In the early morning hours of Monday, Dec. 6, several vehicles in the Settler’s Estates subdivision were burglarized. As a result, many unsecured firearms were taken from these vehicles. Additionally, in a nearby subdivision located in the City of Sealy, at least three more vehicle burglaries were reported.
Sunday, Nov. 7, the Austin County Sheriff’s Office was contacted to assist The Acadia Parish, Louisiana Sheriff’s Office with a murder investigation.
During the course of the investigation, Austin County Patrol officers and the Louisiana investigators discovered that Stephen Wayne Myers II was potentially hiding on a property located in the 8000 block of FM 529. The Austin County SRT was immediately activated and arrived on scene.
Voters made it out to their local polling locations yesterday, Nov. 2, to cast their ballots for the Texas Constitutional Amendment and Bellville ISD Bond elections. Unofficial results reveal that all eight constitutional amendments are poised to be approved by voters while the bond election for Bellville ISD was not approved.
The Austin County Fair Association announced a change in their entertainment lineup next Thursday night, Oct. 14. Mark Chesnutt was forced to cancel his performance to continue recovery from back surgery and Joe Nichols was named the replacement in an Oct. 7 release. Below is the announcement
The Sealy News is moving to a new location.
The weekly newspaper will continue publication but will be created from a new office once the building at 193 Schmidt Road is sold.
“We have loved our time on Schmidt Road and look forward to producing the same quality coverage of local news, sports and entertainment from a new office,” General Manager Amy Lieb said.
Sealy City Councilmember Place 3/Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Vrablec stepped down from her council seat to accept the position of City of Sealy Planner at the council’s Aug. 3 regular meeting at the W. E. Hill Community Center.
Vrablec will no longer participate in council meetings and her seat will remain open until the November election.
July 28, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) rescued 22 dogs and four cats from a property on the west side of Sealy.
“It was one of the worst cases of deplorable living conditions Houston SPCA Animal Cruelty Investigators said they have seen in their many years of field experience in animal welfare,” a Wednesday press release said.
Five cars were reportedly broken into at Apex Stone in San Felipe Wednesday between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. according to owner Justin Jackson.
Thursday evening, Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes said the department responded to a call at 4:45 p.m. where multiple cars were broken into at Apex Stone. Evidence and reports were handed over to the San Felipe Police Department which was handling the investigation.
