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Go Texans celebrate local quilting winners

Calhoun County Area Go Texan has placed this year in the quilt categories for another year at the Houston Livestock show March 1. The Adult Quilt,...

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Calhoun County Go Texan competes in Houston Rodeo cookoff

On Saturday, March 1, Calhoun County Area Go Texan was represented by Wetland Marine at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo cook off. The team...

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Bake sale to fund senior trip

Hope High School Seniors Tylon Self, Jeremiah Gaytan and Ashlynn Swire promote a bake sale fundraiser on March 13. Money raised by the events will...

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Seadrift Community Service Club President Lisa Campbell poses for a photo, while working on a local property.

Community pride blossoms with Seadrift Community Service Club

Some say that where flowers bloom, hope flourishes. This idea is replicated in the Seadrift Service Community Club (SCSC), where the motto is, “The...

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K2 Karate Elite Team students engaged in a Sparring session with their teammates during their Thursday, March 13, class, with the presence of their parents as observers.

Martial artists brings karate skills to Port Lavaca

Inspired by martial arts movies at a very young age, Emmanuel Escalona embarked on a journey of martial arts, first training in Cuba and, later, in...

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Public Health Nurse Jessica Wise demonstrates how to change the height of the chest straps on the car seat at the Spring Break Car Seat Check Up event held Thursday, March 13 at the Port Lavaca Walmart.

DSHS opens in Port Lavaca

Services provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services {DSHS} are now benefiting the residents of Calhoun County by addressing key...

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A helicopter with the Texas A&M Forest Service dumps a pail of water on a fire. The fire expanded from a controlled burn near Lane Road.

Field fires burn more than 1,000 acres in Calhoun County

Fire departments and other first responder agencies across the county responded to several calls for service Monday, March 10, to combat several...

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Calhoun County Historical Commission Chair Larry Nichols and commission secretary Mary Belle Meitzen present Sue and Phil Thomae certificates granting them tenure with the commission in recognition of their more than 50 years of combined service.

Local couple honored by Historical Commission for 50 years of...

After more than 50 years of combined service to the Calhoun County Historical Commission, Sue and Phil Thomae were presented with awards and a...

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An abandoned crab trap can be seen along the shoreline during the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal event. The cleanup effort spanned 10-day with 58 boats and 180 volunteers combing the local bays.

Successful crab trap removal improves health of bays

PORT O’CONNOR – As each crab trap, float and piece of trash was removed, the health of the bays in Calhoun County continues to improve.More than...

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Motorcyclists Tom Morgan, Carla Williams and Greg Cook mount their bikes alongside others before heading out to Bay City as part of the 2025 Coastal Motorcycle Drive. Held by Greg Krenek Insurance, the more than two hour long event invited motorcycle enthusiasts to drive from Wharton to Port Lavaca and then to Bay City in one day.

Coastal Motorcycle Drive

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Kim Smith and Linda Ward take a break to pose for a picture as donations are coming in. Sids Closet is located at 1101 Calhoun St., Port Lavaca, Tx.

Sid’s Closet provides community medical equipment

In the aftermath of medical procedures, life-altering diagnoses and injuries, such as sprained ankles, the financial burden of purchasing essential...

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A trailer radar clocks the speed of a passing car on Commerce Street in Port Lavaca. The newly-purchased radar tracks speeds of passing vehicles and was set up by the Port Lavaca Police Department.

Check your speed: PLPD receives new trailer radars

Police chief and sheriff explain efficiencyThe Port Lavaca Police Department received two new trailer mounted radar units late last February as...

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Reva Fitzgerald celebrates her 100th birthday with family, at Scully’s Bar and Grill, Saturday, March 8. Pictured are daughter, Bonnie Olivier, Reva Fitzgerald, and Louella Clay

Celebrating a century: Port Lavaca local celebrates a century

On Thursday, March 9, Reva Robinson-Fitzgerald of Port Lavaca celebrated turning 100 years old, though age is just a number, as Fitzgerald said,...

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Port Lavaca Councilman and Calhoun County Judge Vern Lyssy enjoy some pancakes during the Grace Episcopal Pancake Supper.

Hotcakes for camp and community: Pancake dinner fundraiser brings...

Pancakes – that’s what was for dinner Tuesday, March 4, as part of the annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner put on by Grace Episcopal Church. The...

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Foreign Exchange students stand alongside their host family to display their exchange banner. Pictured are Elsie Lara, Beltran Martinez, from Spain Nicolo Nardelli, from Italy and Leo Lara.

Port Lavaca couple hosts foreign exchange student

For the past six years, the Lara family has hosted nine foreign exchange students from diverse countries, like Brazil, Italy and Spain. Many...

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