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November 18, 2008Beef cattle program in GonzalesGONZALES - 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 >> |
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October 30, 2008
'The Glass Menagerie' on tap in Gonzales
GONZALES - A production of Tennessee William's "The Glass Menagerie" is scheduled this weekend at the historic Crystal Theatre. San Antonio's Classic Theatre troupe is producing and performing the play. Allan Ross, founder of the group, wowed audiences last spring as Tevye in the Crystal's production of "Fiddler on the Roof." more >>October 29, 2008
Christmas in Goliad gets new logo
GOLIAD - The Christmas in Goliad logo, which depicts Santa Claus riding into the city on a longhorn steer-driven sled, has appeared on T-shirts, mugs, note cards, letters, flyers and posters since Victoria artist, Linda Swickheimer, first drew it in 1983. "It's on everything we send out, everything we do," said Myra Heard, chairman of Christmas in Goliad. more >>October 24, 2008
New water project to help lake demand
Central Texas may get a new water source, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority leaders announced Friday. The announcement of the water project to supply growth in the Interstate 35 and state Highway 130 corridors came at GBRA's 75th anniversary celebration Friday night. more >>Ombudsman program seeks volunteers
The Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission Area Agency on Aging is seeking volunteers for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The volunteers are required to work two hours a week, to act as advocates for the elderly and to work with nursing facilities to improve the live of their residents. more >>October 08, 2008
Judge moves girl’s death trial to 2009
GONZALES – “It was bad wasn’t it?” That question came from Steve Ramirez as he was walking down the hallway at the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office prior to a second interview in connection with Crystal Ramirez’s death, Gonzales County Chief Deputy Sheriff Dennis Richter testified during a pre-trial hearing Wednesday. more >>October 02, 2008
Come and Take It begins with a bang
GONZALES – The annual Come and Take It festival began with a bang Thursday as a ceremony re-enacting the first shot of the Texas Revolution was held in downtown Gonzales. Prior to the symbolic cannon firing by Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Satchleban, the names of the 41 men from Gonzales and Green DeWitt’s Colony who died at the Alamo were read. As Bob Burchard, president of the Gonzales County Historical Commission, called the men’s names, Gonzales fourth graders placed Texas flags at markers with each man’s name. more >>Bret Michaels to headline Thunder Rally
It’ll be nothin’ but a good time the second weekend in October at the Gonzales Thunder Rally. Bret Michaels, frontman for the rock band Poison and star of VH1’s reality show “Rock of Love,” will headline the event. Known for such hits as “Talk Dirty to Me” and “Every Rose has its Thorn,” Poison has sold over 25 million records and had 15 Top 40 singles. more >>September 11, 2008
Trial remains set for November in starvation case
GONZALES – The murder trial of Steve and Bettie Ramirez remains set for Monday, Nov. 3. The couple was indicted in the starving death of their adopted daughter, Crystal Ramirez, 8, in August last year. After a brief pre-trial hearing on Wednesday, another hearing was scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 8, said Vicki Pattillo, Gonzales County District Attorney. District Judge W.C. Kirkendall is presiding over a case. more >>September 09, 2008
Gonzales chicken lab
GONZALES – A new poultry diagnostic laboratory is on its way to Gonzales. Construction was approved in mid-August for a lab on the 1200 block of Sarah DeWitt Drive, about a mile away from the old lab, according to a Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory news release. more >>September 04, 2008
Bank robbed in Smiley
SMILEY – The Wells Fargo Bank in Smiley was robbed on Wednesday. The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office has not released more information at this time. more >>August 27, 2008
Four new coaches in 28-2A
Karnes City’s Tom Warlick hopes to turn continuity into success. Warlick begins his seventh season as the Badgers’ head coach, which gives him a leg up on the District 28-2A coaches. more >>August 10, 2008
Man stops runaway vehicle
A Gonzales man who stopped a runaway vehicle that ran over its owner in Victoria Sunday morning said he was just doing what he was trained to do. “I’m a volunteer firefighter for the Belmont Volunteer Fire Department and I just did what I was supposed to,” Charley Baker said. “I jumped in the vehicle while it was going in circles, pressed the brake, put it in park and parked it.” more >>August 04, 2008
Decomposed body found in Gonzales County
COST – A badly decomposed body has been found on a farm-to-market road about three miles west of this rural town of less than 100 residents. “Right now it’s classified as a suspicious death,” said Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Sachtleben. more >>June 05, 2008
Gonzales’ Bozka signs with Tarleton State
Gonzales graduate Landon Bozka has signed a letter of intent to attend Tarleton State University on a football scholarship. Bozka played wide receiver for the Apaches, who advanced to the Class 3A, Division I quarterfinals last season. more >>- Page 1