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This is a listing of building permits issued by the city of Victoria from May 7-13, for new commercial, commercial ... Read Story »
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin couple convicted of reckless homicide for praying instead of seeking medical care for their ... Read Story »
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Snagging that summer job isn't always easy, but youth this year have a bit of help. Read Story »
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This grand home stood at the corner of North Victoria and West Stayton Avenue for 75 years. John Welder I ... Read Story »
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two days after the body of a small boy was found buried in the sand at ... Read Story »
BAY CITY - Bay City seniors Tommy Singletary and Derek Montgomery will continue their athletic careers on the college level. Read Story »
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n VICTORIA - A 40-year-old Houston man by troopers Saturday on suspicion of unlawfully carrying a weapon. The man was ... Read Story »
Thirty-two students from Crossroads high schools will be featured in the days leading up to the state UIL competition. Some ... Read Story »
In reading your editorial about the immigration policy, it is so difficult for me to understand, why our elected officials, ... Read Story »
The League of Women Voters of Texas, along with Common Cause of Texas, Advocacy Inc., ACLU-TX, Mexican American Legal Defense ... Read Story »
The news this week that the Lower Colorado River Authority had pulled out of a water-sharing venture with the San ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA COLLEGE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL OPEN GYM: Sunday, June 14 for anyone interested in oplaying for the fall 2009 team. Sign-up ... Read Story »
QUAIL CREEK SUMMER SWIM TEAM: Now registering teams. For information, call DeDe Lightfoot 361-578-5905, Pam Price 361-576-1611 or Coach Jon ... Read Story »
Sunday, it will be cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Expect it to ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A documentary that shows Farrah Fawcett's battle against cancer in wrenching detail drew an estimated 8.9 ... Read Story »
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LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — A raging fire has wiped out a strip of nine Long Island stores and threatened ... Read Story »
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's Kodiak Island is being slammed by a swarm of earthquakes — one with a magnitude ... Read Story »
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is supporting a new state transit authority ban on cell phones for bus ... Read Story »
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese cartoonist is being recognized for his work in China, an accolade that speaks volumes ... Read Story »
BALTIMORE (AP) - Change in jockeys, change in fortune. Read Story »
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Gov. Mike Easley publicly acknowledged Saturday the FBI was reviewing records of his private air ... Read Story »
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts hospital is trying to figure out what to do with a window in which ... Read Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Angels starter John Lackey was ejected after throwing only two pitches in his season debut Saturday. Read Story »
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Arrest warrants have been issued for two men suspected of bursting into a family's home ... Read Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rangers closer Frank Francisco was put on the 15-day disabled list Saturday, even after completing a ... Read Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Angels right-hander John Lackey was activated from the disabled list Saturday to make his season debut. Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to permanently fix California's "broken budget system." But three times now he ... Read Story »
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Gov. Mike Easley said Saturday he isn't worried about the FBI reviewing records involving private ... Read Story »
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (AP)— Police say a North Carolina teen who was thwarted as he tried to rob a store ... Read Story »
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Graduation festivities got under way at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday — as ... Read Story »
MERCED, Calif. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama praised graduating students at California's smallest, youngest public university for their determination ... Read Story »
NEWARK,N.J. (AP) — Federal officials will investigate reports that two Continental Airlines planes were tracked by a green laser as ... Read Story »
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say a store owner and a patron thwarted a teen accused of ... Read Story »
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Portland's new police chief is loosening a requirement that officers wear their caps at all times. Read Story »
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court says a local school district can't be blamed for the death ... Read Story »
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Plains Art Museum in Fargo is seeking photos for anexhibit about the spring floods in ... Read Story »
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Growing up Gotti never included the threat of foreclosure — until now. Read Story »
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The headline on the final print edition of Saturday's Tucson Citizen newspaper said it all: Our ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — A historic downtown Washington church that more closely resembles a concrete bunker than a house of worship ... Read Story »
MOSCOW (AP) — A boyish, fiddle-wielding Norwegian singer won the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow on Saturday night, his bouncy ... Read Story »
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent ... Read Story »
MEDORA, N.D.(AP) — A pistol that once belonged to Buffalo Bill Cody is now a featured attraction at the North ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) — Ang Lee and James Schamus have two of the best jobs on the planet. Read Story »
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Phelps is not unbeatable. Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Aletter, a veteran character actor who starred in the 1960s TV situation comedies "Bringing Up ... Read Story »
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Auto club AAA Nebraska projects vacation travel will be up 1.5 percent this Memorial holiday weekend, ... Read Story »
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is traveling to China to promote the city as a travel destination and ... Read Story »
VIENNA (AP) — "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria Parker, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and singer Katy Perry attended a ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice David Souter's final few weeks of work will be busy ones for the Supreme Court, which ... Read Story »
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Discovery World museum in Milwaukee plans to donate part of the proceeds from this weekend's attendance ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) — It's set in a prison, amid petty crooks, drug dealers and mobsters. But Jacques Audiard's new ... Read Story »
LONDON (AP) — Director Andrea Arnold thinks teenagers get bad press. Read Story »
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Archaeologists and volunteers armed with special flares will fan out over part of the Four Corners ... Read Story »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actor-musician Harry Connick Jr. returned Saturday to their hometown of ... Read Story »
MOSCOW (AP) — Riot police broke up several gay rights demonstrations in Moscow on Saturday, hauling away scores of protesters ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations this week about pilot pay and working conditions at the regional airline involved in an air ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The investigation into the commuter plane crash in upstate New York that killed 50 people in February ... Read Story »
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CHILCOAT, JAMES EDWARD, 82, of Victoria: Memorial service, 10 a.m., Northside Baptist Church in Victoria. Read Story »
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About 150 area teenagers spent their Saturday afternoon making the Crossroads look nice by doing something nice. Read Story »
Family members gathered behind the white fence with their cameras and video-cameras in hand trying to get the perfect picture ... Read Story »
DECATUR, Ala. - University of Houston-Victoria coach Keri Lambeth took her team's final loss of the season better than any ... Read Story »
I took a little time Tuesday and ventured out to Northside Driving Range to try out some of the latest ... Read Story »