Gather along the Intracoastal Canal in Port O'Connor at nightfall on Dec. 5 for a shining display of holiday spirit at the coastal community's annual lighted boat parade.
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Calhoun County is a coastal county on the mid-Texas coast where U.S. Highway 87 begins and the Guadalupe River ends. Organized in 1846, Calhoun County consists of 540 square miles. It is bordered from the southwest to the southeast by major inland bays and the Gulf of Mexico with more than 560 miles of coastline. — calhouncotex.org
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Port Lavaca’s hospital will be able to treat hundreds of patients a month who require drugs that are delivered via an IV infusion, as part of a partnership with Community Infusion Solutions.
The Red Barn, a restaurant and event venue in Port Lavaca, will host an exhibit of hundreds of nativity scenes from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 5-6.
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POINT COMFORT — The Calhoun County Navigation Industrial Development Authority approved issuing millions in revenue bonds to Max Midstream Texas at a meeting on Wednesday.
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The Texas Water Development Board approved a $6 million loan on Thursday for the Port O’Connor Improvement District to expand its use of local groundwater.
DeWitt County residents called for jury duty for DeWitt County District Court at 10 a.m. Monday need not appear.
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This has been a turbulent year for most cities in the Crossroads, but Port Lavaca’s 2020 has been especially tumultuous.
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The Calhoun County Commissioners Court approved a 10-year tax abatement for a new $120 million project at one of Formosa Plastics’ production facilities in Point Comfort during its Wednesday meeting.
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PORT LAVACA — Eddie Tyler watched a flock of seagulls circling off Lighthouse Beach in Port Lavaca about 20 feet from a line of wooden pilings running parallel to the Lavaca Bay Causeway.
POINT COMFORT — The Calhoun Port Authority is “pushing hard” for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release a jetties deficiency report they need in order to have a chance at U.S. Congress approving the Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project by the end of the year.
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The first day of early voting in Texas drew long lines to polling sites in Victoria and Port Lavaca as voters and poll workers adjusted to new pandemic protocols.
The Wharton County Office of Emergency Management reported eight new deaths related to COVID-19 on Monday, according to a news release.
If you’ve basked in the air conditioning of a Port Lavaca building on a hot summer day, there’s a pretty good chance you have Henry Lee Hayes to thank.
A six-week operation aimed at reducing violent crime in Corpus Christi and surrounding areas ended in 218 arrests.
Gregory Daniel James of San Antonio, was charged with criminal negligent homicide in the September 2018 death of Jeffrey Kenneth Hobby because the investigation showed he was passing a vehicle in a no passing zone and caused a head on collision, according to the indictment in the case. This …
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Max Midstream Texas is investing $1 billion into a project that will put the Port of Calhoun on the map for crude oil exportation.
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With Monday’s voter registration deadline fast approaching, the number of registered voters in Victoria County is at an all-time high.
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PORT LAVACA — On Port Lavaca’s Main Street, Texas Traditions Grill & Bakery restaurant is nestled on a street corner.
PORT O’CONNOR — Umbrellas spread over the hot sand at King Fisher Beach with beach dwellers retreating from the sun underneath among them were Kay Henderson and her two friends.
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PORT O’CONNOR — Iris Garcia and her family walked across the glass-like sand of King Fisher Beach.
Counties throughout the Crossroads were bracing for increased levels of rainfall and possible flooding Monday before Tropical Storm Beta was expected to make landfall.
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Many Crossroads cancellations and closures have been announced for Tuesday because of Tropical Storm Beta. To add your organization’s changes to the list, email deliverydesk@vicad.com.
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INDIANOLA — Patricia Acosta, 18, recorded the crash of waves and overflowing roadways as Tropical Storm Beta moved inland.
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'Something you could fight with': For rural hospitals, new COVID-19 drug offers promise, uncertainty
As Cuero Regional Hospital’s beds filled with COVID-19 patients in early July, Dr. Jennifer Gonzales grew desperate. Patients from DeWitt County’s nursing homes filled the ICU, struggling to breathe, but there were few approved methods to treat them.
The Hallet Oak Gallery, located on the square in downtown Hallettsville, will once again open to the public every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning immediately.
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Port Lavaca resident Todd Savoy went five months without receiving a water bill, then got a flurry of bills in the mail over the summer.
Calhoun County Fair is making changes to the 2020 Junior Livestock Show and Auction schedule and procedures after the cancellation of this year’s fair due to COVID-19.
Indianola Fishing Marina is hosting a benefit barbecue and concert Saturday as the marina continues to rebuild from severe fire damage caused by flooding during Hurricane Hanna.
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PORT O’CONNOR — Madden Guevara, 9, likes to reel in redfish and blue marlin.
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Two vehicles collided on the Victoria Barge Canal bridge on SH 35 Friday afternoon. Both drivers died.
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The City of Port Lavaca lifted its boil water notice at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Indianola Fishing Marina is back in business and hosting a series of special events throughout the Labor Day weekend.
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The city of Port Lavaca issued a boil water notice after a water line broke on Monday evening, causing water pressure in distribution lines to drop.
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The city of Port Lavaca is asking residents to continue to boil water. A notice was issued to boil water after a water line broke Monday evening, causing water pressure in distribution lines to drop.
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Crossroads authorities are investigating two recent reports of political vandalism in Seadrift and Yoakum.
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The family and friends of a Port Lavaca 3-year-old are grieving the loss of their beloved child after he was fatally hit by a pickup truck Tuesday.
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PORT LAVACA – A Corpus Christi man arrested Tuesday night is charged with intoxication manslaughter and accused of striking a toddler with his pickup truck at a Port Lavaca parking lot.
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Another staff member at the Calhoun County school district has tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said in a news release Monday evening.
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Port Lavaca - Mason McBride sat atop his bull Dot, a muscular black specimen with a big white stripe around his middle that made him look like a bovine Oreo.
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Arrests plummeted in the Crossroads when the coronavirus surged.
Calhoun County school board was named Region 3’s outstanding school board of the year.
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They were open and then forced to close, then opened again.
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As schools open, school officials look to the near inevitability of COVID-19 cases among students.
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