The Matagorda County Office of Emergency Management is urging residents to remain alert as heavy rain causes flooding and ...

Matagorda County jail Sgt. David Torrez III was arrested July 4 on a charge of driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol ...

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls voted Tuesday to advance a federal water infrastructure bill that includes a provision directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a feasibility study for ...

The Bay City Police Department is investigating two shootings that occurred about an hour apart early Sunday morning ...

A Matagorda County property once planned for a large-scale synthetic fuel facility could instead become a digital ...

Bay City passed away Sunday, July 5, 2026. Don was born on May 21, 1945 in Olathe, Kansas to the late Rowan Wood and Waur ...

Long before Bay City, Houston or Galveston appeared on maps, the upper Texas coast was home to Indigenous peoples whose lives ...

A national antitrust settlement involving one of the country’s largest egg producers could have a local effect in Matagorda ...

A Matagorda County jury found 34-year-old Shaun Michael Weekley guilty of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver after deliberating for less than an hour, according to the Matagorda ...

Two Tidehaven High School graduates are among nine area students selected to receive 2026 scholarships from the Young Family Foundation. The foundation announced $114,000 in scholarships for 2026 ...

Collegeport residents, former residents, descendants and friends gathered Saturday, May 30, for Collegeport Day, the community’s annual homecoming celebration at the Mopac House. The 2026 gathering ...

Bay City High School is one of seven schools featured in an upcoming documentary about Texas’ UIL One-Act Play competition. The feature documentary, “One Act,” follows Texas public high school ...