Van Vleck News

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.

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.

Representatives from the Bay Area Council on Drugs & Alcohol visited Van Vleck High School Tuesday, Oct.

I drove into one of the fiercest, rain-swollen electrical storms I've ever seen, as I returned home Thursday night after attending a funeral in Kerrville.

When President Barack Obama delivers a national address to American school children during class time at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept.

Dressed to impress in new clothes and loaded down with school supplies, Matagorda County school children headed back to school Monday morning.

The Matagorda County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Bay City Police Department were able to break up a lawnmower burglary ring that had hit victims across the county on Friday, July 31.

Matagorda County school districts received good news Friday, July 31, when the Texas Education Agency released the official school ratings report.

Matagorda County school districts received good news Friday, July 31, when the Texas Education Agency released the official school ratings report.

Police are looking for a man believed to have robbed two convenience stores 25 miles apart early Thursday, with both clerks complying when the man presented himself as having a gun.

Janice Hawthorne, office manager in the County Attorney s office, declared her candidacy for the position of County Clerk in a Monday, June 15 news release.

The Van Vleck community will host a barbecue benefit and cake auction from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, in the Van Vleck High School cafeteria for Mary Ottis, a friend and colleague suffering from renal failure.

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.

Matagorda County's baseball teams earned a combined 19 slots on the 2009 all-district teams, released this week.

A Van Vleck man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on County Road 166 on Tuesday afternoon.

A regional delegation including many Matagorda County representatives gathered in Austin Friday, May 22, for a meeting with state ORCA officials to discuss funding for the six narratives on economic development in Matagorda, Wharton and Colorado counties.

A 23-year-old VanVleck man was killed Tuesday afternoon after failing to navigate a turn and landing his car upside down in a canal.

The average Matagorda County residence showed little change in appraised value from the previous year, said Vince Maloney, chief appraiser, Matagorda County Appraisal District.

The American Cancer Society Survivor Dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Eagles Hall in Bay City.