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November 12, 2025

Lucia Ornelas Foundation volunteers Liz and Romeo Arello pack bags full of groceries Nov. 8. These packages will be given to families and individuals who had registered with the nonprofit earlier that day, free of charge

Lucia Ornelas Foundation Thanksgiving

November 13, 2025

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Pumpkin project at HJM

November 13, 2025

HJM Elementary School first grade students learned all about pumpkins. The students measured, described, learned the life cycle and parts of the...

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HJM Elementary School second grade students Ben Lee, Alexis Dugi, Helene Liu, Bella Walker and Broughton Cardwell earned five Accelerated Reader Poins in less than one month. They are students in Gabrielle Roberts class.

Students earn AR points

November 13, 2025

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Calhoun County Sheriff Bobbie Vickery speaks before an audience, invoking the life and times of Calhoun County’s first sheriff, James Fulkerson, Nov. 2. During the 2025 Port Lavaca Cemetery Tour, Vickery was one among many actors who portrayed past residents of Calhoun County.

Port Lavaca Cemetery Tour retells lives from the past

November 5, 2025

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Emilio Lamar Vela (1939 – 2011)

November 4, 2025

There are many wonderful things about living in small town versus a big city. People know one another, they are neighbors, friends, schoolmates,...

Grace Funeral Home

Local Government

Seadrift council member announces resignation, hires new public...

November 7, 2025

During a special workshop held Thursday afternoon, Nov. 6, at Seadrift City Hall, councilman Paul Gonzales announced his resignation from Seadrift...

Gov. Abbott announces new Formosa Plastics facility in neighboring...

November 13, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Nov. 6 that the Formosa Plastics Corporation will open a new facility in Jackson County as a qualified project under the Texas Jobs, Energy,...

Seadrift structure fire leads to one arrest

November 13, 2025

The Seadrift Police Department has arrested one individual on a count of arson following a structure fire earlier in the morning Nov. 3.In an arrest report obtained by the...

Grants and trucks: County welcomes new auditor, approves MBVFD...

November 13, 2025

The Calhoun County Commissioners Court welcomed a new county auditor Nov. 5 during its regular meeting, alongside accepting a grant for a new tank truck for the Magnolia...

Dolphin Talk: Historian seeks missing issues

November 13, 2025

The Dolphin Talk newspaper served the Seadrift and Port O’Connor areas as a source of local news, starting its print circulation in 1996 and ending in 2024. While it...

MMC reports net gain amidst government shutdown

November 13, 2025

Despite concerns regarding funding denied by the U.S. government shutdown, Memorial Medical Center (MMC) CEO Erin Clevenger reported a net gain for the hospital during a...

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Part-time Calhoun County EMS worker Chelsea Klare speaks to Calhoun County commissioners John Martinez, Ronny Best, Joel Behrens and Gary Reese and Calhoun County Judge Vern Lyssy on Nov. 6 during a workshop at the county courthouse. During the workshop, she explained the incentives offered by other counties.

CCEMS seeks solutions for employee shortage

November 13, 2025

EMS employee pay and retainment were the core issues discussed during a Calhoun County Commissioner Court workshop held Nov. 6. Among a competitive...

Rebecca Ann Rivera

Rebecca Ann Rivera

November 13, 2025

Rebecca Ann Rivera, 55 of Port Lavaca, Texas went to her heavenly home surrounded by her family on Thursday, August 28, 2025. She was born on...

November 5, 2025

Jon Eric House, 71, of Kingsland, Texas, passed away on October 23, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of laughter, love, and a lifetime of stories that...

Police/Court Reports

Law enforcement officials make 24 weekly arrests

November 5, 2025

The arrest records made available through The Port Lavaca Wave newspaper are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has...

Crab Mania Calhoun vs Bay City

November 13, 2025

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A Calhoun Sandcrab ball carrier breaks a tackle and turns upfield against a host of Bay City Blackcats defenders Friday night in Port Lavaca. Calhoun stunned Bay City with an 82-yard scoring play in the final seconds to claim a 7-6 district win and secure second place in the standings.

Sandcrabs stun Bay City with 82-yard, last-second ‘miracle’ to win 7–6

November 13, 2025

Through three quarters of play, neither team put a single point on the scoreboard. Coming into the final regular season game of 2025, both the Bay...

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Calhoun High School (CHS) sports fans Brittney Ondreas and Larena Hahn unfurl their banners Oct. 30 in support of the CHS varsity volleyball team. The team would later wave at them on their bus ride out of town.

Seeing off the Sandies: Crowd cheers for CHS volleyball team on way...

November 5, 2025

Seadrift School names students to the honor roll for the first...

November 5, 2025

A honor rollFirst grade - Dean AdameSecond grade - None reportedThird grade - Kannon Hunt, Mason Matej, Lane Saylors and Colton Zeine.Fourth grade – None reported.Fifth...

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