Soiled bunker gear was once worn back to fire stations with little concern, but departments across the country, including Victoria departments, are drastically changing how gear is cleaned and handled in efforts to prevent cancer.
Ernest Sanchez woke to the sound of a smoke bomb blasting through his bedroom window one night last weekend.
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A 55-year-old man was killed while incarcerated at the Clarence N. Stevenson Unit in Cuero, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice official confirmed Wednesday.
Two Victoria woman were arrested Monday by the Victoria Police Department’s Special Crimes Unit after residents complained of illegal game room operations.
Flora Escobedo, 42, and her daughter, 8-year-old Reina, were asleep at 11:30 p.m. Monday when they were awoken by loud noises.
Victoria Police Department detectives arrested five people Monday in connection with an Aug. 1 drive-by shooting of two teenage boys, officials announced Tuesday.
A Victoria man who was arrested as a teenager with an untreated mental illness avoided spending more time in a jail that his family says exacerbated his symptoms and caused him to rack up more charges.
Three people were transported to Citizens Medical Center on Tuesday morning after a two-vehicle collision at 7300 Lone Tree Road.
About 11 p.m. Aug. 4, two men robbed a game room in the 13,000 block of U.S. 77 North. The men entered the location and threatened employees with a gun. They stole cash and left the scene in a white Cadillac Escalade with aftermarket rims.
Three people were transported by ambulance Sunday night after a two-car collision near the intersection of East Crestwood Drive and North Navarro Street.
A drug bust in Refugio County late last month resulted in the seizure of 123 pounds of crystal meth.
Trey Upton and his friend Austin Moya were driving along Refugio County roads Friday to pick up trash as part of their summer job.
Community members are coming together to help defray medical expenses for a 6-year-old Victoria boy who was hit by a stray bullet on the Fourth of July.
Two Woodsboro men were arrested Sunday on suspicion of drug-related charges after they encountered Victoria police at a fast-food restaurant.
The family of a Florida shrimper lost at sea is hoping for his discovery despite the discontinuing of a Coast Guard search for him.
A Victoria man was taken to the county jail Monday on suspicion of multiple drug charges after the Victoria police executed a search warrant at his home.
A Houston woman was transported to a Victoria hospital Tuesday evening after a three-vehicle wreck on U.S. 59 North near Farm-to-Market Road 444.
A two-day, four-county Texas game warden operation resulted in multiple sight arrests, including eight people suspected of boating while intoxicated.
At 3:37 a.m. July 27, a man robbed a hotel on the 6200 block of Dairy Road. The man entered the location, climbed over the front desk and made demands of the clerk, scaring her. He then took the cash box from the hotel and fled.
Two people, 22-year-old Jacob Flores and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Alexis Morales, both of Bloomington, were treated and released from Citizens Medical Center after a car crash on SH 185 near Matchett Road on Sunday night.
Police are searching for two men they say robbed a partially blind Victoria man Saturday.
Three patients are in stable condition at Citizens Medical Center and an 8-month-old is in critical condition at San Antonio Medical Center after a one-vehicle rollover on SH 185 near Matchett Road on Sunday night.
A Port Lavaca couple who said they were defrauded by a Farmers Insurance agent have a simple request for the company.
A flag flew at half-staff Sunday evening at the Walmart on Houston Highway, where Victoria shoppers returned to run their errands the day after a mass shooter killed 20 people and injured 26 at another Walmart in El Paso.
CORPUS CHRISTI – The Coast Guard was searching Sunday for a fisherman who went missing while his fishing vessel was at anchor 25 miles offshore near Port Aransas on Sunday morning.
Friday marked 365 days since Suzie Escobedo disappeared from her home in Seadrift.
A Victoria woman said she received a fraudulent letter telling her she was a Publishers Clearing House winner.
Victoria police continued to investigate a drive-by shooting Friday but had not made any arrests or identified suspects.
A puddle of blood remained by the curb of a residence in the 3600 block of Swan Drive on Thursday evening, where two teenagers were shot in a drive-by shooting in the early morning hours.
A Victoria man was arrested Thursday afternoon after hitting an SUV parked in a parking lot in the 300 block of East Airline Road.
A woman was transported to the hospital Thursday afternoon after a 1-vehicle wreck on Burroughsville Road and Farm-to-Market Road 2615.
A Victoria County man was arrested Monday and charged with vehicular manslaughter for a 2018 motorcycle crash more than two decades after serving prison time for a similar case.
A 12-year-old boy died Saturday night after the car he was riding in struck a bull on a Victoria County highway.
Victoria Crime Stoppers is looking for any information regarding a homicide that happened about 3:15 a.m. Nov. 4, 2018. An assailant entered a home in the 1900 block of East Guadalupe Street and shot a man inside the home. The shooter then fled the scene.
A 31-year-old Victoria woman was getting out of her car on East Crestwood Street in early July when what she never thought could happen to her – happened.
A man was transported by ambulance Sunday evening from the Walmart on North Navarro Street after a motorcycle crash.
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