Vidor High School

Sports Shorts: Mathews retires

Jeff Mathews announced his retirement from coaching and will step down as the athletic director/head football coach from Vidor High School. Since 1999, Mathews and the Pirates have advanced to the playoffs nine times with two district titles.

VHS honors star students

Vidor Rotary Club Students of the Month were chosen from the Social Studies Department at Vidor High School for the recent honoree selection. Honorees include 12th-grader Mara Davis, 11th-grader Austin Taylor, 10th-grader Cheyenne Jones, and freshman Reese Moree.

Lockdown lifted at local campuses

Vidor High School and surrounding elementary and middle school sites were briefly on lockdown Thursday, Jan. 14. According to an alert sent to parents, the lockdown was only for “a very brief period based on police approaching a citizen on Orange Street.