Boling News

Barbara Kay Rector of New Braunfels, a loving and servant-hearted wife, mother, daughter and sister, passed from this life on Sept.

Two weeks after Nicole Bolinger was born, a tiny scratch appeared on her right cheek.

A Wharton farmer was killed Monday after his tractor rolled into an irrigation canal and landed on top of him, according to a Wharton County Sheriff's Office report.

Originally published June 13, 2009 at 9:30 p.m., updated June 13, 2009 at 10:45 p.m. WORKING WITH POWERLINES n Stay a minimum of 10 feet away when working near powerlines.

Caleb Henson, of Boling, won second-place in the Wharton County Soil and Water Conservation District high school essay contest.

A man and a child were injured shortly after noon Tuesday in a four-vehicle, chain-reaction accident on East Andrew Johnson Highway near Lafayette Street.

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

Ryan Cruz Reyes, 20, of Boling was charged with evading arrest during an early Tuesday morning incident that led to the evacuation of a small community.

County officials ordered a mass evacuation of Iago early Tuesday after the driver of a vehicle believed to be involved in a burglary fled from deputies and struck a piece of oil field equipment.