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The Sealy City Council hosted two special meetings last week to discuss the budget for the upcoming year and deliberated over how the funds could be best put to use for the city. The council considered the advantages of using contract workers as opposed to full-time employees to save money on wages and benefits.

The Sealy American Legion Hall hosted the Sealy Chamber of Commerce’s Bingo Night With the Chamber Aug. 5 where the doors opened at 5 p.m.

Chasing a calf in a rodeo arena for the chance to earn some money may not sound like a lot of fun, but it comes with amazing opportunities if you are willing to give it a try! I enjoyed it so much that I have actually competed five times across the state of Texas. It was a brand-new concept to our family when we first heard about it eight years ago.

Before the Brazos Cougar football team took the field at Cougar Stadium and started hitting at the crack of midnight, the squad unveiled new uniforms during a Media Day event at Brazos High School Friday, Aug. 6.

It’s August, 87 degrees and cloudy, but stepping outside your climate-controlled home or office feels like stepping onto the surface of the sun. Weather-guessers hint at some rain, but the heat index is hovering in the 100s.

Gov. Greg Abbott visited Austin County this weekend to attend the Grand Old Picnic in New Ulm. This event, hosted by the Austin County Republican Party (ACRP), had more than 200 visitors including many state and local officials.

Three Eagle Scouts were recognized at last week’s Sealy City Council meeting for completing their Eagle Scout Projects. Zander Crawley, Cameron Eschenburg and Ike Konvicka were three of the most recent scouts from Sealy Troop 548 to achieve Eagle Scout status.

Wednesday afternoon, Billy Murphy pulled into the Sealy Walmart Distribution Center with a smile as wide as his trailer while family, friends and coworkers greeted him at the gate to celebrate a milestone of 3 million miles driven without an avoidable accident that was more than two and a half decades in the making.