Stories for August 25, 2011
News »
2011 »
August »
25
Stories
-
Outside the Victoria school district administration building, about 20 parents and students stood Thursday night with jeans dangling over their ... Read Story »
-
Victoria Parks and Recreation Department will have its first Tunes @Noon concert Friday. Read Story »
-
The Associated Press-GfK Poll on the 2012 Republican presidential nomination was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications ... Read Story »
-
Grace Pergament noticed smoke coming from the television in the kitchen and from the dishwasher in her parents' home on ... Read Story »
-
Rodolfo Mora, 58, of San Juan, was driving a green pickup when he hit two cows on U.S. Highway 59 ... Read Story »
-
Their pearly whites are hardly reserved for the field. Read Story »
-
Three people were injured in a truck-car wreck on Farm-to-Market Road 1685 and Westpark Avenue on Thursday afternoon. Read Story »
-
Advocate sports writers Will Brown and Mike Forman chat about the upcoming football season. Read Story »
-
CEDAR HILL - The UHV Jaguars got their 2011 season off on the right foot on Thursday by taking a ... Read Story »
-
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada congressional candidates offered contrasting visions for boosting the economy Thursday, with Democrat Kate Marshall saying ... Read Story »
-
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — High school athletic associations nationwide say a federal appeals court ruling upholding Wisconsin's right to sell ... Read Story »
-
The first measurable rain in the Crossroads area in almost a month sparked a series of weather-related emergencies including two ... Read Story »
-
The Veterans Service Office, 2805 N. Navarro St. Room 110, will be closed the week of Sept. 12-16. Read Story »
-
Palestine Missionary Baptist, 608 E. Convent St., will will host a Brotherhood Musical at 7 p.m. on Friday. Read Story »
-
Fire may have destroyed Sherman Epperson's home but not his spirit. He said he and his wife, Theresa, are doing ... Read Story »
-
Read Story »
-
VICTORIA - Monte Clyce Salyer Jr., 51, of Goliad, by deputies Thursday on a warrant charging him with felony driving ... Read Story »
-
Audible sobs were heard from the courtroom Wednesday afternoon as Carlos Zuniga, 42, was found guilty of the murder of ... Read Story »
-
DETROIT (AP) — The owner of the shuttered Michigan Central Depot is working to fix up the massive building that ... Read Story »
-
GAMEZ, BEATRICE MEDINA HERNANDEZ, 75, of Cuero: Funeral Mass, 10 a.m., Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, with burial at Hillside ... Read Story »
-
RODRIGUEZ, ERMINIO, 78, of Victoria, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Services pending with Grace Funeral Home, 361-573-4341. Read Story »
-
DETROIT (AP) — A former University of Toledo football player pleaded guilty Thursday in a sports-bribery investigation, admitting he accepted ... Read Story »
-
DENVER (AP) — Two Secret Service agents on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to rule that they are immune from ... Read Story »
-
Read Story »
-
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees became the first team in major league history to hit three grand ... Read Story »
-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Jaime Pressly has been sentenced to three years of informal probation after pleading no contest ... Read Story »
-
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri colleges seeking more state money could soon have to show that the extra dough ... Read Story »
-
Read Story »
-
Balloons, a cake and smiling faces decorated the Siesta Restaurant on Thursday as employees and patrons alike celebrated a special ... Read Story »
-
Mallorie Gabbert, a senior at Victoria West High School, was accepted into the Butler Opera Center Young Artists Program at ... Read Story »
-
I use my phone book and yellow pages very often. If you have to, just give it to the people ... Read Story »
-
Editor, the Advocate: Read Story »
-
Many residents may not have noticed, but downtown Victoria has been transforming slowly into a vibrant, exciting part of our ... Read Story »
-
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway's "Mary Poppins" will soon have a new leading nanny. Read Story »
-
Speak Out comments for Aug. 25, 2011. Read Story »
-
The Victoria County Master Gardeners have just become your personal holiday shopping elf by offering you that special gift that ... Read Story »
-
By Laurie Garretson Read Story »
-
By Kathryn Weber Read Story »
-
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators have drafted new rules to govern Internet gambling should federal lawmakers explicitly legalize the ... Read Story »
-
A possible tornado was reported in the Alamo Beach area of Calhoun County about 1:30 p.m., according to the Calhoun ... Read Story »
-
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Dakota Wesleyan University will build an $11.5 million life sciences building on its Mitchell campus thanks ... Read Story »
-
I love checking out little hole-in-the-wall eateries. I find that they offer the best eats and atmosphere. Read Story »
-
NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Richards has gone platinum as an author. Read Story »
-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Verizon workers on strike pushed the number of people seeking unemployment benefits last week to ... Read Story »
-
The good news is the chances of rain have doubled for Thursday. The bad news is, those chances are only ... Read Story »
-
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A national tracking firm says second-quarter sales of Louisiana homes in some stage of foreclosure went ... Read Story »
-
Anyone with aspirations of collecting green this weekend, would be advised to shoot red figures. In the first day of ... Read Story »
-
VICTORIA INVISTA/KCI OPEN Read Story »
-
ABEL GARCIA :: BOWLING Read Story »
-
By John Beck Read Story »
-
Read Story »
-
These photos are part of an ongoing Victoria College alumni series from the Victoria Regional History Cen ter's photo collection. Read Story »
-
They slither, crawl, chirp, hop and even ride motorcycles - they are exotic pets. Read Story »
-
Jacob Joseph Sandoval to Jodi Elizabeth Yancey Read Story »
-
Read Story »
-
Read Story »
-
Editor's Note: Announcements of births in Victoria County are published as a free public service based on information from local ... Read Story »
-
By Chuck Colson Read Story »
Newsletter
