Gulf Coast CASA supporting families during National Child Abuse Prevention Month

    April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Gulf Coast CASA is raising awareness of the need for more dedicated members of the community to step up and become CASA volunteers, and help end child abuse and neglect, through supporting children and their families.

Jim and Ann Nell Gann named TXST Heroes following $1M gift

   Matagorda County rancher Jim Gann and his late wife, Ann Nell Gann, have become the newest TXST Heroes following a $1 million donation to Texas State University to support water research and endowed student scholarships.

3 escape Wadsworth home fire uninjured

   Three residents escaped uninjured from a Wadsworth residential fire at about 9 p.m. Monday, March 11.  The Wadsworth Volunteer Fire Department, the Matagorda Volunteer Fire Department, and Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office were sent to a structure fire at 90 6th St. in Wadsworth Monday, March 11.