For weeks, as Marc Resendez drove back and forth to his job at Formosa Plastics Inc., he could tell something big was in the works at J Welch Farms, located along his commute — but he couldn’t tell what it was.
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Dow chemical is working to be more inclusive in its hiring practices.
A 36-year-old Victoria woman has been identified as the victim in what investigators believe was a murder followed by an arson intended to cover up the killing.
After a mobile home was burned down Thursday in an apparent effort to cover up the killing of a person found inside, investigators have yet to make any arrests or identify any suspects.
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A 36-year-old Victoria woman has been identified as the victim in what investigators believe…
After a mobile home was burned down Thursday in an apparent effort to cover up the killing o…
HALLETTSVILLE – Like others on Saturday, Savannah Neece arrived with one thing in mind, a ce…
General Land Office officials are investigating a shrimp boat that exploded while docked nea…
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Every year for the past 11 years, the name of the game is bragging rights. Read more
Texas waterfowlers have always known September blue-winged teal are on their own schedule. It can be a here today, go… Read more
Many boat ramps across the state are closed, and more could be in jeopardy unless we get a “flat rock rain” that will… Read more
Yorktown is ranked No. 13 in this week’s Texas Girls Coaches Association’s Class 2A volleyball rankings. The Kitty Ka… Read more
Every morning of every weekday I hear Republicans say that Democrats are cheating or they are wanting to cheat at the polls. I have never seen or heard them present any documented facts. Read more
It’s been a while but it’s not because there wasn’t anything to write about, quite the contrary. Every day is a breaking news day. Read more
The last blog I posted was in December of last year. It talked about the disaster, heartbreak, and the economic challenging COVID virus that invaded this beautiful country. Here we are over a … Read more
Recently there was a front page article in the Advocate about Stroman School closing because of poor air quality. For the safety of the kids, they are going to Liberty which is in the same are… Read more
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Cody Kremling, far right, comfortably wins the final kolache eating contest as part of Kolache Fest in Hallettsville on Saturday.
Francisco Garcia, project manager with Ashbritt Logistics, gives a tour of the new antibody infusion treatment center opening in Victoria on Wednesday. The COVID-19 treatments will be available for about 30 to 40 patients per day, and the facility's capacity could double if needed, Garcia said.
Volunteers load trash into a storage bin during Saturday's cleanup organized by the San Antonio Bay Partnership.
When Marie Kondo, organization specialist and author of 'The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying …
The Victoria County Public Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places w…
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Dow chemical is working to be more inclusive in its hiring practices.
The Victoria County Public Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places where food is served in Vi…
People connected to the internet use it for a wide range of purposes, often to catch up with friends on social media …
Two real estate agents, Stephanie Ferguson and Reagan Gasch, have joined Cornerstone Properties.
Every morning of every weekday I hear Republicans say that Democrats are cheating or they are wanting to cheat at the polls. I have never seen or heard them present any documented facts. Read more
It’s been a while but it’s not because there wasn’t anything to write about, quite the contrary. Every day is a breaking news day. Read more
The last blog I posted was in December of last year. It talked about the disaster, heartbreak, and the economic challenging COVID virus that invaded this beautiful country. Here we are over a … Read more
Recently there was a front page article in the Advocate about Stroman School closing because of poor air quality. For the safety of the kids, they are going to Liberty which is in the same are… Read more
Shiner Youth Football League. Carson Chris…
Shiner Youth Football League Senior Team
Bayler Claire Popp cheering on her brother…
Political cartoon for Sept. 28
Editor, the Advocate:
It’s fashionable to gripe about polls, but they can expose voter sentiment and reveal, somet…
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Palacios has canceled its 56th annual Shrimporee planned for Oct. 10 because of an u… Read more
Hallet Oak Gallery in Hallettsville will host an open house reception for an exhibit featuring new artwork 11 a.m.-4 … Read more
The Victoria Art League will accept artwork submissions and registrations for the 2021 Fall Art Show from 2 to 7 p.m.… Read more
On Friday, the Motorcycle Cannonball, a cross-country challenge for riders with motorcycles that were manufactured in… Read more
Q: I heard that UHV is hosting a community health initiative. Is there still time to sign up to participate in the program?
University of Houston-Victoria graduate students Vu Pham and Pavithra Sivashanmugam come from different computer scie…
The University of Houston-Victoria is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with free public events that include an out…
As a community, do we support paying our public school teachers and staff competitively? Yes, or no? This is a questi…
If you’ve frequented popular fish cleaning stations in Calhoun County in recent weeks, there is a good chance you wer…
As a boy, Bard Letsinger spent afternoons sitting on his grandfather’s back porch in northern Louisiana, watching hum…
PORT O’CONNOR — Whitney Curry and her husband, Bryan, pulled up to the docks with a twisted 10-foot metal boat railin…
PORT LAVACA — Most days after trawling the bays and channels around Port Lavaca and his hometown of Seadrift, Jose Ma…
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — All teachers and school staff in Delaware will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 …
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A priest has resigned as chaplain of a Catholic high school in northeastern Indiana after he …
Writers, artists, poets, a virologist, activists and filmmakers are among the luminaries named as this year’s MacArth…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers proposed a nearly $25 million package of bills Tuesday targeting the state's agr…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Schools should set up confidential tip lines that can be used by students and others to report co…
CHICAGO (AP) — A historian devoted to keeping alive the stories of long-dead victims of racial violence along the Tex…
NEW YORK — Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-1…
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate faces execution Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing two Houston-area brothers during a…
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C Droost said:
I’m so sorry they’ve done this to you. “Pandemic of the unvaccinated” has never more clearly applied. Obviously, relying on morality and goodwill is not a good public health practice.
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Jane Doe said:
Joe Friar- you on vacation or something?
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Esther Kargl said:
My condolences on the loss of your loved one.
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LEONARD SADDLER said:
This is great for everyone.
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