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Master Gardeners’ Lunch and Learn on May 22

Gardening in south Texas is challenging! The extremes of heat, cold, and drought make it even more difficult which is why Texas Superstar® plants, tested and selected for superior …

Get Up Girl Women’s Conference set for May 17

Get Up Girl Women’s Conference will be held Saturday, May 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sleep Inn & Suites, 2138 Water St., Gonzales. Free admission, free parking, free …

Luling Foundation Field Day slated for May 15, 2025

The 98th Annual Luling Foundation Field Day will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 15 at the Luling Foundation Demonstration Barn, 523 S. Mulberry, Luling. This annual event is free and open …
The City of Smiley Marshal’s Office accepts a GVEC Power Up grant for $11,452.94. The funds will be used to purchase nine sets of ballistic vests for deputy personal protection. Pictured L to R: Deputy Marshal Jason Criollo, City Marshal Jason Torres, Mayor Lisa Benavidez, Corporal
Mark Valli and Sergeant Heath Stier.

GVEC members help power community growth through Power Up™ grants

Thanks to the continued generosity of GVEC members, 10 nonprofit organizations have been awarded more than $191,000 through the Cooperative’s Power Up community grant program. Funded by members …

LCRA awards $4,861 grant to Smiley Marshal’s Office

The City of Smiley Marshal’s Office soon will be able to purchase updated safety equipment, thanks to a $4,861 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The Community Development …

Smiley sells fire station land to ESD 2 for $50,000

Smiley City Council voted 4-0 with one abstention to accept an offer for the land on Farm-to-Market Road 108 on which the Smiley VFD fire station sits from Gonzales County Emergency Services District …

GISD groundbreaking for new CTE center will be May 16

Gonzales ISD will celebrate the groundbreaking of its new Career & Technical Education (CTE) Center at 10 a.m. Friday, May 16, at the center site, 2459 County Road 239A, Gonzales. Light …
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Opinion

GCUWCD needs to reject additional water exporting

Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District Board Members: As a taxpayer, citizen of Gonzales and voter in favor of the creation of GCUWCD, please accept this letter as my strongest …

William Philip King made ultimate sacrifice for his family

William Philip King, a sixteen-year-old resident of Green De Witt's Colony, heard the men on horseback before they came into view. Must be about 20 or so, he thought. William Philip King was working …

Groundwater district has failed its mission

Groundwater permits are managed by the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District which includes most of Gonzales County and a southeast portion of Caldwell County where the two counties …

Gonzales men go to war to pay price of freedom

He stood there on the sidewalk outside Michelson's Café in Gonzales. The letter from the Army said the bus would pick him up at 10:00 this morning. He glanced at the courthouse clock across …