Seadrift News

Originally published June 19, 2009 at 7:48 p.m., updated June 19, 2009 at 7:50 p.m. Excerpt from Michael Allen's book "A Little on a Road Trip" "A 1980 model Ural Italia motorcycle with a sidecar was the type of transportation that was supposed to be used traversing the Alps in summer, or going through ... Excerpt from Michael Allen's book "A ...

I remember the blisters. I remember CoolBecca and Phyl waiting on a sandbar north of Victoria to cheer us on, at a point when I was looking for a convenient place to drop out of the race.

Originally published June 13, 2009 at 6:54 p.m., updated June 13, 2009 at 6:55 p.m. Shrimping seasons: Season information for major Texas bays Spring open season May 15-July 15 - 30 minutes before sunrise to 2 p.m. - 15 pounds / person / day - ... Shrimping seasons: Season information for major Texas bays Spring open season May 15-July 15 - 30 ...

The 47th running of the Texas Water Safari got underway at 9 a.m. Saturday at Spring Lake in San Marcos.

A Tucson lawyer convicted of fraud who bolted during his trial has been recaptured.

An Arizona fugitive was captured Saturday in Seadrift, Texas in his rented trailer after he had fled Arizona while on bond in December.

Originally published June 3, 2009 at 2:39 p.m., updated June 3, 2009 at 2:39 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for east-central Refugio County and northeast Aransas County until 3 p.m. The severe storm was 10 miles southwest of Seadrift and moving east at 10 mph.

At least 2,200 AEP customers in the Crossroads region lost power during Wednesday's severe weather.

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a tornado warning for Central Calhoun County until 5 p.m. At 3:57 p.m., National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado seven miles southwest of Magnolia Beach, or seven miles northeast of Seadrift, moving southeast at 10 mph.

Jeff Salamon is the Austin American-Statesman's books editor and writer, which is somewhat ironic, given that he is a self-described "slow reader." He also has the dubious distinction of being perhaps the only American Literature major in history to graduate from college without reading "Moby Dick." As The Reader, Jeff will blather on about ...

Blogs >> Crowdsourcing >> Do you know the students involved in wreck? Advocate reporter Leslie Wilber is looking for people who know the girls who were severely injured in a Seadrift car wreck on Monday afternoon.

Last book read: "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln." Who are your best friends? "I've got so many I'm not going to name one over the other.

I only tried it once. When we first moved to Seadrift, and lived in the house that stood where the Seadrifter Motel now sits, before Carla hurled the little bridge nearby into that house and it folded like a house of cards.

Safety and employer liability are the major concerns among those opposed to Senate Bill 730, which would allow employees to store legally owned firearms and ammunition, including registered concealed handguns, rifles and shotguns, in their locked vehicles at work.

For true seafood lovers, one of Mother Nature's greatest inventions is undoubtedly the soft-shell crab.

One Seadrift man lives and breathes fishing. San Antonio Bay serves as his lifeblood.

March 11, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. Staff with the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge will conduct a controlled burn on the north end of Matagorda Island today.

Isn't it quite shocking to see so many of our manufacturers move their companies to foreign countries.

A former employee of Calhoun County filed a wrongful termination suit against the county Thursday.

February 03, 2009 - 11:00 p.m. Five fires consumed an estimated 250 acres in Calhoun County on Tuesday, the fire chief for the Seadrift Volunteer Fire Department said.