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The Texas Well Owner Network in conjunction with the Mill Creek Watershed Partnership is hosting a “Well Educated” water well screening Feb. 5 in Bellville and Brenham to give area residents the opportunity to have their well water screened.

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On Jan. 15, 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pioneer of the civil rights movement to end segregation in the 1950’s, was brought into the world unaware of the generational impact his life would come to have on Americans and people around the world.

A Bellville man was found guilty of threatening the lives of Austin County First Assistant District Attorney Brandy Robinson and Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Nystrom. An Austin County jury found Chad Edward Hultquist guilty of two felony counts of retaliation Jan.10.

As part of National Cervical Health Awareness Month this January, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging women to get screened for cervical cancer. “Routine cervical cancer screening is the most effective way to detect cervical cancer early,” said Faith Sandberg-Rodriguez, associate commissioner of Family Clinical Services at HHSC.

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson launched her 2024 voter education tour last week with numerous stops throughout Texas. The tour is designed to make sure Texans know where to go for official voting information, including vote-by-mail requirements and the acceptable forms of photo ID voters can present at the polls.