CUERO - The 9th annual Jingle Bell 5k walk/run is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Cuero Municipal Park.Registration forms are available at the Cuero Wellness Center, 505 N. Esplanade St. or the Cuero Chamber of Commerce, 124 E. Church St. Early registration is $20 for adults and $15 for students. Registration on race day is $25 for adults and $20 for students. more >>
CUERO - Five homes, decorated in Christmas splendor, highlight the 2008 Cuero Christmas home tour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6. Tickets are $10 to tour all five homes and may be purchased from any of the houses the day of the tour. The homes are a mixture of old and new residences. The tour includes: more >>
YOAKUM - Are you smarter than.? No matter how that sentence is completed, you and your teammates can show off your intellectual prowess at the Yoakum High School Quiz Night on Monday, Dec. 1. more >>
GONZALES - A tri-county beef cattle program, sponsored by the Texas AgriLife Extension Services of DeWitt, Lavaca and Gonzales counties, is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 3. The program will feature a discussion about retained ownership and a tour of Graham Land and Cattle Company feed yard. more >>
CUERO - Four undocumented immigrants were detained Monday morning following a traffic stop that began on U.S. Highway 183 north of the city limits. "Two trucks pulled out in front of me and I tried to stop them for speeding," said John Oglesby, DeWitt County Sheriff's Office chief deputy. "I got one of them stopped on Esplanade Street in Cuero. As I was going on into town, I saw the other truck had pulled over and had its hood up like it was having engine trouble. So I checked them, too. They were also undocumented." more >>
CUERO - Isabel Patton is passionate about keeping up the tradition started by her grandmother, Carrie Liendo Ruiz, of providing meals on Thanksgiving. This year will mark the 14th year since Ruiz began the program in 1994 to help those in the Cuero area who can't afford a holiday meal or would be alone on Thanksgiving. Her goal was that they would have a place to go to enjoy the traditional turkey, dressing and cranberry feast. more >>
CUERO - A lot of fiddlin' around will be going on Thursday at the monthly Cuero Country Opry. It will likely be pretty cool since the man making the music hails from Alaska. Keith Junot from Anchorage, Alaska, who plays both Cajun and Western swing on the fiddle, will be one of the featured performers. Also taking the stage will be Sterling Griffith from Port Lavaca, widely known in this area as a producer of Country and Western shows as well as for his Johnny Cash and Ernest Tubb renditions. Belinda Lerma, another veteran singer, will also perform. more >>
CHEAPSIDE - Carl Walker, general manager at Brennan's of Houston, thought it only fitting that he take part in preparing the meal as part of a fundraiser for Cuero's Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum. "Where I grew up in north central Missouri is not far from where the trail ends, so there is a personal tie," Walker said. "Also, I have family, a great aunt, who was a Chisholm. We don't have any way of knowing if they are related, but there is also a name tie-in." more >>
CUERO - After almost 10 years of planning and fund raising, ground will be broken Friday for the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum. The ceremonial groundbreaking is scheduled for 11 a.m. at 302 N. Esplanade St. more >>
CUERO - Two shots were fired near the residence of Cuero Mayor Randy Saenz at about 8:20 Sunday night, authorities said. No evidence of firearms was found where the incident occurred in the 1500 block of North Terrell Street and no one was hurt, according to the DeWitt County Sheriff's Department. more >>
MEYERSVILLE - One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash near Meyersville on Friday afternoon. A woman was taken to a Victoria hospital after the crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Farm-to-Market Road 237, a DeWitt County Sheriff's Office spokesman said. more >>
A fleeting second of doubt shot through the mind of Cuero resident Patsy Moore when Evangelist Jerry Ward laid his hands on her and prayed for healing. She had good reason to doubt. more >>
NORDHEIM - The residents of the Gruenau community are grateful, and they are showing their gratitude, German-style, with a "Night in Old Bavaria" appreciation celebration. Public support is enabling Gruenau Turn & Schuetzen Verein to rebuild the historic, 100-plus-year-old Gruenau Hall that was destroyed by fire in January 2006. To show its appreciation, the group will host an evening of free German music and food from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Nordheim Shooting Club and Dance Hall. The hall is at the end of Broadway Street. more >>
YORKTOWN - The 29th Matejeck annual reunion was held at the Yorktown Fire Department meeting room on Sunday, Oct. 26, in Yorktown. After the blessing, everyone enjoyed food brought by all of the families attending. A short business meeting was held following the meal. A time of silence was observed to remember all who had passed on. more >>
CUERO - The DeWitt County Tax Office will conduct a closed-bid sale the week of Nov. 10-14, according to a news release from the office. Properties include a home in Yoakum, a lot in Cuero and a mobile home in Nordheim. more >>
YORKTOWN – Dean Gaspard had never raced armadillos, but he had eaten them. “It was fun,” the 7-year-old from Falls City said, after taking part in an armadillo race at the 50th annual Yorktown Western Days Festival on Saturday. “I’ve eaten them before in a stew with rabbits, but that was the first time I raced one.” more >>
CUERO - Cuero Community Hospital is hosting its 25th annual Health and Wellness Fair from 3-6 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall on U.S. Highway 183. more >>
As rivers and streams dwindle and lakes shrink, one of the worst droughts on record is forecast to continue. "We need some winter rains badly," said Bill West with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. "We need some spring rains badly." more >>
LINDENAU - A one-car rollover near Lindenau injured two people on Tuesday evening. The vehicle rolled over one mile north of Lindenau on Farm-to-Market Road 953, according to a DeWitt County Sheriff's Office spokesman. more >>
