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"Council boosts police pay" by: Mike Reddell

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
   City Council gave hourly salary boosts to Bay City Police officers – to keep Bay City competitive with other area cities – at council’s meeting Tuesday, Sept. 27.    The raises will give front line officers a boost of $1.75 per hour and a $1 increase to corporals, sergeants and detectives.
Picture courtesy of Alisha Cornett, AFC Photography

Picture courtesy of Alisha Cornett, AFC Photography

Proceeds will go for replacing beds at MRMC

News Staff
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
   Proceeds from this concert are going towards the cost of replacing six new beds for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Matagorda Regional Medical Center (MRMC), said MRMC Foundation Executive Director Tiffany Foltyn.    The beds were purchased back in May, she added.
Photo by Anna Hernandez Van Vleck High School Homecoming Queen Kieley Zuniga and King Sam Brooks were crowned prior to their Homecoming game Friday, Sept. 30. See sports game coverage between the Leps and Danbury, Page 7.

Photo by Anna Hernandez Van Vleck High School Homecoming Queen Kieley Zuniga and King Sam Brooks were crowned prior to their Homecoming game Friday, Sept. 30. See sports game coverage between the Leps and Danbury, Page 7.

Leopard Homecoming

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell Crisis Center of Matagorda and Wharton County representives Desiree Viesca (left), Outreach Advocate, and Samanth Counts, Outreach Manager, listen as Mayor Robert Nelson reads the city’s proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell Crisis Center of Matagorda and Wharton County representives Desiree Viesca (left), Outreach Advocate, and Samanth Counts, Outreach Manager, listen as Mayor Robert Nelson reads the city’s proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

City declares October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

BCPD nabs 2 linked with Ave. F, 7th Street robberies

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
   Two people - A 22-year-old Bay City woman and a juvenile - were taken into custody in connection with the robbery of stores on Avenue F and on 7th Street a little over four hours apart Sept. 26, police said.    Officers were first dispatched to 4605 Ave F in reference to a robbery at 11:36 p.m.

BCCDC OKs facade grants, notes new stores on square

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
   Two new businesses on the courthouse square got attention at the Bay City Community Development Corporation board meeting Monday, Sept. 26.    Board Member Becca Sitz said Health Inc., which will offer scrubs and medical equipment, will be a new store on the square.
Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell The Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day was at the Matagorda County Fairgrounds Saturday, Oct. 1. This man with Clean Harbors helps remove a paint can from a pickup truck.

Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell The Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day was at the Matagorda County Fairgrounds Saturday, Oct. 1. This man with Clean Harbors helps remove a paint can from a pickup truck.

Helping hands for hazardous paint disposal

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
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