Gregory may not offer much in the way of restaurants, but the city is on the cusp of a renaissance as industry blossoms around them, setting the stage for a ton of growth already on the horizon.
With Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) edging ever closer to opening its doors, one issue still looms largely over Sinton – housing.
On Nov. 15, the nonprofit Texas Ramp Project celebrated the installation of 100 miles of wheelchair ramps for their “100 Miles of Freedom” campaign to nearly 20,000 recipients across the state, but they didn’t stop there. The San Antonio part of the organization reached out to a veteran in S…
A little over five years ago, the efforts of district judges, community leaders and other children’s advocates came together in the creation of CASA of Bee, Live Oak and McMullen Counties to help ensure that the needs of abused and neglected children were met.
SINTON – With 29 baseball seasons, 22 district championships and three state championships under his belt, it’s pretty easy to recognize Gene Kasprzyk as a history-making teacher and coach. Area residents may even recognize him as one of the voice of the Corpus Christi Hooks.
MATHIS – The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) and Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WCRA) united on Sunday to make women’s sports history for a week-long event. Both organizations have come together for the Women’s Rodeo World Championship in Texas with the largest purse in history for a wome…
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY – It was in Wimberley that a young Kally Marbach found her love for the outdoors. With her father taking her hunting, fishing and camping she found a kinship with the outdoors that would reintroduce itself years later as the little girl grew into adulthood and enrolled in…
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY – With major industry coming to the county and the $1.7 billion Steel Dynamics, Inc. plant currently being built, local schools are definitely taking advantage.
GREGORY – During a virtual Gregory City Council meeting held on Sept. 8, things got heated, and more questions than answers were brought to the surface.
GREGORY – Last week, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) held a dedication ceremony as the ExxonMobil-Sabic plant fire department officially came on line.
MATHIS – It was in 2015 when Doug Dowler was looking to get back into the economic development business because “I just wanted to get back to my passion of economic development.” He was the director of an assisted living community in North Texas but prior to that spent 17 years in Nacogdoch…
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic took over last year and people began losing their jobs, food was something that became hard to come by, especially in small communities such as Gregory.
While Coastal Bend residents sheltered at home during the pandemic, they saw storm after storm growing in the Gulf. Some of those became hurricanes with several barely missing San Patricio County.
Things look to be going swimmingly at the Texas State Aquarium at the start of the new year.
Former Gregory-Portland Superintendent Dr. Paul Clore said his goodbyes to students, faculty and staff during a farewell tour across all G-PISD campuses just before Christmas break.
Sinton Nite Lions collected food and monetary donations on Nov. 20 and 21 at the Family Dollar and Dollar General, both in Sinton, for the Sinton Food Pantry. Pictured from left are Andrew Sanchez from the Sinton Food Pantry, Lion Kitty Pace, Lion Kim Odem, Sinton’s Nite Lion President Ila H…
A wise Jedi once said, “Do or do not, there is no try.” So during these trying times a Mathis pastor is doing what he can to help the community.
Blessings come in all shapes and sizes, especially during the holidays. For Mathis, it came in the shape of the box – a big box – that’s helping the community when it needs it most.
The Portland North Bay Lions Club recently presented the Portland Police Department with a McGruff costume for their use in G-PISD schools, city parades and other creative ways to get the word out to help “take a bite out of crime” and “say no to drugs.” The Lions Club had worked with McGruf…
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