Matagorda County

A body has been recovered during the search for a missing 10-year-old boy who was swept out from shore in Matagorda, the sheriff’s office confirms.

A Matagorda County family is receiving a Historic Texas Cemetery designation for family property where they believe they have found 33 unmarked graves.

Sargent residents say they need the state and the county’s help. They had two big rain storms recently.

The sheriff's office is warning the public not to pick up suspicious packages after several kilos of suspected cocaine washed up on two Matagorda County beaches in less than a week.

Harris, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Waller and other counties have crossed the state's COVID-19 hospitalization threshold triggering rollbacks on the state's reopenings. Bars will close and business capacities will decrease.

Bay City ISD says they are reviewing settings on their tablets after getting complaints about images and words pertaining to sexual content found in an application on the devices.

Officials said with the weather conditions after Hurricane Laura, it’s predicted that the riptides will be even worse than other weekends. 

The Republican and Democratic primary runoff elections are July 14 in Texas. This guide has the list of polling locations and sample ballots for Houston-area counties.

The patients have been linked to a mix of both international travel and community spread.

The mandatory shelter in place will take effect on April 2 at 2:15 p.m. and will extend until further notice in Matagorda County.

According to the Matagorda County Health Department, the man in his 70s passed away at Matagorda Regional Medical Center with symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

Many events are canceled, and clinics and schools are closing. You can find the full list here. 

Before his death, a coronavirus test was administered, and on Monday—a day after his death—it came back positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from the Matagorda County Hospital District.

Matagorda County has confirmed the first COVID-19 case in the Houston Metro area. Officials say the patient who passed away was a man in his 90s.

Matagorda County's first COVID-19 presumptive positive patient is a woman in her 60s who was hospitalized due to complications caused by pneumonia. The woman's test has been sent to the CDC for verification.

Lauren Kay Dean was arrested after her bed-ridden child was found dead on Jan. 31 in Bay City.

A Freeze Warning goes into effect Tuesday night into Wednesday morning for several counties.

Parts of Matagorda County are bracing for potentially more rainfall after they were one of the worst areas hit by Tropical Storm Imelda.