Austin County News
Sealy Mayor Issues State of Disaster for Sealy, TX
The Sealy Mayor, Carolyn Bilski, issued a state of disaster order for the City of Sealy yesterday and posted the notice to the city's Facebook Page...
Medical Clinics Of Sealy Rolls Out Latest Covid Treatment: Monoclonal Antibody Treatment [VIDEO]
The Medical Clinics of Sealy has a new weapon in the fight against COVID-19; Monoclonal Antibody Treatment...
State Representative Ben Leman Files Legislation to Keep Austin County Sherriff Appointee on Emergency Communication District
State Representative Ben Leman filed House Bill 1228, which will allow Austin County to keep a peace officer on the board of managers for the Austin County Emergency Communications District...
Commissioners Court Approves Purchase of Two COVID-19 Testing Machines For Bellville Medical [VIDEO]
The Austin County Commissioners Court authorized the purchase of a Cepheid GeneXpert machine for the Bellville General Medical Center as well as a smaller version for their ER in Sealy...
Austin County Crime Stoppers Looking for Suspect After New Ulm Burglary
The Austin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary that took place in New Ulm, TX on November 28 at 2am when a male subject cut a locked gate, entering property in New Ulm off of FM 109...
2020 Election Results for Austin County Elections
Here are the election results for Austin County for the 2020 Election. ...
Suspicious Package Chained To Austin County JP4 Office Causes Bomb Scare
This morning a suspicious package was found chained to the Justice of the Peace Pct 4 door in Wallis, TX on Birch St. Fearing an incendiary device the HPD Bomb Squad was contacted. The Austin County Sheriff's Office has opened an investigation into...
Austin County Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Local Man After Two Day Manhunt
Austin County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a local man Tuesday afternoon after a two day manhunt in Austin and Colorado Counties...
2020 Constable Pct 3 Candidate Forum [VIDEO]
There are three candidates running for the position of Constable for precinct 3 here in Austin County: Tobey Baggerly, Ronnie Griffin, and Robert Campbell. You can view their interviews in our candidate forum in this article...
Austin County To Become Mask Free, County COVID Numbers Fall Below Mandated Level [VIDEO]
Judge Lapham announced in todays Commissioners Court meeting that Austin County’s COVID-19 numbers have fallen to a level that the governor’s mask mandate will no longer apply. The exemption happens when the county COVID-19 numbers fall below 20 or...
2020 Primary Runoff Results
2020 Primary Runoff elections were held yesterday. Here are the results:...
Judge Tim Lapham Responds After Governor Abbott Issues Mask Order For Entire State
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Office released a sweeping edict to Texas Citizens requiring : Every person in Texas shall wear a face covering...". ...
Austin County COVID-19 Update
An update on Austin County's number of COVID-19 cases, confirmed and recovered. As well as guidelines from Governor Abbott's Office...
An Update from Austin County Judge Tim Lapham
There are now 14 cases, 9 recovered, 5 active, 0 deaths. The 13th case resides in the Kenney area and is a health care worker. The 14th case, a male in his 50s, resides in the Sealy area and is travel related...
A COVID-19 Mobile Test Collection Site is coming to Austin County on May 8th
This is a cooperative effort between the Texas Military Department, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas Emergency Medical Task Force, Texas Health and Human Services and Austin County EOC...
BEGINNING MAY 4, 2020, THE AUSTIN COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK’S OFFICE WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING PASSPORT APPLICATIONS
THE AUSTIN COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK’S OFFICE WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING PASSPORT APPLICATIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY...
Austin County Sheriff’s Office Receives Donation
Austin County Sheriff’s Office and the Austin County Special Response Team received a donation of 4 Tactical Vests from the Texas Department of Public Safety...
Bellville Medical Center Announces Plan to Open Remote ER Facility
Tri-County ER will be a full Emergency Room, and an extension of BMC, with round-the-clock emergency care physicians and nurses prepared to treat emergencies complete with ancillary services such as lab and imaging on-site...
COVID 19 Update from Judge Tim Lapham
Austin County Judge Tim Lapham gives an update on the COVID 19 situation in Austin County...
Austin Co. Fatal Crash – 4/11/20
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers investigated Saturday a fatal vehicle collision in Austin County that occurred south of Bellville...
A Message From Judge Lapham
Judge Lapham updates the community about COVID-19...