Emergency management officials and first responders from across the Crossroads gathered Thursday at the Victoria Community Center for the 2022 Mid Coast Hurricane and Disaster Conference. There they would hear how the state is providing additional resources to local emergency management officials to better prepare them for the next disaster.

Heather Uresti-Bacak, an El Campo mother who has adopted a special needs Ukrainian child, worries about other children who remain in limbo because of the ongoing conflict. The war in Ukraine has thrown adoption prospects into uncertainty.

A new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic — one that stresses the health care system less — is upon us and the public and local health officials reflect on those they lost the past two years, how the virus has impacted them and what they hope for moving forward.

For five days, after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nine county region of the Crossroads achieved the milestone of having zero COVID-19 patients in intensive care units.

NEW TAITON — Gwen Petersen, 80, of Plantersville, had been itching to dance all weekend, but the winter weather put a damper on that.

After three El Campo women were killed in a single-vehicle car crash in the early morning hours on Sunday, the victims were not found by law enforcement for nearly 14 hours, according to officials and members of the family.

Three members of an El Campo family, including two sisters and their aunt, died in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 59 north of Hungerford on Sunday.

WHARTON — When John Medrano was a student at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School in Wharton in the early 1950s, his music teacher took note of his singing voice and encouraged him to perform “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window” at a school assembly.

Tropical Storm Nicholas, which briefly became a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall near Sargent, left most of Matagorda County without power Tuesday morning.

EL CAMPO — Seven months after the last movie played at El Campo’s Showplace 3, ending the family-owned theater’s 37-year run, the Couey family stood in the dusty former lobby. A lone microphone still dangled from the ticket window, but the concessions stand, which served up popcorn to thousa…

From fertilizer comes almost all the food we eat — vegetables, meats and most of what is on a dinner plate. But in recent months, the price for fertilizer has “skyrocketed,” said one retailer.

El Campo police arrested a woman on murder charges relating to the death of a toddler Friday, according to a news release.

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%.

Three new COVID-19 deaths were confirmed in the Crossroads Monday as the state passed the grim milestone of 10,000 Texans who have died from COVID-19.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced on Thursday that it is allowing visits to nursing homes and long-term care facilities on a limited basis.

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

Crossroads counties confirmed two additional deaths and dozens of new COVID-19 cases Monday, although multiple counties reported no new cases.

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

The number of COVID-19 patients admitted to local healthcare facilities in Victoria and the surrounding counties reached the highest levels of the pandemic Friday.

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

Victoria County reported 52 new cases of COVID-19 Friday and 61 recoveries. This bring’s the county’s total to 1,114.