Richard Whitten named Weimar City Manager
Nothing but muscle at the Classic Car Stampede
WC receives Dealership Dealer of the Year
Life sentence for habitual offender
City leaders support
AC Fair Association board directors recognized

News

INDUSTRY - The Beef & Forage Committee of Aus tin County, in partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Austin County, will host a Beef Cattle Management Seminar on Friday, Ma

WARDA — Residents in the Warda area of Fayette County were briefly asked to evacuate their resi dences the evening of March 4.

Richard Whitten named Weimar City Manager

WEIMAR — Richard C. Whitten III, 59, was unanimously voted in as the new city manager of Weimar during a regularly scheduled city council meeting on March 4 in Weimar.

Opinion

Massive wildfires ignited by power lines

Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

The Great Eclipse – A Good Time for Earthlings

“That’s one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.” Kurt Vonnegut Some will say that at present we are living in awf

The Postscript

'I've been reading about cats,' my husband, Peter, tells me. Peter has never had a cat before.

'Oh, yeah?' 'Salt is not good for their kidneys. We have to give Felix un- salted fish.'

Sports

Flatonia smokes Bloomington in softball

FLATONIA — The Flatonia High School softball team thrashed Bloomington High School March 5 at Bulldogs Field by a final score of 15-0.

Bellville softball outlasts Wharton

BELLVILLE - The Bellville High School softball team picked up a win against Wharton High School March 8 at Hacienda Field by a final score of 6-1.

Brahmas and Tigers boys golf bring bags to El Campo

Sealy golfer Brady Burttschell hits a shot on hole number seven from the fairway March 4 durning a meet at El Campo Country Club.

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