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The Sealy News has learned the family of an Austin County inmate who died while in custody has hired an attorney and plans on filing a lawsuit against the county. Quincy Williams, 29, died in the Austin County Jail March 11, 2024, and the family said they still have not received answers to many of their questions.

A suspect that escaped from a Bellville hospital Jan. 23 has been taken into custody by authorities.

On Feb. 6, members of the Westside Narcotics Task Force (HIDTA) conducted an operation that they believe will significantly impact the Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) that is operating in the area.

TO FORMER SCHOOL STANDOUT The Brazos Cougars will have a new Athletic Director and football coach for the 2025-26 season. Patrick Oliver is making his return to Brazos ISD as the new Athletic director and football coach after spending the last 11 years in Needville.

The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association hosts its Annual Plant Sale on April 12, from 8:30 a.m. until sold out.

AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging womentogetscreened for cervical cancer as part of National Cervical Health Awareness Month this January. “Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented,”saidCrystalStarkey, deputy executive commissioner for Family Health Services at HHSC.

My father has been gone for 15 years. One of my father’s “jokes” was, “Son, I’m so sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Then he would laugh, and I would, of course, join in with his laughter. Although I was laughing, I did not get the punch line.

Now, back to the question, “How do you get from atoms to self-consciousness?” How do you get from the atomic chemistry in your brain to a mental thought—maybe even the thought about how fascinating this column is? If we are all just a conglomeration of atoms like the Darwinist, or the atheists, or even some of the Michaels of the world say we are, then from whence doest thou thoughts come? States of self-consciousness are not our brains. The brain is a part of our body. It is made up of cells which are made up of atoms. The brain, and self-conscious states, or we can say the mind, are two different things.

On Thursday, Feb. 13, the Austin County Sheriff’s Office, along with his family, members of the Salt Grass Trail Ride, Nethaniel Gjesdal, District Director- House Distric 85, for Rep. Stan Kitzman, and several other agencies represented, had the pleasure of honoring Reserve Deputy Ervin Paben on his retirement. In 1958, at the age of 18, Ervin was first sworn in as a Waller County Sheriff’s Deputy and a short time later, he transferred and served the Pct 4 Waller County Constable’s office.

Be advised that the city of Sealy Health Inspector has inspected the following establishments for food preparation, kitchen cleanliness, and sanitary conditions: 1. Saddleback Saloon – 2/6/25 – 1.