PALACIOS — Every year, when the annual Valentine’s Day parade in Palacios rolls around, the employees at Palacios Prescription Shoppe build a float in pharmacist Leigh Ann Roemer’s father’s barn.

Fernando Colin Acosta Jr., 28, was arrested Friday on a murder charge in connection with the death of a Victoria woman, according to the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office.

King Fisher Beach could soon have more room to relax and play on as the result of a grant the Texas General Land Office allocated to Calhoun County.

Multiple agencies are investigating the death of a person found in a burned SUV in Matagorda County on Sunday.

PALACIOS — As other Texans fixed busted pipes and paid off electric bills after February’s freeze, Shane Nicaud had to bury 1.5 million pounds of dead farm-raised redfish into the ground.

LaVaca BBQ is a newcomer to Crossroads barbecue, but after a year of success, they are already expanding.

An El Campo woman charged with capital murder after the death of a toddler earlier this week was in jail Saturday.

BLESSING — Bird hunting is a family affair for the Davants at Coastal Wild Wings.

Due to high hospitalization levels, bars in Matagorda and Wharton counties are required to close and businesses that were operating at 75% capacity must reduce capacity to 50%.

Two arrests have been made in the two Dec. 13 shootings in Bay City which left one man dead and a second wounded.

On 45 acres where a distillery may have once stood, retired Col. Stephen Mitchell and his business partner Rick Elliott are opening Matagorda Bay Distillery between Bay City and the Texas coast.

BAY CITY — Nurse Practitioner Katie Gilbert works 60 hours Monday through Friday, splitting her time between the LyondellBasell plastics plant and a family clinic run by the Matagorda Episcopal Health Outreach Program.

BAY CITY — Dr. Fabricio Zuniga had called 15 hospitals but he still couldn’t find an empty bed. A COVID-19 patient in the emergency department was in critical condition and needed to be transferred to the intensive care unit, but the six-bed ICU was full.

Four people nearly drowned Friday while swimming near Matagorda County beaches because of strong rip currents in the water, local officials said.

“This pandemic has been extremely stressful for people and plays to our deepest fears,” said Father Hoss Gwin of Christ Episcopal Church.

The Victoria County Office of Emergency Management reported one death Sunday related to COVID-19, according to a news release from the county.

Seven more Crossroads residents have died from complications of COVID-19, officials throughout the region confirmed Wednesday.

Three more Victoria County residents with COVID-19 have died, local officials said Tuesday.

Two more Victoria County residents with COVID-19 have died, including a man in his 30s, the youngest victim to date in the county.

Victoria County added another 76 new cases of COVID-19 to its total Wednesday, officials said.

Seven Crossroads residents with COVID-19 have died in recent days as the respiratory disease continues to spread throughout the region. Also, the number of hospitalized patients continues to climb.

For Victoria taxi companies, face coverings are key to not only the health of their employees and customers but also their businesses.

Victoria County reported 146 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

Victoria County health officials reported another single-day record number of COVID-19 cases Wednesday.

The coronavirus is so widespread in Victoria that just being in a crowd of people without a mask is enough to consider yourself exposed to the virus, the county’s top health official said Tuesday.

An outbreak of COVID-19 at Citizens Medical Center has infected 16 hospital employees, county health officials said Monday.