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Last Tuesday morning June 1, Hunter Janicek was sworn in to the Sealy Police Department in the council chambers of Sealy City Hall surrounded by family, friends and co-workers. Janicek will serve Sealy PD as a Patrol Officer and he owns previous law enforcement experience with the Austin County Sheriff’s Office and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Janicek is a graduate of Brazos High School.

Weather permitting, the Texas Department of Transportation will begin a hot mix overlay project Monday, June 7, in Fayette and Colorado Counties, according to a Friday release.

The process will run from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day most days next week. Corresponding lane closures will also occur:

Anglers across the State of Texas are gearing up for Free Fishing Day tomorrow, June 5. The first Saturday in June each year allows Texans to fish on any public waterbody in the state without a fishing license.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Margaret Lorrain Smith to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. Smith, 62, has been wanted since 2009 for fleeing during her capital murder case. Texas Crime Stoppers is now offering a cash reward of up to $7,500 for information leading to her arrest and capture. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

Sealy High School seniors were presented scholarships and awards at the senior awards banquet last Monday, May 24, at the Thomas E. Golson Auditorium. Altogether, the Class of 2021 was awarded $1.3 million in scholarship money to help them on their paths to 25 different colleges, three branches of the military and the workforce.

For the first time since his hiring last summer, Sealy ISD Superintendent Bryan Hallmark addressed the district’s staff as a whole in person at the Sealy ISD Administration Awards banquet in the Sealy High School gymnasium last Thursday, May 27. 42 staff members were honored with service milestones and four retirees were celebrated on their way out: Lynda Mauney, Kimberly Buxkemper, Kerri Schovajsa and Sabrina Rotter.