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This month is No Shave November. Our newest reader submitted photo contest seeks the best men's facial hair such as ... Read Story »
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A blowout on a Sun Air plane delayed travel to Houston on Thursday afternoon. Read Story »
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Hoping to nab one of Victoria Television Group's 200 free antennas Thursday morning, Jan Petree woke up early and drove ... Read Story »
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Friday is the last day to cast an early ballot in the Nov. 6 general election. Read Story »
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Shiner St. Paul's Cole Hybner was selected as one of 20 state finalists for the Wendy's High School Heisman Award. Read Story »
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Editor's note: The Advocate is profiling candidates in the Nov. 6 election. This profile compiled by the League of Women ... Read Story »
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The high school football regular season is coming to a close next week and for some teams the season will ... Read Story »
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Football coaches try to stress to their players that each game is just as important as the other nine. However, ... Read Story »
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Shiner and Ganado have spilt four games since moving into the same district. Read Story »
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(All games start at 7:30 p.m. unless noted) Read Story »
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The Victoria West Warriors may have taken the field in cold, windy conditions for the first time this season, but ... Read Story »
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St. Joseph co-volleyball coach Alvin Mumphord stood in the school gym 18 hours before the Lady Flyers play in the ... Read Story »
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If anyone within the Victoria Independent School District had the power, they wouldn't allow Calhoun's football team near Memorial Stadium, ... Read Story »
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One Crossroads company is doing its part for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Read Story »
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PORT LAVACA - The Port Lavaca Cemetery isn't a dreary place. The verdant green grass is kept short and neat, ... Read Story »
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Do you ever walk into a building and within a few minutes begin to experience itchy, watery eyes, stuffy sinuses, ... Read Story »
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Tickets for the Victoria West vs. Tuloso-Midway game on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium will be on sale ... Read Story »
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Suddenlink on Thursday added the Pac-12 Network to its Victoria TV lineup. Read Story »
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The Advocate wants to correct promptly any error in fact or clarify any misleading information we publish. To report any ... Read Story »
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The Victoria League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4692 will have its scholarship fundraiser dance from 8 p.m. ... Read Story »
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Victoria police and fire departments responded to a jack-knifed gravel truck on Lone Tree Road on Thursday afternoon. Read Story »
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For the scores, statistics, videos, photos and stories from these games, go to AdvoSports.com. Read Story »
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.." Our First Amendment freedom ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — Americans bought new cars and trucks at a healthy pace in October even as Superstorm Sandy wiped ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — Indie pop quartet Alt-J has won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize, beating more established acts to the 20,000 ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — Americans bought new cars and trucks at a healthy pace in October even as Superstorm Sandy wiped ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — Americans bought new cars and trucks at a healthy pace in October even as Superstorm Sandy wiped ... Read Story »
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MADDEN, DAVID, 73, of Victoria, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Services are pending with Heritage Funeral Home of Memory Gardens, ... Read Story »
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BENES, LADISLAV "LADDIE", 85, of Port Lavaca: Visitation 5 - 6 p.m. with Rosary at 6 p.m. at Richardson-Colonial Funeral ... Read Story »
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget adviser scrapped a legislative vote Thursday on the governor's proposal ... Read Story »
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — It's two steps forward and potentially one step back when it comes to the health ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets fell $22.71 billion to $2.546 trillion for the week ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks Corp. on Thursday raised its forecast for the year, after the coffee chain said more ... Read Story »
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Speak Out comments for Nov. 1, 2012. Read Story »
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Washington state at 1:30 p.m. Read Story »
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COPPER GLEAMS: Copper rose after new reports showed manufacturing expanded last month in the U.S. and China, the world's two ... Read Story »
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CONSTRUCTION UP: U.S. builders spent more on home construction in September, offsetting weakness in nonresidential building and government projects. Read Story »
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SAO PAULO (AP) — New testimony in the 2005 killing of American nun and Amazon rainforest activist Dorothy Stang may ... Read Story »
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RATES SLIP: Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages slipped this week and stayed near record lows, a trend that's helped ... Read Story »
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price ... Read Story »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The architects of a proposed class-action settlement of claims spawned by the BP oil spill in ... Read Story »
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BURST OF CONFIDENCE: A measure of Americans' confidence in the economy surged last month to the highest level in nearly ... Read Story »
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DALLAS (AP) — Neiman Marcus Inc. reported Thursday that its revenue improved in its first quarter as consumers bought more ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. worker productivity grew at the same modest rate this summer as in spring, a sign that ... Read Story »
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Education Association cancels annual convention in wake of Sandy. Read Story »
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BRUMMETT, WALTER ALLEN, 61, of Victoria: Funeral service 3 p.m. at Grace Funeral Home, 361-573-4341. Read Story »
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HASSO, NATIVIDAD, 84, of Victoria, died Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Services are pending at Artero Memorial Chapels, Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's high school graduation rate is up and assessment tests taken by elementary and middle school ... Read Story »
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MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow is reclaiming bragging rights for having Europe's tallest building after losing the distinction for a few ... Read Story »
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JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S.-Israeli electric car venture Better Place says investors have pledged it $100 million in additional financing. Read Story »
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FEWER SEEK JOBLESS AID: Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 363,000, the ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — The Olympic Stadium is in need of a tenant, and London Mayor Boris Johnson thinks the NFL ... Read Story »
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Discount retailer Target Corp. said Thursday a key revenue measure rose 2.4 percent in October, as customers ... Read Story »
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Areas of dense fog before 9 a.m. Thursday. Read Story »
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HOUSTON (AP) — Stage Stores said Thursday that its October revenue at stores open at least a year climbed 6.5 ... Read Story »
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The emergence of receiver Cecil Shorts III made it easy for the Jacksonville Jaguars to part ... Read Story »
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — University of Alabama trustees are gathering in Tuscaloosa to discuss a new president following Guy Bailey's ... Read Story »
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TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. reported Thursday a smaller flow of red ink for the fiscal second quarter on a ... Read Story »
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There are five undefeated teams left in the Crossroads through the first nine weeks of the 2012 football season. And ... Read Story »
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Tanya Asbury has been shooting video of cars passing by her children's school bus since August. Read Story »
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Most gardeners realize the addiction we have with having our hands in the soil, planting seeds and plants, and nurturing ... Read Story »
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Topshop is a famed store similar to H&M and Forever 21 based in the UK and collaborations in store from ... Read Story »
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As a little girl, I loved to dress up my Barbie dolls, play office with my girl cousins and, of ... Read Story »
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My wife and I recently took an old-fashioned road trip. Two weeks in the family car going wherever the wind ... Read Story »
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I have four dogs and two cats. Most of them are on different foods and different medications throughout the year, ... Read Story »
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Black-winged figures cross the sky as the sun begins to set over Victoria, signifying the end of another Texas October ... Read Story »
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I seem to be in pain quite often all over my body. Could I have fibromyalgia and do you have ... Read Story »
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Editor's Note: Announcements of births in Victoria County are published as a free public service based on information from local ... Read Story »
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Nov. 4 - Most Victorians consider the presidential race so one-sided that the national election, to be held tomorrow, is ... Read Story »
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Let's celebrate. In recognition and celebration of Texas Recycles Day, Vocal Trash is coming to Victoria. Read Story »
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If you asked most people what kind of style their home is decorated in, you'd most likely hear "transitional." That's ... Read Story »
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