2021 SHS Homecoming court
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Sealy High School announced its 2021 Homecoming court last week and the winners will be announced at this Friday’s football game against Stafford.
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NOT FORGOTTEN
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Austin County residents remembered the events of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001, at various gatherings last Saturday.
Sealy City Council raises utility rates
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Last Wednesday at the W. E. Hill Community Center, Sealy City Council raised the rates for waterworks and sanitary sewer systems, solid waste and natural gas in an attempt to keep the city’s general budget sound.
Active cases on the rise
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Entering this week, the Department of State Health Services had record of 191 active cases of COVID-19 in Austin County, a 39-case increase from the previous week. Three more fatalities were also added to the totals and as of Monday, there had been 44 COVID-related deaths in Austin County.
NEVER FORGET
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Twenty years ago Saturday is a day that changed America forever. Nineteen hijackers overtook four domestic flights and killed around 3,000 people in New York City, Washington D.C.
I-10 to close tonight
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According to information from Sealy Police Department, Interstate 10 mainlaines are scheduled for closure tonight, Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7:00 p.m., until Friday, Sept. 2, at 5:00 a.m. between Chew and Mlcak Roads.
The purpose of the closure is to remove the Mlcak overpass bridge spanning over IH10.
When buffalo roamed
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Buffalo roamed much of the United States in the 1600s and 1700s, ranging from the Rocky Mountains to Pennsylvania and Georgia, and from northern Canada to northern Mexico. Estimated to number between 30 and 50 million in the 1600s, the herds dwindled very rapidly from 1720 through the 1800s.
ARREST REPORTS
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An arrest is not proof of guilt. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
NEWS BITS
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Lions Sealy Dance Club, Sept. 4 The Lions Sealy Dance Club will be holding a dance Saturday, Sept.
Volunteers needed to recreate history
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The San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site recently welcomed a Ramage style recreated printing press to its new permanent home at the log cabin Texas Gazette printing office in the Villa de Austin. Builder and collector John Horn donated the wooden printing press from his personal collection after years of persistent communication from Michael Moore, the Contracted Construction Manager for the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission.
