Category Archives: Local News
Sealy Shooting Suspect In Custody
The Sealy Police Department released an update concerning the shooting suspect that took place on April 29th in Sealy, TX.
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Texas House District 13 Special Election Set For Runoff
The special election Saturday for House District 13 is on track for an overtime round late this summer.
Read moreSealy Shooting Leads to Search For Suspect
The Sealy Police Department released the following press release following a shooting incident in Sealy
Read moreNew Museum And Visitor Experience Opens At San Felipe De Austin State Historic Site [VIDEO]
San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site officially unveiled a new 10,000 square-foot state-of-the-art museum Friday April 27, during their grand opening ceremony.
Read moreDiscussion/Plans For “Austin County Justice Center” Continue [VIDEO]
Discussion continued on the potential construction of a new facility to take the place of the current aging Austin County Courthouse with a presentation of the conceptual drawings by Burns Architectural Firm, LLC.
Read more2018 Bellville City Council Candidate Forum [VIDEO]
The Bellville City Council Candidates met last night at the Faith Academy Gymnasium for the 2018 Candidate Forum hosted by Austin County News Online and the Bellville Chamber of Commerce. There are six candidates vying for three positions on the council. The entire video can be watched in the article.
Read moreThe 2018 Sealy “Trash-Off” [VIDEO]
The 2018 “Trash-Off” happened Saturday April 7th, 2018. The event was a part of the Keep America Beautiful campaign (www.kab.org) 9 teams took part to clean up the streets of the City of Sealy proper. It was a wet, cold, windy day but, the participants endured it all with smiles.
Read moreThe NRA Foundation Awards $3,948.00 to the Austin County Sheriff’s Office
The NRA Foundation awarded the Austin County Sheriff’s Office a grant totaling $3,948.090 to fund practice ammunition for deputies. “We are very excited about receiving funding to purchase practice ammunition” said Austin County Sheriff, Jack Brandes, “and pleased that the NRA is making an investment in our community.”
Read moreSealy Chamber Hosts Central Texas I-10 Community Alliance “Growth Summit” In Sealy [VIDEO]
The Sealy Chamber of Commerce hosted the I-10 Community Alliance’s “Growth Summit” on Friday March 23, 2018 at the Liedertafel Hall in Sealy, Texas. The summit was held in order to bring community leaders, businesses and experts in select fields together to discuss places where the area is experiencing current and potential growth. Among the panelists were experts in the […]
Read moreWashington County Tractor Holds 5th Annual Customer Appreciation Night
Thursday March 8, 2018, Washington County Tractor held their 5th Annual Customer Appreciation Night. The event serves to show the businesses appreciation for their customers as well as giving the customers the chance to get things prepared for the upcoming growing season.
Read morePena Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison and Restitution of $275,827.87
The ongoing case against former Austin County Tax Assessor/Collector Marcus Pena came to a conclusion last Thursday. Pena was sentenced to 10-years in prison and ordered to pay $275,827.87 restitution to Austin County as part of his criminal conviction.
Read moreNew Ulm Town Hall Shows Community Frustration and Anger With 5 Oaks Achievement Center [VIDEO]
There was only one word to describe the feeling at Wednesday night’s town hall meeting at the New Ulm Lions Club Community Building…anger. Anger directed specifically at the Five Oaks Achievement Center.
Read moreWolfskill/Leman Texas House Race Heads To Runoff
The race has narrowed for Texas House 13 Representative. Neither of the top two candidates, Jill Wolfskill of Austin County nor Ben Leman of Grimes County, were able to garner the necessary 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff.
Read moreFormer Bellville Municipal Court Judge Indicted
The Austin County Sheriff’s Department issued a press release detailing the indictment of former Bellville Municipal Court Judge Terri Resendez. Resendez was indicted on February 28, 2018 by an Austin County Grand Jury for Theft of Property and Tampering with a Governmental Record.
Read moreAustin County GOP Hosts “Breakfast With Lt. Col. Allen West” [VIDEO]
The Austin County Republican Party hosted “Breakfast With Lt. Col. Allen West” yesterday morning at Tony’s Family Restaurant in Sealy, TX. West spoke to the early crowd for close to an hour where he gave his thoughts on the current political climate and gave suggestions for how current GOP members could reach out to others to help the party become more inclusive as well as other topics like the U.S. Military, economy and more.
Read moreAbbot Calls Special Election For Position Vacated By Rep. Leighton Schubert
Governor Greg Abbot has ordered a special election to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Leighton Schubert from Texas House District 13 representative position.
Read moreTexas House District 13 Candidates Meet In Bellville For 2nd Forum [VIDEO]
The candidates running for Texas House District 13, the position previously held by Leighton Schubert, met on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at the Bellville Turnverein. The candidate fielded a number of questions by the audience ranging from property tax to teacher retirement. The video is of that meeting in its entirety.
Read moreSchubert Resigns From Texas House; Joins Blinn College
State Representative Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell) announced that he is resigning as State Representative for House District 13 effective February 4, 2018.
Read morePhase 2 of Sheriff’s Department Presentation Leads To Possible Solution For Aging Courthouse [VIDEO]
The work on the Austin County Jail is continuing with phase 1 currently being done. Commissioners court was given a presentation of what part 2 of the jail reconstruction would look like. During the presentation, discussion of the aging courthouse came up and the idea of adding additional level(s) to the structure to allow the migration of some areas and duties of the current courthouse to the new structure.
Read moreWest Houston Muscle Has 3rd “Shootout” Race Event
West Houston Muscle had their third “Shootout” race event Saturday January 13, 2018. Our friends at AirData were kind enough to bring us some beautiful images from the event to share with you.
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