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After a 30-plus-year streak of placing at district was snapped, Sealy High School’s One Act Play simply wanted to advance past the first round this year. The momentum generated following first-place finishes at district and bi-district with its production of Stoneface, however, made everyone believe state was a real possibility.

After the dust had settled last Saturday following May 1’s General Election, some incumbents and some newly elected candidates were deemed unofficial winners of races. All votes will become official after being canvassed by the local entity.

At last Wednesday’s regular meeting of the Sealy ISD Board of Trustees, Superintendent Bryan Hallmark announced the mask mandate in Sealy ISD will end at the conclusion of the school calendar May 27.

The following results are final, unofficial votes in Austin County.

The Flood Warning League City's National Weather Service initially issued from Sunday morning into Monday night was extended to Tuesday morning according to a Saturday night announcement. 

The Flood Warning is for the San Bernard River near Austin, Wharton, Fort Bend and Colorado Counties where East Bernard, Sweeny and Boling are forecast to experience moderate flooding.

After 994 Austin County early voters cast their ballots in five of the seven contested races in the General Election, the rest of eligible voters were to finalize the races on Saturday’s Election Day.

Late at night Friday, April 9, a fire destroyed a building at the Villa de Austin townsite at the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site. The museum confirmed the blaze consumed one of the newly constructed buildings in the townsite in a statement the following day “We are deeply appreciative of the quick and efficient response of the area emergency responders including the San Felipe-Frydek VFD, the Sealy Fire Department, the Pattison VFD, the Austin County Sheriff’s Department, Town of San Felipe officials and others,” the statement says.

The Sealy American Legion Auxiliary presented United States and Texas flags to the Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library April 19..

The National Weather Service has issued Tornado Watch 99 in effect until 9 PM CDT this evening.

Texas Premier Sporting Arms, an open to the public and semi-private sporting clays facility, presented a donation check in the amount of $1,000 to the Sealy Fire Department April 15. All proceeds donated to the Sealy Fire Department were raised from Texas Premier’s 1st Annual Crawfish and Clays Sporting Clays Tournament held April 10 at Texas Premier.