Gonzales Inquirer

1 week ago | gonzalesinquirer.com | Lew Cohn

A 64-year-old woman who was attending Cattle Country Festival in Gonzales died from what is believed to have been a possible heart attack Friday, April 11. The female, whose name had not been released, was brought to the medical area for assistance by a male companion on Friday evening when she collapsed. First responders on scene immediately began emergency protocols and an ambulance on site transported the woman to Gonzales Memorial Hospital’s emergency room.

1 week ago | gonzalesinquirer.com | Lew Cohn

A Gonzales man was killed Thursday, April 10, when his vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer on US 183 about six miles south of Gonzales.

2 weeks ago | gonzalesinquirer.com | Lew Cohn

The Smiley City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday, April 9, during a special called meeting to sell the land on FM 108 where the Smiley Fire Station sits to Gonzales County Emergency Services District No. 2, which oversees operations and funding for the six fire departments in the county. ESD 2 is working to combine the Nixon Fire and Rescue with the Smiley Fire Department into a single entity — Gonzales County Fire South — which would have jurisdiction over the entire southern quarter of the county.

2 weeks ago | gonzalesinquirer.com | Lew Cohn

The city of Gonzales will receive $2,999,400 in Texas General Land Office (GLO) regional mitigation funds to install a pair of detention basins to reduce the impact, intensity and frequency of flooding on Tinsley Creek. GLO Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the award on Wednesday, April 2, as part of $58.3 million awarded to counties and municipalities to improve roads, water detention, drainage, and sewer systems.

2 weeks ago | gonzalesinquirer.com | Lew Cohn

Posted It was a good day at the office for the Gonzales High School Apache and Lady Apache track teams as they qualified a combined 18 athletes individually and all six relays for the area track meet, to be held Wednesday, April 9 at Floresville High School.