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• University of Houston-Victoria's Adrian Mendoza, left, was selected to the NCSAA men's all-southwest team after setting the schoo's scoring record. Published at 11:51pm
• The naming of Martin Luther King Avenue in Van Vleck happened in the mid 1990's. Mike Pruett, former Matagorda County Commissioner, along with resident Isaiah King, worked to get the roadway's name changed. Published at 11:33pm
• On Jan. 17, 2011 Bay City got its first tribute to King. The street intersects U.S. Highway 60. Published at 11:33pm
• On March 8, 1999, the Port Lavaca city council adopted an ordinance to rename Cypress Street after King. Port Lavaca councilman Floyd Felder was the driving force behind the street's name change. Pictured here, the street now runs through a subdivision. Published at 11:33pm
• Boys from Calhoun High School play a game of pickup basketball on the corner of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Port Lavaca. On March 8, 1999, the Port Lavaca City Council adopted an ordinance to rename Cypress Street after King. Port Lavaca councilman Floyd Felder was the driving force behind the street's name change. Published at 11:33pm
• The Edna city council voted to rename one of their East side streets, pictured here, Martin Luther King Drive in the 1980's. Former Edna councilman Lorrian Yang Jones was the driving force behind the name change. Sites along the street include the Martin Luther King Children's Park as well as the George Washington Carver School, which served as the high school for blacks in Jackson County before desegregation. Published at 11:33pm