Crain Elementary School students lined up to get their lunch for the day.
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With a 10-card-high hand, Martin Cano bluffed his earnings to 80 times their worth on Saturday and won the World Series of Refugio Texas Hold 'em benefit.
Juneteenth is the African American Emancipation Day that is celebrated on June 19.
A Guatemalan man was taken into custody by the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday morning after a pursuit of a stolen truck ended with a bailout along County Road 328 near Smiley.
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Political cartoon for June 17
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Two people were arrested after a more than two-hour standoff with police at a Yoakum residen…
A 30-year-old man was killed after a one-vehicle crash on U.S. 87 about 10 miles outside of …
A Guatemalan man was taken into custody by the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday morn…
Victoria emergency medical officials responded to a 911 distress call from a participant in …
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SEADRIFT — Jeff Larsen could see the finish line of the Texas Water Safari on Tuesday night. Read more
Refugio and Shiner are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s 2021 preseason high school football… Read more
The Victoria Generals kept their home run binge going, but their three-game winning streak came to an end. Read more
Jadon Williams was upset that Victoria East had to cancel its spring football game in May. Read more
I am still smiling because of the measures that were taken to assure that 161 million eligible American citizens could vote in the 2020 presidential election. We shouldn’t stop there because w… Read more
After helming the sixth entry in The Conjuring Universe (“The Curse of La Llorona”), Michael Chaves takes the reins from James Wan to direct “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do it,” based on … Read more
Proving that you can’t keep a good horse down, almost two decades after DreamWorks Animation brought audiences “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” the Kiger Mustang returns to the big screen i… Read more
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Kevin Allen, battalion chief with the Victoria Fire Department, says the department received a distress call from a participant in the Texas Water Safari Tuesday afternoon. Race officials talked with the participant and said the water rescue was not necessary. The distress signal was sent by…
Video taken by a Refugio County Sheriff's deputy of a Monday pursuit that nearly ended in an crash.
Matthew Wise is coming home and he’s bringing four classically trained musicians with him.
Creativity runs deep in the Murphree family.
This Sunday is Father’s Day. I am not sure why, but Father’s Day does not seem to attract th…
The Victoria County Public Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places w…
DACOSTA — Area farmers spent $123,920,000 in 2020 to control a handful of pests.
The Victoria County Public Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places where food is served in Vi…
More than $1 billion in nationwide relief payments will begin reaching farmers and ranchers Tuesday through the U.S. …
It has been more than 110 years since the first Father’s Day celebration, which occurred in Washington on June 19, 19…
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I am still smiling because of the measures that were taken to assure that 161 million eligible American citizens could vote in the 2020 presidential election. We shouldn’t stop there because w… Read more
After helming the sixth entry in The Conjuring Universe (“The Curse of La Llorona”), Michael Chaves takes the reins from James Wan to direct “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do it,” based on … Read more
Proving that you can’t keep a good horse down, almost two decades after DreamWorks Animation brought audiences “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” the Kiger Mustang returns to the big screen i… Read more
Phillip III with Rylee, Raelynn and Philli…
My mother, Marcella Dornak, was crowned Co…
Editor, the Advocate:
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Political cartoon for June 17
Matthew Wise is coming home and he’s bringing four classically trained musicians with him. Read more
More and more lately, I find myself sitting down to write and wondering whether I’m about to tell y’all something I’v… Read more
SAN MARCOS — Kc. Boren took a moment to stretch, check his supplies and test his canoe’s rudder early Saturday morning. Read more
More than 75 music enthusiasts helped kick off the Victoria Bach Festival at First Presbyterian Church at noon Tuesday. Read more
With a 10-card-high hand, Martin Cano bluffed his earnings to 80 times their worth on Saturday and won the World Seri…
Crain Elementary School students lined up to get their lunch for the day.
Victoria College will host live and virtual VC 101 Nights from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday and June 22 in the Student Cen…
A Victoria man was arrested during a traffic stop on warrants charging him with continuous sexual abuse of a child, a…
Alligators who call the Crossroads home have enjoyed the copious amounts of rain that fell across the region in the l…
Hurricane forecasters are monitoring a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that has a high chance of developing into a …
The Texas Zoo has announced a free dolphin watching educational excursion for youth out of Port Lavaca at 10 a.m. and…
POINT COMFORT — Calhoun port officials on Wednesday approved the issuance of $120 million in bonds to Max Midstream T…
State & Nation
Divisions flared quickly on Wednesday as U.S. Catholic bishops opened a national meeting highlighted by a sensitive a…
A deadly weekend mass shooting in Austin’s famed entertainment district arose from a feud between two groups of Centr…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis castigated the Biden administration for what he called “a disaster…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's college administrators will start receiving training this summer on new requireme…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas company pleaded guilty to a federal Clean Water Act violation and agreed to pay a $1 milli…
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson, instrumental in the club's acquisitions of Dirk Nowitzk…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday …
DALLAS (AP) — Passengers on Southwest Airlines had to deal with canceled flights and delays for a third day on Wednes…
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I don't defend Trump. Nor will I defend Biden.
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Btw, I don’t remember you defending Yamiche when Trump went full on racist and insulted her.
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