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Barrientos signs with John Melvin University to continue baseball

Banner Press photos by Brian Pierson

2024 State Track & Field Championships

Lions baseball is making yet another playoff push under head coach Clint Jaeger and company as they recently defeated High Island High School by scores of 16-3 and 17-4. Kellen Lopez, Easton Jaeger, Kole Schmitt, and Chance Konvicka had two RBI’s each in the first game and Jaeger scored four runs as well. Other key contributors were Jack Schley and Keagan Supak, who both scored three runs a piece.

Chief Deputy Richard Holloman honored for 40 years of service

COLUMBUS-It was a weekend when the community came alive with the thunderous excitement of Thunder By The Colorado.

Burton returns home with gold

2024 Magnolia Belles

COLUMBUS – The Colorado County Sheriff's Office released infor - mation about a local man drowning in the Colorado River.

COLUMBUS – Grace’s Table is a community meal held once per month. There is no charge. The purpose is for people and families to gather and share a meal, get to know their neighbors, and experience fellowship. Grace’s Table is a ministry of the First United Methodist Church of Columbus, but the church stresses that it is non-denominational and open to the entire community.

My old hen’s a good old hen.

ARANSAS PASS – The Spring Conference for District 11 Texas Extension Education Association was held on April

Ellinger VFD holds annual fundraiser

“A Good Cat”

The growth of industrial-scale users of power could strain the Texas power grid, ERCOT’s chief announced last week. The Dallas Morning News reported Pablo Vegas, the agency’s CEO, said bitcoin miners and artificial intelligence data centers going in across the state, as well as industrial growth in the Permian Basin, could create the need for a massive buildup of power transmission lines in the future.

BASTROP – Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors unanimously voted during its April meeting to return $6.23 million in capital credits to member-owners of the cooperative, an increase of more than $500,000 over last year. Beginning in May, Bluebonnet’s members will receive a credit on their electric bill for their share of $6.23 million in capital credits.