El Dorado, Kansas, resident Carol Jean McGhee Garriott passed away on July 5, 2023. She was 88 years of age. Carol was born November 16, 1934, at 12:01 a.m. in the midst of a blizzard, at the home of her mother’s doctor in Eureka, Kansas, the 3rd daughter of Clarence and Ruth Vining McGhee. Preceding […]

So much has been happening this summer already at First Baptist Church… After Vacation Bible school and children’s camp at Palacios Baptist Encampment, 8 older youth went to Camp Zephyr on Lake Corpus Christi (see photo on page 12). FBC is so blessed to have as our youth and music minister, Raymond Grant and our […]

I wish to begin this article with a great ‘THANK YOU’ to the many who stopped on the highway recently to offer your assistance to a family in our community. Richard and Alyssa, along with their two daughters, were headed toward Seadrift to help a family who is moving into our area. It was Friday […]

The August meeting of the Calhoun County Democratic Club will be held Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at the Calhoun County Library, in the community room, 200 W Mahan St., Port Lavaca. Social/potluck is at 5.30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. The next meeting will be September 5th. More info: CalhounTXDemocrats.org

Republican Club August Meeting The Calhoun County Republican Club will be hosting Rev. Dr. J. Dustin Jenkins on Monday, August 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at Drifters Hall, 5287 Fm 3084, Port Lavaca, TX 77979. Originally from Sanger, TX, Dustin Jenkins graduated from Howard Payne University with a BA in Christian Studies, Biblical Languages. After […]