President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four members of NASA’s Artemis II crew during ...

You always want to put on a good show for the home folks in a season-opening football game, but all didn’t go according to plan for Bay City this past ...

A 52-megawatt solar project under construction in Matagorda County will be showcased to energy industry leaders this month as ...

A chemical leak between 2 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. on Friday at a Roehm USA facility in Matagorda County resulted in multiple injuries of unknown severity to the workers present. The incident, caused by a ...

Ora Lee Wendell Abbott’s 100th birthday celebration was held Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at the Bay City Civic Center.

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Van Vleck and Palacios have secured playoff berths in University Interscholastic League softball competition while Tidehaven and the Leopards are trying to work their way into the baseball postseason.

For much of the 20th century, Duval County was known across Texas as the home of one of the state’s most powerful political machines, a South Texas empire run first by Archer “Archie” Parr and later ...

The history of Matagorda Peninsula is tied to the same forces that shaped much of the Texas coast — geography, weather, transportation, ranching and war. The peninsula is the long, narrow strip of ...

BAY CITY — The City of Bay City issued a boil water notice Monday after a break in a primary water main near the intersection of Fifth Street and Gloria caused reduced water pressure in parts of the ...

Texas was never an isolated frontier. During the 19th century, it became part of a much larger Atlantic story shaped by land speculation, immigration, political ambition, science and reform movements ...

James Walter Munson was born February 3, 1954 and passed away July 8, 2026. Jim served his Van Vleck community as a rural postal carrier from 2010-2024. Funeral services will be on July 17, 2026 at C.