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A business with local ties will appear in Sunday's season finale of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Astros were an angry team on Sunday, and maybe that's the mindset it's going to ... Read Story »
Incumbent Will Armstrong easily outpaced his opponents in a three-way race Saturday to be Victoria's mayor for the next three ... Read Story »
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - A pair of moderate earthquakes and several smaller ones rattled Southern California's San Diego and Imperial ... Read Story »
Refugio County REFUGIO COUNTY Read Story »
Lavaca County LAVACA COUNTY Read Story »
Jackson County JACKSON COUNTY Read Story »
DeWitt County DEWITT COUNTY Read Story »
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CUERO - Two years after electing its first Hispanic mayor, Cuero voters made history again Saturday with the election of ... Read Story »
YOAKUM - Caregivers, those who take care of children or the elderly including their own parents, are invited to attend ... Read Story »
n VICTORIA - A 53-year-old Victoria man by troopers Friday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, third offense or more. Read Story »
SEADRIFT - Calhoun County residents called for jury duty in Justice of the Peace James M. Dworaczyk's court on Tuesday ... Read Story »
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Juan Linn Street will be narrowed to one lane eastbound between Wheeler and DeLeon streets on Monday to install water ... Read Story »
The Victoria Advocate is a winner in the 2009 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism. Read Story »
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The pay is not so great and the hours are long, but many people will tell you it's one of ... Read Story »
It is particularly sad when Victoria loses one of the National Register properties. Dr. Franklin Krenek's house lost its fight ... Read Story »
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Two traffic signals lost power early Saturday after a vehicle struck a utility pole. Read Story »
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Nick Jonas got game. Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Francisco Aguabella, the Cuban-born percussionist whose Latin rhythms backed up Peggy Lee, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra ... Read Story »
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PALACIOS - Despite rumors of protesters, none showed. Read Story »
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - A district attorney's report says an officer who fatally shot a bystander at a California ... Read Story »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal officials have halted flights to the Breton National Wildlife Refuge off the Louisiana coast, saying ... Read Story »
Two of Victoria College's vocational nursing instructors will graduate together this month, both with a Bachelor of Science-Nursing from Texas ... Read Story »
Incoming freshmen will get an additional helping hand at Victoria College this fall. Read Story »
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Victoria College is offering a registration and information night for its certified nurse aide continuing education program on Tuesday. Read Story »
Victoria College recently issued another edition of CareerFocus magazine, received in homes throughout the area in April. Read Story »
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Guy-Marc Michel, a 7-foot-1, 265-pound center, has signed a national letter-of-intent to play basketball at Indiana ... Read Story »
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The son of daredevil Evel Knievel wants to follow in his late father's footsteps and ... Read Story »
LAS VEGAS (AP) - About 200 protesters squared off with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over Arizona's tough new immigration ... Read Story »
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Saints coach Sean Payton says All-Pro safety Darren Sharper should be healthy enough to return to ... Read Story »
MEXICO CITY (AP) - School teacher-turned-rock star Sting says teacher salaries must be raised to attract society's best minds into ... Read Story »
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MEMORIAL GOLF BOOSTER CLUB BANQUET: Thursday, May 13, 7 p.m., Victoria Country Club. RSVP deadline is Sunday, May 9. For ... Read Story »
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METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Saints coach Sean Payton says he doesn't think now would be the right time for New ... Read Story »
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - With his long dreadlocks and his No. 34 jersey, first-round draft choice Patrick Robinson looked a ... Read Story »
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PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) - Michelle Obama told graduates Saturday to prepare to overcome adversity, building on Martin Luther King ... Read Story »
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Nearly 7,000 University of Kentucky students have received their degrees. Read Story »
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PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Hundreds of people including Florida's governor joined hands on an oil-stained strip of beach in ... Read Story »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - More than 2,000 University of Louisville students are moving on with their lives. Read Story »
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) - Michelle Obama told graduates Saturday to prepare to overcome adversity, building on Martin Luther King ... Read Story »
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The son of daredevil Evel Knievel wants to follow in his late father's footsteps and ... Read Story »
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Turbulence on a Continental Airlines flight from Ohio to New York battered around passengers and crew, ... Read Story »
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A Tucson teenager who was suspended from Salpointe Catholic High School after being caught with a ... Read Story »
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma colleges and universities are increasing recruitment efforts and programs targeted at Chinese students in response ... Read Story »
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A surge in enrollment of students from China at Oklahoma colleges and universities has prompted the ... Read Story »
SITKA, Alaska (AP) - Alaskans on Saturday mourned the loss of former Gov. Walter J. Hickel and remembered him as ... Read Story »
WACO, Texas (AP) - Sammy Baugh, Koy Detmer, Peter Gardere and six others have been named to the Texas High ... Read Story »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Trustees at two major state universities have voted to increase tuition for the fall semester ... Read Story »
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) - Prosecutors say the remains of a stillborn fetus have been found inside a trash truck in ... Read Story »
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - The board of Hope College had declined to remove a 1995 policy that condemns homosexual behavior ... Read Story »
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Ed Wang wants to make it big in China. To do so, the Buffalo Bills ... Read Story »
ATLANTA (AP) - Most candidates for the state Legislature would love to campaign door-to-door with a former president, but Jason ... Read Story »
ATLANTA (AP) - Not too many candidates for the state Legislature can enlist a former president to go stumping door-to-door. Read Story »
CLEVELAND (AP) - A new analysis of a 40-year-old audio recording reveals that someone ordered National Guard troops to prepare ... Read Story »
ROTHBURY, Mich. (AP) - A new three-day outdoor music festival is in the works for the Rothbury area. Read Story »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Employees of Philadelphia's two major newspapers have been sent a letter warning of possible layoffs, but the ... Read Story »
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Jamaica says Spain's Fiesta Hotel Group plans a $180 million resort expansion that is expected to ... Read Story »
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Coastal Carolina University will lay off workers, reduce salaries and leave some positions open to ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A morning fire at an apartment building near downtown Los Angeles injured 13 people Saturday, including ... Read Story »
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia State Police say they have located a Texas trucker that has been missing since late ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Downey Jr. is packing a bigger box-office punch with his second "Iron Man" movie. Read Story »
SOMERS, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is considering suspending admission to the school's teacher certification program and dissolving ... Read Story »
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A bill steaming toward a vote in the Minnesota Senate would close most of the ... Read Story »
ROME (AP) - Italy's culture minister says he will boycott this month's Cannes film festival to protest the showing of ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The new health care law already is helping millions of people through tax breaks for small businesses ... Read Story »
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Once-popular Sen. Bob Bennett fell victim to a growing national conservative movement with his stunning ... Read Story »
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - To hear an original Sean Sumwalt composition, the soaring sounds ringing clear as they fill a ... Read Story »
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Three people were taken to hospitals after a crash between a TRAX light-rail train and ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Downey Jr. is packing a bigger box-office punch with his second "Iron Man" movie. Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Downey Jr. is packing a bigger box-office punch with his second "Iron Man" movie. Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured Tennessee's flood zone Saturday morning, urging those affected ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As many as 13 people were injured Saturday in an apartment fire just west of downtown ... Read Story »
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Several sports celebrities are among the 7,000 people receiving degrees from the University of Connecticut. Read Story »
MAKANKA, Sierra Leone (AP) - A rutted red dirt track leads to the "bar," a couple of homemade wood benches ... Read Story »
MAKANKA, Sierra Leone (AP) - A rutted red dirt track leads to the "bar," a couple of homemade wood benches ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has been named director of the federal Bureau of ... Read Story »
GREENVILLE, Del. (AP) - University of Delaware students have created a computer program to digitally catalog thousands of books at ... Read Story »
BRUSSELS - The Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt ... Read Story »
MANASSAS PARK, Va. (AP) - There are mothers who will spend today missing sons and daughters fighting overseas. There are ... Read Story »
UNITY, Maine (AP) - A law enforcement chaplain and best-selling author from Maine is receiving an honorary Doctor of Environmental ... Read Story »
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Last fall, Stephanie Downs had a new master's degree in forestry from Ohio State University, but ... Read Story »
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say a New York man drove into a crowd of people leaving a soccer ... Read Story »
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Authorities in northern New Jersey say a teen who was shot by a police officer after ... Read Story »
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Some inventions that revolutionized photography in the 20th century have been donated by Polaroid to the ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Sonia Sotomayor says her first year on the Supreme Court has been a little like graduating ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Sonia Sotomayor says her first year on the Supreme Court has been a little like graduating ... Read Story »
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is exploring a collaboration with a science center in Saudi Arabia in ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - A Staten Island ferry that malfunctioned and smashed into a pier tossing passengers to the deck ... Read Story »
TROY, Ala. (AP) - Tuition and mandatory fees will be going up 19 percent in the fall semester for students ... Read Story »
BALTIMORE (AP) - The life of Yeardley Love was celebrated with song and tears Saturday at a funeral service for ... Read Story »
HONOLULU (AP) - The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine is expanding a 35-year-old program to bring ... Read Story »
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Graduates of a historically black college in South Carolina will need to use the same perseverance ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City ferry that slammed into a pier in May and was damaged has ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The stomach-churning fear about Wall Street's turbulence is roaring back. Read Story »
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Some students receiving degrees at Post University's commencement in Waterbury will be visiting the campus for ... Read Story »
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. Airways Magazine is highlighting West Virginia as part of its travel series in its in-flight ... Read Story »
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Former Iowa State wrestler David Zabriskie ruled the mat in Omaha, Neb., in March and is ... Read Story »
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - Hampton University is preparing for President Barack Obama's visit at this year's graduation. Read Story »
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Four days before commencement, a group of Ball State University seniors nervously awaited their turn before a ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Your parents were right. Money can't buy you happiness. That was the message from the Federal Reserve ... Read Story »
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. (AP) - Students at the West Virginia University Institute of Technology will not have to pay more for ... Read Story »
KENT, Conn. (AP) - Friends and family said final goodbyes to Lynn Redgrave on Saturday and laid the 67-year-old actress ... Read Story »
KENT, Conn. (AP) - Friends and family said final goodbyes to Lynn Redgrave on Saturday and laid the 67-year-old actress ... Read Story »
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KEENE, N.H. (AP) - Close to 1,000 degrees will be awarded at Keene State College's commencement ceremony. Read Story »
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Sixty-two students were receiving degrees from the University of North Dakota School of Law on ... Read Story »
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) - Jamestown College is awarding the first master's degrees in the school's 127-year history. Read Story »
BATESVILLE, Ark. (AP) - A former trustee and interim president of Lyon College has left a $1.75 million gift through ... Read Story »
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - About 2,300 undergraduates receive their diplomas during commencement exercises at South Carolina's College of Charleston. Read Story »
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Former state Sen. David Sibley and Gulf War veteran Brian Birdwell are heading to a runoff ... Read Story »
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - The chairwoman of the American Red Cross is the commencement speaker at a college near the ... Read Story »
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Actor and comedian Bill Cosby tells graduates at a historically black college in North Carolina that ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) - The recipient in the first successful living-donor liver transplant is graduating from college on Sunday. Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be honored at the Howard University graduation. Read Story »
ABILENE, Kan. (AP) - Warring against waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he is ordering a top-to-bottom paring of ... Read Story »
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Former Alaska Gov. Walter J. Hickel, who served as Interior secretary under President Nixon until he ... Read Story »
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You may have seen the news. It's sad but a Victoria auto dealer A 1 Used Cars, Inc., reported to ... Read Story »
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Seldom has affixing a signature to a document brewed such a firestorm as that which has followed Gov. Jan Brewer's ... Read Story »
Milk and bread are served with each meal. Read Story »
The Victoria Field Office of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, is hosting a brown bag educational ... Read Story »
ARCHER, HELEN, 105, of Portland, formerly of Victoria: Memorial service, 11 a.m., First United Methdodist Church in Portland. Colonial Funeral ... Read Story »
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Victoria voters returned both incumbent super district city council members to office by a close margin in Saturday's election. Read Story »
District Attorney Steve Tyler's office manager is on indefinite administrative leave with full pay and benefits. Read Story »
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Adam Canales has delivered mail in Victoria for the past six years, but Saturday's mail call was slightly different. Read Story »
Attending a school play or concert often consists of walking down a harshly-lit fluorescent hallway into a cafeteria or small ... Read Story »
A team's fortune can change on one swing, one play. Read Story »
JACKSON, Tenn. - Things weren't looking good for the University of Houston-Victoria baseball team on Saturday against Lambuth. Read Story »
Goliad senior Raydean Mata carried more than a baton across the finish line at the Bulldog Stadium track in Yoakum ... Read Story »
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