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New Lands Added to Drawn Hunts

New Lands Added to Drawn Hunts

New Lands Added to Drawn Hunts

Apply now for a shot at winning more than 9,500 Drawn Hunts, including premium Private Lands Dove Hunts.We continue to grow your public hunting opportunities, and this season includes hunts on newly- acquired Texas State Parks properties.
OGT Text, App and Online Reporting

OGT Text, App and Online Reporting

OGT Text, App and Online Reporting

You can now text Operation Game Thief (OGT) to submit anonymous tips about wildlife crime. You can also use the NEW free app, call, or go online to report wildlife violations:• Text to 847411; type in TXOGT and then your message.
Commissioner Buckingham Announces Adopt-A-Beach T-Shirt Campaign to Support Clean Texas Beaches

Commissioner Buckingham Announces Adopt-A-Beach T-Shirt Campaign to Support Clean Texas Beaches

Commissioner Buckingham Announces Adopt-A-Beach T-Shirt Campaign to Support Clean Texas Beaches

AUSTIN— Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to announce the Texas General Land Office (GLO) Adopt-A-Beach program's T-Shirt Campaign. T-shirts cost $35 each, and these funds will help support the program's essential beach clean-ups and the volunteers who make them possible.
Carroll bids farewell to colleagues

Carroll bids farewell to colleagues

Carroll bids farewell to colleagues

Vidor Police Chief Rod Carroll met with officers and employees of the Vidor Police Department informally at the Vidor Police station Thursday as he said his goodbyes and reminisced with friends and colleagues about memorable incidents and encounters during his years at Vidor.

Vidor ISD to auction used items

Looking for a filing cabinet to organize your old financial records or maybe you are more mechanically inclined and need a big box fan to cool your workplace while you set up your used bandsaw and sandblasting cabinet you won at auction.
Optimized Process Design makes K-9 donation to VPD

Optimized Process Design makes K-9 donation to VPD

Optimized Process Design makes K-9 donation to VPD

Optimized Process Designs, LLC, a division of Koch Industries, donated $24,049 to the Vidor Police Department Wednesday for the purchase, training and equipment for a new K-9 officer for the department.Officers expected to begin checking with K-9 training facilities this week.

Speeding Doesn’t Save Time, It Costs Lives

AUSTIN – Whether it’s catching a fish or smoking a brisket, Texans know the importance of patience. So, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is reminding drivers to use that patience behind the wheel and drive like a Texan: Kind. Courteous. Safe.
Fill the Bus is happening Saturday

Fill the Bus is happening Saturday

Fill the Bus is happening Saturday

Vidor ISD’s annual Fill the Bus school supply event is set for Saturday, July 26th from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. at the Brookshire Brothers parking lot. Groups from the High School will be helping work Saturday collecting the supplies people bring to the bus.