Sargent News

Commissioners approved almost $43,200 in Homeland Security funds to purchase three radiation portal monitors during their regular weekly meeting Monday morning.

Tropical Storm Edouard hit the upper Texas coast early on Tuesday, bringing driving rains and winds near 65 mph , U.S. forecasters said.

Former Sheriff James D. Mitchell has announced he will run for Matagorda County Precinct 2 Commissioner in the March 2010 Democratic Primary.

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

After a record summer for beach traffic in Matagorda County, 23rd Annual Texas Adopt-a-Beach Fall Cleanup volunteers should find plenty to keep them busy as they spend Saturday morning, Sept.

Three juveniles were arrested last week in connection with the string of break-ins and criminal mischief cases in Sargent over the summer.

A Matagorda County woman claims a League City nursing home bears responsibility for her mother's death, recent court documents say.

County Commissioners approved the 2010 Matagorda County budget with a 2.5 percent employee raise across the board during their regular meeting Monday, Aug.

A Sargent resident spoke in appreciation of the efforts of the county judge and commissioners for bringing a United States Post Office to Sargent during the regular commissioner's court meeting Monday morning.

Matagorda County emergency planning officials will hold a hurricane preparedness conference at 11 a.m. in the Sargent VFW Hall on Saturday, Aug.

A Sargent resident spoke in appreciation of the efforts of the county judge and commissioners for bringing a United States Post Office to Sargent during the regular commissioner's court meeting Monday morning.

Deputies responded to a travel trailer burglary on Hall Road in Sargent at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 10.

A fishing guide who had retired from a paper mill in Sargent, TX was living with his wife in Matagorda County but preparing for a testy divorce.

The Fourth of July weekend turned deadly for two Sargent visitors involved in a one-vehicle accident on County Road 201 just before 1 a.m. Sunday, July 5. The accident took the lives of driver Adam Michael Westbrook, 27, of Normangee and passenger Chadwick Reed Johnson, 22, of Richmond.

Matagorda County will offer no shortage of options for Fourth of July celebrations with the Palacios Centennial Celebration, Bay City Parks and Recreation's Flight Fest and the Bam Bam Jamboree in Sargent.

County commissioners approved a grant application for more than $4 million to replenish sand on Sargent Beach during their regular weekly meeting Monday.

School is out and that leaves parents to find full-filled activities that their children can enjoy in a safe atmosphere.

Mary Katherine "Cathie" Grigsby was on a trip with her church the weekend her husband was killed, but that hasn't kept Matagorda County authorities from charging her with what they believe was "murder for hire." Police said Jack Grigsby, 72, was found by Cathie Grigsby, 59, inside his Old Caney Road home about 9 p.m. May 17.

Jack Grigsby's estranged wife was arrested for his murder along with a Denison man in a case officials are calling "murder for hire." Mary Katherine "Cathie" Grigsby, 59, of Clute, and Donald Ray Harrison, 50, of Denison, were arrested at their homes Friday, June 5, on capital murder charges, said Capt.

Residents met at the Sargent Volunteer Fire Department to discuss options for beach renourishment to restore Sargent beach from its current clay state to the beauty of the past.