Bay City News

While most Bay City families will be gathered around the family table to enjoy a lavish Thanksgiving meal together, the Cookers for Christ and many volunteers will gather at the Bay City Service Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday Nov.

One of Gospel music's best-loved groups, The Hemphills, will appear in concert with Jerry Bennet and Bay City's own Spare Change at Keye Ingram Auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.

Five dedicated officers of the Bay City Police Department were promoted to the rank of corporal at City Hall on Monday, Nov.

Bay City ISD trustees chose to hold off on approving a memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Club of Bay City to lease a portion of the Pierce Elementary School campus during the Monday night Nov.

Bay City Police Officers will put their motto - do the right thing - to work in a special way as they once again join forces with Bay City's First United Methodist Church and Boy Scout Troop 219 of Van Vleck to serve a targeted 500 families with a Christmas meal from the 2009 Matagorda County Holiday Food Drive.

Representatives from Coastal Area Health Education Center delivered a healthcare development analysis to community and healthcare industry leaders of Matagorda County on Thursday, Nov.

Bay City's Downtown Merchants Association will help bring in the holiday season on Thursday, Nov.

Kristy Salas has been named the educator of the year for 2009-2010 at Bay City Junior High.

Matagorda County schools will be saluting America's veterans Wednesday, Nov. 11, in a variety of Veteran's Day Programs.

Van Vleck graduate A.J. Mangum returned home from Reno Tuesday as the men s World Association Benchers and Dead Lifter champion in the 181-pound weight class after he won the event last Sunday morning at the Peppermill Hotel.

Thirty-six citizens accepted completion certificates and shook hands with Matagorda County Sheriff Gary Mathis during a graduation ceremony for the Matagorda County Citizen's Law Enforcement Academy on Thursday night, Nov.

An elderly Bay City man was assaulted in his own home after trying to accommodate the request of an acquaintance about 2:45 a.m. on Thursday, Nov.

Matagorda County voters elected Harry Shannon as a new Port of Bay City commissioner and voiced a differing opinion than state voters on two of the proposed constitutional amendments in Tuesday's election.

Heather, Amanda and I were hot on the trail of a fertilizer spreader Thursday afternoon to find the source of a stench permeating Bay City and Van Vleck when Amanda's vehicle broke down and we got stranded on Skelly Road with a smoking van.

The Matagorda County Birding Nature Center held an official capital campaign kick off and donor appreciation affair on the grounds of the nature center Thursday night, Nov.

Residents came out with enthusiasm to the most recent progress meeting of Bay City-Matagorda United phase three, on Friday, Nov.

The Sunday drive. Sometimes it's more about the trip than the destination, y'know? Texas Traveler needed to get out of town for the day.

Country musician mother and daughter, Joni and Jade Jack, will make their way back to Bay City Friday as the opening acts for John Conlee.

A Bay City man was killed in a Wharton County traffic accident at 8:38 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.

The Art League of Bay City is displaying the work of nationally recognized artist and local resident Jean Weeks.