Bay City News

Port of Bay City Authority Chairman Mike Griffith and Commissioner Joey Sliva traveled to Galveston on June 18 to present to the United States Army Corps of Engineers a check for almost $2 million in matching funds for the Mouth of the Colorado River Jetty Project.

When I was a boy, my dad would get upset when the TV weathermen of that day would characterize good weather as sunny and bad weather as rainy.

Texas Blessings Animal Rescue in Blessing, Texas is proud to announce its fourth annual Critter Camp on Saturday, July 18.

The Bay City Police Department celebrated the promotion of an outstanding officer and the addition of a new recruit from the Matagorda County Sheriff's Office in a special ceremony Thursday morning.

More than 80 volunteers broke up in teams and spread out across Bay City Thursday to make a difference at six Matagorda County United Way agencies.

The Bay City Parks and Recreation Department Fourth of July Flight Fest promises to have a fireworks show like this town has never seen before at the Bay City Municipal Airport.

The groups fighting the expansion of the nuclear South Texas Project want detailed comparisons of costs to produce the same power with renewable resources.

One of Bay City's finest joined an elite group of law enforcement officers when he walked across the stage to graduate from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy in Quantico, Va.

Bay City and Palacios June state sales tax rebates show a respective 11 and 12 percent drop from the previous year, the state comptroller's office reports.

Investigators continue to follow leads and interview people who knew the Bay City woman found dead on Skelly Road Monday, June 7, said Capt.

Bay City Superintendent Keith Brown told school board members in their regular monthly meeting Monday night that he recommends working with the Bay City Public Works department to rebuild the girls softball field.

Matagorda County's local emergency planning committee helped usher in the start of Hurricane season with the annual Community Hurricane Awareness Conference at the Bay City Civic Center Saturday, June 6. The conference featured booths from vendors selling hurricane supplies, offering emergency preparedness courses and certifications and emergency ...

Residents met at the Sargent Volunteer Fire Department to discuss options for beach renourishment to restore Sargent beach from its current clay state to the beauty of the past.

It's always the same every year - as the school year ends, the number of local events seem to explode - then summer's lazy schedule sets in.

Blackcat Memorial Stadium was filled with the sounds of cheering and air-horns as loved ones watched 245 graduates of Bay City High School's class of 2009 walk across the stage in completion of their high school degrees Friday, June 5. The cheering began as the graduates marched to their seats on the football field in traditional Bay City blue cap ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held their annual public meeting on the South Texas Plant's nuclear safety status at the Bay City Civic Center Wednesday night.

The Matagorda County Pct. 2 barn was broken into over night on Thursday, May 28.

Mrs. Cindy Lee Strid Ramirez, loving wife and mother, 48, of Seguin was received by our Lord on June 3, 2009.

City council reversed its May 14 rejection of AEP's tandem request to deploy an Advanced Metering System and to seek surcharges by unanimously approving the request at Thursday's regular council meeting.

Matagorda County Economic Development Corporation board members discussed a solution to the sewer and drainage utility infrastructure problem for new housing and commercial developments in Matagorda County in a Friday morning meeting.