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Off to the Races The Faith Academy Cross Country team ran in their first Meet of the 2024 season on Saturday, Aug. 17. The Rice Raider 5000 Invitational was host to 10 teams from the surrounding counties.

The Wallis EMS Station is officially open and ready for business. The Christensen Building Group heralded the successful completion of the Austin County Wallis EMS Station.

IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME

The city of Sealy has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget for 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 during last Tuesday’s monthly meeting “The consensus of the council was that we would keep the tax rate the same as last year,” said Sealy Mayor Carolyn Bilski.

Royce Caldwell has joined the staff of The Sealy News as Area Sales & Marketing Consultant. “I'm looking forward to the challenge of entering the sales community,” Caldwell said.

The inaugural Babes in Boxers fundraising event was held May 29, at Saddleback Saloon Bar & Grill to raise awareness and educate the comunity on prostate cancer. The event raised just over $2,700.

CORPUS CHRISTI – A 41-yearold Corpus Christi resident has been taken into federal custody for alleged embezzlement from a local labor union, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S.

Murto led Hutchings and his Overwatch teammates to a flurry of success during the 2023-24 season The Blinn College esports team recently garnered some notable national recognition for two members of the Buccaneer program.

At a recent ceremony in Abilene of the Texas Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences, Michelle Wright, a dedicated Family and Community Health (FCH) Extension Educator was recognized with the prestigious Distinguished Program Achievement Award by the Texas Extension Specialist Association.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Austin County is partnering with the Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District to provide an educational lawn care program on Friday, Sept. 13.