Indictments: What do you think?

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

This week has proved to be anything but boring. With today's indictments of Mayor Will Armstrong and Police Sgt. Ralph Buentello, coupled with Tuesday's indictments of Police Chief Bruce Ure and former City Attorney David Smith, Victoria is abuzz. What ...

Did we miss anything in the DA reports?

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

Hundreds of documents are online for your review. These documents -- the reports which explain how and why District Attorney Steve Tyler declined cases last year -- have been at the heart of controversy for some time. To view those reports, ...

Unhappy about your new property appraisal?

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

Here's your chance to speak out in favor of or against your new Victoria County property appraisal. Advocate reporter David Tewes is digging into a story about the new appraisals, and he wants to talk to folks who are either ...

China connections: Know anyone there for the quake?

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in three decades has increased to almost 12,000. Do you know anyone who was there during the quake? Will you offer aid? We are doing a story about Crossroads connections to China. Editor ...

Immigration tragedy: Where were you May 14, 2003?

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

My mother remembers where she was when the late Pres. John F. Kennedy was assassinated. She was in high school. I worked on the first floor of a south Denver commercial building when news about the Sept. 11 attacks blared ...

New Formosa fire photos: 'He said he was terrified'

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

Brandi Learn is thankful today that her husband, Thomas Learn, is alive. The 30-year-old husband works at Formosa Plastics Corp. USA, site of a Wednesday transformer explosion that painted the sky with flames and black smoke. While no one was ...

Can you see the Formosa fire? (Updated with photos)

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

POINT COMFORT -- A Formosa Plastics Corp. USA transformer exploded tonight and flames and smoke are still visible. The transformer exploded at 6:30 p.m., shutting down power to most of the plant, said Calhoun County Sheriff B.B. Browning. Oil inside ...

Should Hillary drop out?

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

Is Sen. Hillary Clinton's decision to remain in the presidential race good for Dems? Is the decision bad for Dems? Why? We want to know what you think. We are working on two stories for Thursday's paper that detail your ...

Are you helping, Victoria?

By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing

When disaster strikes, Victorians and those in the Crossroads respond. Saturday's Cyclone Nargis that slammed Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation also known as Burma, left an estimated 1 million people homeless. More than 22,000 people are dead -- twice as many ...