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Three won best of show; one each at elementary, junior high and high school levels.

The Austin County A&M Club is currently accepting scholarship applications for the 2020-2021 school year. The scholarships are to be awarded to outstanding students in Austin County who meet the admission requirements of Texas A&M University, the scholarship requirements and are selected by the Scholarship Committee.

Sealy ISD students celebrated the 100th day of school with either an item of clothing with 100 objects on it or dressing like a centenarian last Friday, Feb. 5.

The number of people in Texas hospitalized with COVID-19 has declined more than 28% in the past month, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. As of Feb.

The 125-year-old Austin County Jail Museum building is beginning to show its age. Built in 1896 as Austin County’s fourth jail, the building is in dire need of interior repairs and preservation. The last prisoner was removed in 1982. It now operates as the Austin County Jail Museum, featuring the jail’s and county’s history through exhibits on the first level.

As of Monday afternoon, 2,781 Austin County residents had already received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine according to County Judge Tim Lapham. The same afternoon, active cases sat at 114 – 20 more than that time last week – and fatalities remained at 26 according to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS).