Van Vleck News

Robert A. Matthews announced his candidacy for Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1 in the March 2 democratic primary.

On Monday, November 23, about 70 kindergartners came to Live Oak Nursing Home to visit residents and sing some cute songs for Thanksgiving.

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.

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.