Victoria News

I am looking for some activities for my children to do this summer. Is the city of Victoria offering any fun summer activities for school-aged children? Yes.

Olivia Creager, center, hands scholarship certificates to St. Joseph High School principal William McArdle Jr.

A rifle party comprised of Crossroads veterans performs a three-volley salute at the funeral ceremony for Joseph Fuchs at Memorial Gardens.

Resting in a chair made by his grandfather, in the living room of a house he built, Guy Lynwood Smith recalls a Victoria of unpaved streets and horse-drawn tractors.

To see scanned copies of the financial reports for the sheriff race and commissioner precincts 1 and 3, click on this .pdf Candidates seeking public office in Victoria County have spent almost $125,000 on their campaigns, according to public financial records.

The Victoria Advocate will be publishing student essays from the Victoria College "What's Your Story?" scholarship competition during the next few weeks.

Burglarized VICTORIA - A home in the 1800 block of Goldman Street. Two air conditioners, valued at $250 and $150, were reported missing on Tuesday.

Passengers provided police conflicting accounts about who was driving the four-door Lincoln that was eastbound on Bottom Street about 2:30 p.m, said Department of Public Safety Trooper Jay Schultz.

Despite Internet, cell phones, email and modern communications, every year, whole regions find themselves in the dark.

First, let me congratulate Emett Alvarez on his super-official victory . May his legacy be built upon sound, upright, humble decisions and not upon monuments to government largesse and cascades of unintended consequences.

If you see a stray dog in Victoria city limits, call Victoria City-County Animal Control at 361-578-3564 or the Victoria Police Department at 361-573-3221. Alderete, who was bitten by a pit bull near Telferner on Tuesday, was released from the hospital Wednesday evening and is recovering at home, said his mother, Polly Grudzieski, 47, of Edna.

A man armed with a shotgun who was threatening to take his own life was talked out of a home in the 800 block of Hibiscus Street about 6 p.m. Thursday, said Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor. A woman who was in the house with him at the time was unharmed.

In a very short time, T. Michael O'Connor has rebuilt our sheriff's office into one of the top departments in the state.

When it's not her clinical depression, it's anxiety; when it's not her anxiety, it's her bipolar or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Agreed to start an alignment study with CivilCorps, LLC., for the intersection at state Highway 185 and Farm-to-Market Road 1432, which provides access to the ... Agreed to start an alignment study with CivilCorps, LLC., for the intersection at state Highway 185 and Farm-to-Market Road 1432, which provides access to the Port of Victoria.

The Victoria County Veterans Council is busy organizing Monday's Memorial Day ceremonies, aimed to honor and remember military servicemen and women.

The corner of a home in the 300 block of Poth Street caught fire around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

A man driving a black Corvette crashed into an electric pole Tuesday evening in the 1900 block of Stolz Street.

For more details on this story, including correspondence between the city, Denise Rangel and Councilman Emett Alvarez, open this .pdf. The recount process set off a heated debate and accusations of bias from Councilman Emett Alvarez toward the city, which has delayed the final tally four days.

Deputies from the Victoria County Sheriff's Office were called Friday by neighbors to check on the well-being of a 91-year-old man in a home in the 1500 block of Bottom Road, said Chief Deputy Terry Simons.