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Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard MCFLA's 2026 Public Speaking buckle winners are: Ansley Kubecka, Madelyn Botbyl, and Lyra Saha.

Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard MCFLA's 2026 Public Speaking buckle winners are: Ansley Kubecka, Madelyn Botbyl, and Lyra Saha.

"2026 MCFLA Talent Show & Public Speaking winners" by: Jessica Shepard

News Staff
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
   Families and friends filled the Van Vleck High School auditorium last Sunday to hear children of all ages perform in the annual Matagorda County Fair & Livestock Association’s (MCFLA) “Talent Show & Public Speaking” contest.
Phillips 66 photo (L-R Back Row: Bill Stone, VP of Sweeny Refinery; Ellen Claussen; Jacob Juneau; Robert Lawrence; Jamesse Walker. L-R Front Row: Angela Johnson; Melissa Jurek; Cyndi Barnett; Patricia Leal.)

Phillips 66 photo (L-R Back Row: Bill Stone, VP of Sweeny Refinery; Ellen Claussen; Jacob Juneau; Robert Lawrence; Jamesse Walker. L-R Front Row: Angela Johnson; Melissa Jurek; Cyndi Barnett; Patricia Leal.)

Phillips 66 honors ’26 Science/Math Teachers

News Staff
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
   Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery recently honored eight area high school educators teaching in the science or math fields with the 2025 Science/Math Teacher Recognition Award.
Sentinel photo/Jessica Shepard The MCFLA's 2026 Rodeo & Fair Royalty are, from left: Rodeo Queen Scollie Saha, Fair Princess Analyn Sutherland, Junior Fair Princess Hayden Joines, Little Mister Cowboy Dusty O'Connell, Fair Queen Marin Bolton, and Little Miss Cowgirl Kalli Brown.

Sentinel photo/Jessica Shepard The MCFLA's 2026 Rodeo & Fair Royalty are, from left: Rodeo Queen Scollie Saha, Fair Princess Analyn Sutherland, Junior Fair Princess Hayden Joines, Little Mister Cowboy Dusty O'Connell, Fair Queen Marin Bolton, and Little Miss Cowgirl Kalli Brown.

"Rodeo, Fair Royalty buckles, sashes awarded" by: Jessica Shepard

News Staff
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
   Matagorda County Fair and Livestock Association’s (MCFLA) 2026 Fair and Rodeo royalty winners were chosen last weekend.  Scollie Saha was crowned the 2026 MCFLA Rodeo Queen Saturday, Feb. 21.
Sentinel photo/ Jessica Shepard About 100 Matagorda County residents attended the (TxDOT) “Bay City Relief Route Feasibility Study” last Thursday, Feb. 19.

Sentinel photo/ Jessica Shepard About 100 Matagorda County residents attended the (TxDOT) “Bay City Relief Route Feasibility Study” last Thursday, Feb. 19.

"TxDOT hosts ‘Relief Route’" by: Jessica Shepard

News Staff
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
   Over 100 Matagorda County residents attended the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) “Bay City Relief Route Feasibility Study” last Thursday.  The public meeting was held in person on Feb. 19 and will be available virtually until Friday, March 6.
Matagorda County Retired Teachers Association (MCRTA) members clean gently used books and organize them along with the new books to be given to children in Matagorda County. Membership dues and donations pay for the cost of the books. The books are distributed to MRMC for newborns, to doctor’s offices, and at children’s events. The goal is to get a book in the hands of every child in Matagorda County. Barbara Gordon and Barbara Evanicky lead the Book Project. Contributed photo

Matagorda County Retired Teachers Association (MCRTA) members clean gently used books and organize them along with the new books to be given to children in Matagorda County. Membership dues and donations pay for the cost of the books. The books are distributed to MRMC for newborns, to doctor’s offices, and at children’s events. The goal is to get a book in the hands of every child in Matagorda County. Barbara Gordon and Barbara Evanicky lead the Book Project. Contributed photo

MCRTA goal to have a book for every child

News Staff
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Sentinel photo/Jessica Shepard Palacios residents celebrated the Lunar New Year with a variety of traditional fanfare on Saturday, Feb. 14. The dragon and lion dancers symbolically drove away bad luck from the previous year and ushered in goodwill for 2026 at Our Lady of La Vang Catholic Church.

Sentinel photo/Jessica Shepard Palacios residents celebrated the Lunar New Year with a variety of traditional fanfare on Saturday, Feb. 14. The dragon and lion dancers symbolically drove away bad luck from the previous year and ushered in goodwill for 2026 at Our Lady of La Vang Catholic Church.

 Palacios Lunar New Year celebration

News Staff
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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