Courtesy photo The winners of the 2025 Little Mr. & Miss Markham were recently announced. Together they raised over $7,000 dollars which the PTO will use for students. The winners were (shown above): Little Mr. Markham Jaxon Andrews and Little Miss Markham Emma Parks; 1st runner up Mason Carranza and Donna Batchelder; 2nd runner up- Ares Martinez and Zoey Garza; 3rd runner up Caleb Solis and Taygen Junek.

Regional Citizen Bee top 10 qualifiers from Tidehaven are: Jaxon Talbert - 1st Place and headed to the state contest in April; Fernando Ochoa - 2nd Place; Avery Smith - 3rd Place; and Macie Gardner. Not pictured: Addison Nesbitt and Zachariah Simpson. Courtesy photo

Matagorda ISD photo Matagorda ISD Principles of Ag class have done some heavy garden work the last few days. The kids have been enjoying going outside and learning how to garden.

Photo courtesy of Lynn Bates School of Dance The dancers of Lynn Bates School of Dance made an impressive debut at their first competition in Katy recently. Back row: Natasha Ochoa, Eleanor Folmar, Dakota Patton, Kenzie Zamora, Lilly Oltz, Alannah Wolfe. Front Row: Miyah Brown, Kamryn Ramirez, Ryleigh Siptak, Lily Morales, Laila Amezquita, Kendra Sierra.

Photo courtesy of Holy Cross Catholic School

Photo courtesy of Holy Cross Catholic School Holy Cross Catholic School's 4th graders are busy working on their quilt project for this year's annual HCCS Spring Bazaar on April 27.

Courtesy photo Cub Scouts - Pack 4545 - held their annual Blue and Gold Picnic at First Methodist Church on Saturday, Feb. 22. The event’s guest speakers: Deputy Jimmy Hausler and Game Wardens Colten Anderson, Aaron Koenig and David Janseen (Back row).

Van Vleck Junior High student Laynee Matchett competed at the San Antonio Livestock Show this past weekend in the Livestock Judging Contest. She worked hard and represented Van Vleck Junior FFA and earned the following. East Central FFA Livestock Judging Competiton (77 junior contestants): 3rd in goats; 3rd in sheep; 10th in pigs; 2nd in class questions; 4th place overall San Antonio Livestock Show (133 Junior FFA contestants): 4th Place Overall Contributed photo

Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell Commissioners Court approved a resolution Monday for the county to become Birding Capital of Texas.