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The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor announced that 609 students have been listed on the Fall 2020 Provost’s Honor Roll. To receive this recognition, a student must achieve a 3.85 grade point average (GPA) or better on a 4.0 scale.

Madi Streckfuss of Bellville was named to the Abilene Christian University Fall 2020 Dean’s List. Streckfuss is a senior majoring in biochemistry.

The Sealy High School One Act Play was recently crowned as the District 24-4A Champions and advanced to the Bi-District Championship thanks to all-star cast and crew members. The Sealy UIL One Act Play company of Stoneface earned firstplace rankings from all of the judges and had two earn best actor recognition.

Sealy FFA Land Judging Team ended months of no contests with a fifth-place finish at the Tompkins CDE last weekend. Leading the way for the team was Cameron Hein, who earned a $1000 scholarship placing as 4th high Senior. He is pictured alongside Brayden Ashorn, Rylan Reichardt, and Lane Miller. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Last week, an undercover narcotics task force comprised of Sealy Police Department, Austin County Sheriffs Office and others apprehended subjects at the Murphy’s gas station on Schmidt Road in Sealy.

Ahead of the early voting period for the May 1 general election, The Sealy News will once again be hosting candidate forums for readers to get to know who is running for what office. Each candidate will be interviewed individually on Facebook Live and all of the recorded conversations will be combined to make one comprehensive video of all of the candidates’ answers.

While Gov. Gregg Abbott has lifted the statewide mandate to wear a mask in public and allowed all businesses to operate at full capacity, many businesses, schools and other entities say they will continue to require that masks be worn. Abbott issued the order last week, effective March 10.

Earlier this month, Bellville Medical Center announced Renee Poulter was named as the Community and Clinical Coordinator for TriCounty ER, an emergency department of BMC in Sealy. As BMC has expanded services, Tri-County ER has played an increasingly important role in the provision of healthcare in Sealy.