Onalaska News

November 2009 LIVINGSTON - A $250,000 grant project to pave streets in the northwest part of the city has been approved six months ahead of schedule and the city council granted City Manager Marilyn Sutton authority Tuesday to seek bids for engineering and administration services to set the paving project in motion.

LIVINGSTON A charge of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle has been filed against a driver involved in an accident early Saturday which resulted in the death of a 21-year-old passenger, according to the Texas Highway Patrol.

Polk County and some of its cities are eligible for grant money from the state for energy conservation efforts.

Angelina College Theatre kicks off its 2009-2010 season with the 1995 Broadway hit, "Sylvia" by A.R. Gurney, scheduled to run at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Temple Theater on the Angelina College campus.

Almost 300 volunteers gathered at Matagorda County beaches to participate in the 23rd Annual Texas Adopt-a-Beach Fall Cleanup Saturday, Sept.

Onalaska City Council held the final budget workshop and public hearing before approving the city's budget during regular session Tuesday evening.

August 2009 ONALASKA - Onalaska Independent School District trustees heard a presentation by Region VI Coordinator Steve Johnson as the district finalized plans Monday for classes to begin Aug.

August 2009 AUSTIN - Onalaska is continuing to show the strongest sales tax revenues among Polk County cities, according to disbursements released by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs Friday.

August 2009 LIVINGSTON Nearly a year after Hurricane Ike came to town, Polk County residents are still repairing, replacing and improving.

TRINITY While totals are up from the 2000 census, the estimated 2008 populations for both Trinity and Trinity County were almost unchanged from 2007 levels.

July 2009 ONALASKA - Lufkin attorney Wayne D. Haglund, a school law specialist, was unanimously approved to represent Onalaska Independent School District by trustees Monday.

A 2007 inductee into the Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame, Margie LeBlanc comes to the Cuero Country Opry stage on Thursday.

May 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk Central Appraisal District and the county's local school districts appealed the Texas Comptroller's fi nding that Polk County homes were under appraised for tax year 2008.

May 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk County, so far, has been able to avoid an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, formerly known as Swine Flu, but nationwide the number of confi rmed cases has risen.