Ashley Brooking

BAY CITY — Matagorda County’s law enforcement officers aren’t just chasing down leads and crime, they’re also helping children in the area capture their most wanted Christmas presents at Walmart.

BAY CITY — Bay City fire officials are investigating a fire they say seems suspicious in nature.

BAY CITY — More than 1,000 fallen service members were honored with Christmas wreaths in Cedarvale Cemetery Saturday morning. It’s a tradition Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2438 and organizer

Palacios Police Department’s Chief Tobie Bias was one of 257 law enforcement officers who graduated from the FBI’s National Academy in Quantico, Virginia Thursday.

I think it’s safe to say we might see an aquatic center in our near future.

Winners from the 44th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade are:

Matagorda County Commissioners joined in the growing momentum behind an effort to build a regional aquatic center with a promise to allocate funding to the project Monday morning at a regular meeting.

Matagorda County and Bay City could get a payout connected to the opioid crisis, but officials say they don’t expect it to be much.

BAY CITY — Two people were airlifted for medical treatment Tuesday night following a head on collision that shut down traffic on Highway 60 for nearly two hours, authorities said.

Expert and area birders divided up portions of Matagorda County Monday for the annual Christmas Bird Count and unofficially netted 229 species, setting a precedence for the state and nation.