Local Lowdown

By Murray Montgomery

Lowcal Lowdown is a weekly news review for the four newspapers in Lavaca County, Texas. Also in conjunction with the website for all the papers: www.lavacacountytoday.com - The newspapers include the ... more

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The podcast currently has 169 episodes available.

Local Lowdown episodes:

April 16, 2026 Special Guests: Nicole & Two Deer
The Luling Newsboy's Nicole Smith joins Michelle, while Murray does "something" fun like painting his house!

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"Life is fragile, handle with care." - George Crofton
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54min
April 09, 2026 We're Backkkkkk....!
It's all about Easter! Also, Murray misspoke: Warrior's Weekend is in Port O'Connor, Texas. not Port Lacava. Plenty of sports to talk about and we're missing Henry Joe Jasek.

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41min
March 20, 2026 Murray is operating solo - where's Michelle?
Murray gave Michelle the day off - what a nice guy! We love our newspaper family.

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24min
March 12, 2026 Some of us miss Henry Joe ...
Chuck passes out photos of himself - a real "mic drop" - Clayton actually found the hospital - Murray wants to be a Nomad

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32min
March 05, 2026 Nicole joins Michelle (Murray, not so much)
We actually did "Remember the Alamo" in Moulton. We hope our little typesetter gets to go home from the hospital. We look forward to seeing Henry Joe back at work! Plenty of sports and livestock shows to talk about. As well as, important stuff like getting our toes worked on.

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47min
February 27, 2026 Don't eat that candy! It's a trap!
Michelle set a trap for Henry Joe! What are you giving up for lint? Should we have a photo contest?

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"Life is fragile, handle with care." - George Crofton
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32min
February 19, 2026 Murray's back; Michelle's been sick but still has wisdom!
In this one we talk about early voting and other neat stuff!

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"Life is fragile, handle with care." - George Crofton
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38min
February 12, 2026 Loss of Wisdom & Murray's Missing
Michelle had a wisdom tooth pulled - thank God she has more than enough wisdom to go around - just ask her! Thanks to Jimmy Appelt for being a great fill-in for Murray.

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34min
February 05, 2026 Meet the staff
One of our reporters has a nose for news .... and food! We talk about UIL realignment of districts in football. Has somebody gone gambling?

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45min
January 29, 2026 Watch out for the chickens!
Michelle and Nicole cover the stock shows. They don't realize that Murray is not there until the podcast is nearly over.

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39min

FAQs about Local Lowdown:

How many episodes does Local Lowdown have?

The podcast currently has 169 episodes available.