DeWitt County’s first local preliminary competition to Miss Texas within the Miss America Scholarship Program was held Jan. 28, at The Venue on Church Street. Eleven contestants participated in the new Miss DeWitt County Scholarship Competition, coordinated by Local Director, Aaron Franco. Guests of honor at Saturday’s pageant included Miss Texas Averie Bishop and J-Belle Kimbrell, Miss Texas Outstanding Teen.

The City of Cuero will pay tribute to the community on its 150th Anniversary, and to our home town hero, Leonard Roy Harmon, Saturday, Feb. 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cuero Municipal Park located on Leonard Roy Harmon Drive.

A single-engine plane with five occupants crashed Tuesday, Jan. 17, just before 11 a.m. in Yoakum. The plane was traveling north and for unknown reasons, crashed in a field not far from the Yoakum Municipal Airport, according to law enforcement. The plane flew out of Memphis, Tenn. around 7:30 that morning.

A surprise retirement party was held on Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Cuero Municipal Park Clubhouse for Cuero Police Chief Jay Lewis.

January is School Board Recognition Month and Westhoff ISD is celebrating its trustees for their dedication and commitment to the district and its students. The theme of this year’s School Board Recognition Month is Forward, Together, which highlights the collaboration among school leadership, teachers, and parents on behalf of students.

Junior FFA Members: Averee Castillo Jillian Denton Temperance Flores Tessa Garcia Abigail Gaus Bailey Gaus Molly Gaus Jase Gonzales Elizabeth Guinn Eliot Klein Harper Leister Clark Matejek Carly Metting Dion Villanueva Nicholas Villarreal Claire Villarreal Ellyn Warwas Grahm Wisian Layne Wisian Abagail Yanta Aaden Zuniga Senior FFA Members: William Berry Ariyana Blackwell Wade Dueser Tessa Flores Brooke Hernandez Tristan Infante Brayden Jennings Abby Klein Kristiana Lopez Vanessa Lopez Connly Metting Nickolas Serna Jackson Tam Bryce Tessmann Mason Tessmann Jacob Torres Percey Torrez Pedro Villanueva Kyndil Villarreal.

The Victoria County Public Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places where food is served in Victoria and DeWitt counties. In the inspection reports, each violation in the Priority items 1-20 is 3 demerits; Priority Foundation items 21-33 are 2 demerits; and Core items are 1 demerit. Zero is a perfect score, while 100 demerits is the worst possible score.

Shutterbug meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Former contest judge and local photographer Danny Vivian will be discussing his exhibit at the Nave Museum.The March meeting is Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m. Widely published Texas photographer Russell Graves will be giving a presentation via zoom. Meetings are held at First Baptist Church in Cuero, 408 N. Gonzales St.

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Cuero Regional Hospital will be hosting a blood drive for the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center in the Education Classroom on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 10:30 a.m.