Do you support the border wall?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

I'm headed to the Valley to do a story on the border wall. I'll talk to proponents, as well as critics and families whose land is split by the border wall. What questions do you want answered? Do you feel ...

Click here to vote for Crossroads' Most Fascinating

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Everyone know someone with a fascinating story to tell. The Advocate wants to celebrate those people. To begin a new series, called the "Crossroads 10 Most Fascinating," we begin by asking you to submit five candidates who fit the bill. ...

Who are the Crossroads most fascinating people?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Advocate reporter Rubi Reyes received and forwarded an interesting phone call today. A reader called to say she'd kept up with our ongoing Crossroads Most Powerful series and that she thinks we should publish a Most Fascinating People in Victoria ...

Do you know or did you go to school with Farrah Fawcett?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Advocate reporter Aprill Brandon is working on a story about famed model and actress, Farrah Fawcett. Fawcett, who is fighting cancer, allowed a documentary crew to follow her during her daily grind with the illness. As you may or may ...

Are you thriving in the recession?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Do you, as personal finance guru Dave Ramsey says, choose not to participate in this recession? :) While national unemployment, foreclosures and auto-dealer closings are high, not everyone is facing dire straits during this econonomic downturn. Are you thriving in ...

Do you know the students involved in wreck?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Advocate reporter Leslie Wilber is looking for people who know the girls who were severely injured in a Seadrift car wreck on Monday afternoon. "One girl's name is Lynn Morales, and she lives in Seadrift," Leslie said. "I am not ...

Print books or electronic books?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Aprill Brandon is beginning work on a pro / con. "I'm doing a pro/con on traditional print books vs. electronic books (i.e. Kindle, e-books, etc)," she said. "I want to know what readers think. Which is better? What are the ...

Which local builders are in poor standing with the state?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

Here's an interesting online database I found. You can get there on your own by visiting www.TexasRCC.org. The Web site is for the Texas Residential Construction Commission. The following link lets you search by zip code for those area builders ...

UPDATED: We know meaning behind strange billboards

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

UPDATE: READ THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG. WE LEARNED TODAY WHAT THE BILLBOARDS MEAN. A man who says he has a lot of "dirt" on someone or some entity in Victoria advertised his second strange public message in the last ...

How do you feel about coal-fired power plants?

By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing

The Coleto Power Station, a coal-fired power power plant, is considering expanding. In November, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a draft air permit for Coleto Creek Unit 2, marking a major milestone in the long-planned expansion of the ...