Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard Matagorda County Fair and Livestock Association's Home Economics food entry winners received purple rosettes for their win as Grand Champions of their chosen divisions Saturday, Feb. 24. Winners include Cole Baker, Truitt Foltyn, Drake O’Connoll, Kathryn Rodgers, Meredith Jones, Ruby Bonnot, Ryleigh Siptak, Ashley Alford, Aribella Carson, Barrett Botbyl, Jace Reynolds, Karoline Murray, Savannah Remmy, Kaitlyn Gilbert, Kaylee Spencer, and Ava Bowers.

Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard El Different restaurant partnered with the Bay City Chamber of Commerce to celebrate its "Grand Opening" with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The restaurant is located at 2901 4th St. in Bay City.

Tenaris photo Tenaris presented $50,000 for a new scholarship, the Tenaris Bay City Scholarship for Agricultural Substantiality.

Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard The 2024 Rodeo Queen Royalty court includes, from left, third runnerup Jaymee Mielsch; Rodeo Queen Emily Dunbar; second runnerup Scollie Saha; and first runnerup Addison Fuller.

Top: The group picture with marker includes former students and children of students.

Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard Nine March 5 Primary Election candidates graced the stage at VFW Post #2438 to answer audience questions on Thursday, Feb. 15. From left are Rick DeLeon, John Maher, Bill Orton, Matthew Sloan, forum moderator Vince Bryant, Colleen Manske, Jennifer Chau, Philip Hester, Ricky Bort and Aaron Green.