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Would you like to maintain or even lose weight this holiday season? A multi-county community wellness program, Holiday Hold’em, recently began. This free, online challenge is designed to encourage participants to gain no more than two pounds during the holiday season.

The Charter Review Commission (CRC) and Sealy City Council met for a joint meeting at the W. E.

The Austin County Commissioners Court met in the Austin County Courthouse Monday morning, Nov. 22, to declare 13 firearms and one vehicle from the Austin County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) as surplus.

Sealy ISD special education students brought down the house at the junior high last Tuesday night, Nov. 16, at the Chance to Dance Holiday Recital.

It seems only fitting that after her storied Sealy FFA career, Avery Oliver’s final prepared public speaking performance with her hometown on the back of her blue and gold jacket came on the National FFA Convention stage in Indianapolis, IN and culminated with a thirdplace finish Oct. 29.

Citizens State Bank took action last week and tore down the last of what were four buildings behind the downtown Sealy bank after deteriorating conditions inside the building were worsening. Ryan Svoboda, CFO of Citizens, said the building hadn’t been used in any bank capacity in years but went through asbestos abatement in 2013 when three adjoining buildings were taken down in favor of the parking lot.

Sealy’s Joseph Cevallos was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for outstanding accomplishments while stationed at Djibouti Air Force Base Dec. 2-14, 2020.

Five Texas high school students rose to the top of their class as the winners of the eighth annual Culinary Arts Career Conference (CACC) Culinary Competitions, offered to students by the Texas Food & Wine Alliance (TFWA) earlier this month. Sealy’s Mariana Ponce was among the winners in the piping techniques category.

The Sealy Community Foundation donated $1,900 to Austin County Emergency Services District No. 2 – Sealy Fire Department from the 5 Alarm 5K Run to be used for fire equipment Friday, Nov. 5. Pictured from the left are Kellie Kainer with SCF, Fire Chief Kenny Willingham, Jay Shepard and Zachary LaBonte. COURTESY PHOTO