Floresville's loss signaled the end of their 14-game winning streak. Luke Cardenas and Aiden Juarez stepped up to the...
Bring the Bling
Falls City’s 2023-2024 High School cheerleading team and coaches were presented their UIL State Spirit Championship for class AA rings during a ceremony held on April 22nd. For the majority of the squad, and coaches Tammy Kirchhoff and Shaw Moy, this is their second cheer championship ring, after bringing home back-to-back wins in 2023 and again in 2024.
Shooting victim’s family wants someone held accountable for his 2022 death
Family members of Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry gathered together in Old Davy, near Yorktown, this past weekend for the first time since learning his 2022 shooting death was at the hands of a child who didn’t even know him. His mother, Charlene Hadley; brother and sister-in-law, Jonathan and Emily...
Horned Toad Cafe
Just off highway 181 in Kenedy, is a hidden jewel eatery called the Horned Toad Cafe, established in 2020. Previously located off of Main Street (Hwy 72), the cafe sits in the big red structure that primarily houses Cadillac Jack’s at 157 Boardwalk, Suite 2. When patrons enter the...
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