By Randall Luker Joe Escamilla, Sr. was just 18 years old when he embarked on a life changing experience that changed the world and is still shaping history today. Escamilla joined the... + continue reading
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By George Garza The federal Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD) offers Homeowner Rehabilitation Assistance (HRA) Program funds to local governments through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to provide assistance to certain homeowners whose houses have been damaged in a disaster. Texas has received some of these... + continue reading
A good Samaritan who had stopped to offer a tow for a disabled vehicle and a child who was a passenger in that disabled vehicle were both killed when a third vehicle slammed into the rear of the broke down car. On Monday afternoon at approximately 3:45 p.m., Highway Patrol Troopers with Texas Department of Public Safety were summoned to the... + continue reading
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In a month where Vidor ISD doesn’t normally recognized Employee of the Month because Teacher of the Year recognitions are going on, Sally Andrews got a big surprise at the VISD Board of Trustees meeting on Monday evening when she was named Employee of the Month for the school district. She was nominated by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jay Killgo... + continue reading
By Randall Luker For some, wearing your feelings on your sleeve has negative connotations, meaning someone is overly sensitive, but for the Golden Triangle Seminoles football team, it is a matter of pride, and a way of saying ‘Thank You’. Golden Triangle Seminoles owner Wilford Scypion, Jr. said the Vidor community had been so supportive... + continue reading
By George Garza Early one morning last week, an eighteenwheeled truck pulled into the rear parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Vidor and a middle school principal climbed down out of the truck’s passenger door. Nathan Lane is the Principal of Mount Pleasant, Middle School in Iowa and he was delivering a huge gift from his 400-... + continue reading
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On Saturday May 5, The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Bass Team won the first ever “School of the Year” from the Southeast Texas High School Fishing Association. Two LCM teams were also... + continue reading
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By Ed Sterling AUSTIN — Local, state and federal law enforcement on May 18 responded to a shooting that left 10 people dead and 10 others injured at Santa Fe High School near Galveston. One... + continue reading
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By Sally AndrewsCoordinator ofCommunity Relations Seven members of the VISD Child Nutrition Department (Jodie Marshall, Sandy Byers, Sabrina Verrett, Cindy Henry, Misty Wilcox, Terrie Lewis... + continue reading
