Flatonia News

Ten years ago, the question was: If we have a cattle auction to raise funds to benefit the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, would anyone come and would they buy cattle? The question in 2008 is: ...

Lower Colorado River Authority directors, facing higher fuel costs to run their power plants, will meet today to decide whether to raise wholesale power rates to municipal customers, a move that will probably ...

The following excerpts were taken from the June 25, 1887, edition of the Gonzales Inquirer.

Flatonia rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and went on to a 9-6 win over Granger in Game 2 of their best-of-three Class 1A regional final series on Saturday at Fireman's Park.

Central Texas is guaranteed to have at least three representatives at the state baseball tournament next week as three regional finals this weekend will feature all CenTex match-ups. In Class 1A, Granger and ...

AUSTIN Cote Schacherl pitched a two-hitter and struck out 11 on Friday night to lead Flatonia to a 6-0 Game 2 win over Johnson City and a sweep of their best-of-three Class 1A regional semifinal series at ...

The names and photos of high school valedictorians and salutatorians in Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Karnes, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria and Wharton counties, as well as ...

Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation have released a list of 33 projects totaling more $56 million in road improvements in Colorado County and Fayette counties. via Weimar Mercury

Erikka Murphy, Memorial Went 3-for-4 with four runs and two RBIs in a win over Corpus Christi Carroll. via Victoria Advocate

“We're trying to give them every penny we can get them.”

The general manager of the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show on Wednesday dismissed reports that anyone connected with the livestock show profited from the sale of hogs entered for competition. via Valley Morning Star

GONZALES Plans are in place to invade Gonzales. Unlike militaristic intrusions of the past, this impending invasion is a good thing. via Victoria Advocate

MOULTON Senior Lauren Roznovsky had the grand champion steer that brought in $3,800 during the annual Junior Livestock Show last month. via Victoria Advocate

“PACS is so good because we get instant access to X-rays and the detail and quality is so much more precise”

A new day has dawned for radiology at Colorado-Fayette Medical Center. Shannon McBride, CEO, is proud to announce the addition of Viztek's Opal-RAD PACS. via Weimar Mercury

July The Weimar School Board, meeting on Friday, June 29, approved Dr. Colleen Netterville of Normangee as the district's new superintendent. via Weimar Mercury

“I've tried to provide enough information to help you decide which ones will suit you.”

A Traveler's Guide" . The book covers 64 hotels still operating in the state that meet the author's three criteria: they are at least 50 years old; the buildings have been run as hotels, not something else, for ... via Abilene Reporter-News

“The fresh garden veggies (are) a very valuable portion of our education program. "We're in the business of feeding people and there's an epidemic in South Texas of diabetes and obesity”

While many people are digging through pantry shelves for cans of food to help others during the holidays, one man has been digging in the dirt to grow fresh vegetables for the Corpus Christi Food Bank. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

“The Olle Hotel in Flatonia has the feeling of a large home”

Historic Hotels of Texas is as much a history book as it is a traveler's guide. You would be hard-pressed to find a hotel of historical significance missing from Liz Carmack's collection of the luxurious to ... via The Austin Chronicle

“Basically, there was a heart attack”

Longtime Atascosa County Clerk Laquita Hayden died of natural causes related to a heart condition, officials said. via MySA.com

Nine Advocate-area players have been selected to the 2007-08 Texas Girls Coaches Association's all-state volleyball team. via Victoria Advocate

“There was some talk about the state wanting them to follow U.S. 59 and build a bypass around Victoria and El Campo”

Fewer trains would be traveling through the heart of Victoria if a rail company is able to build a bypass. via Victoria Advocate