What other Crossroads business dates back 165 years?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Gary Dunnam of Victoria Preservation Inc. stopped by Thursday morning to share some of the research he had done on the various locations of the Victoria Advocate since it began in 1846. As the state's second-oldest newspaper, the Advocate has ...

Who will visit Victoria next?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Victoria is a long ways from New York or L.A., but you certainly have ample opportunity to expand your mind here. The latest proof of this came Thursday when "Baldo" creator Hector Cantu spoke as part of Victoria College's Lyceum ...

Video of fire at Rosenquest family home near DeTar North

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We will have full coverage Monday of a fire that destroyed the Rosenquest family home, which sits at the end of a long driveway off Nursery Drive behind DeTar North. The home had been empty since Mr. Rosenquest died during ...