A Goliad High School teacher and coach is on administrative leave after he was arrested in connection with a DUI case that ended with pickup striking a house and catching it on fire early Sunday.
In the early morning hours of Aug. 19, several vehicles in the Springwood subdivision were entered.
With weeks to go before the Nov. 6 election, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has sent letters to 36 counties across Texas that may be in violation of the Voting Rights Act, including Calhoun County, according to an ACLU news release.
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G.W. and Trisha Burt have a name for each of their estimated 75 dogs.
Goliad officials worked to extinguish a house fire Sunday morning after a vehicle apparently struck the home, said a Goliad resident who witnessed the burning structure.
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A Jecker Street home where a man and woman were found dead Friday by police — and the houses on both sides of the murder scene — sat empty Sunday.
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Firefighters responded to a house fire at 243 Cook Lane in rural Victoria County about 11 a.m. Sunday.
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A man and woman in their 30s are dead, and two others have been charged each with two counts of murder among other charges after police responded to gunshots on North Jecker Street on Friday evening.
Goliad County sheriff’s deputies detained two men who are suspected of being in the country illegally after a bailout in Goliad on Thursday afternoon.
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Several fire departments battled an intense fire Tuesday night that consumed the remains of a Harvey-damaged mobile home on a rural property in south Victoria County.
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A day after fire displaced residents from a Victoria public housing apartment building, at least two units remained uninhabitable.
Investigators suspect the cause of a Monday night fire at a Victoria church was electrical.
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The Victoria Fire Department quickly extinguished a small fire Monday night at Faith Family Church.
A predawn crash in the community of Sweet Home left a Bryan man with severe injuries Sunday morning.
Victoria Crime Stoppers is trying to identify the driver involved in a hit-and-run July 29.
A 16-year-old pedestrian suffered minor injuries Monday morning after being struck by a car while walking on the wrong side of the street.
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A 15-year-old accused of fatally shooting another Victoria teen in August could face a 99-year prison sentence if prosecuted as an adult or as few as 10 years of probation if he stays in juvenile court.
Two men have been arrested in connection with the theft of bronze headstone markers in a Van Vleck cemetery, according to a news release by the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office.
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A police officer applied a creative touch Thursday to coax a nervous Victoria resident from a rooftop — a scratch behind the ears.
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The owner of a Harvey-damaged home hoped one day to move back in.
A Victoria man arrested this week in connection with a shooting that occurred in August was involved in another shooting earlier this year, according to the Victoria Police Department.
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Victoria police are investigating a disturbance at a home near Dupont Street and Lone Tree Road after a report that gunshots were fired.
A 35-year-old Victoria woman is suspected of assaulting a police officer who was taking her to jail.
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The Victoria police SWAT team on Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old Victoria man on drug charges after executing a search warrant at a residence in the 2500 block of Booker Street.
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Victoria Electric Co-Op customers in Port O’Connor were without power Wednesday morning.
Two Victoria men have been arrested in connection to a shooting that occurred in August on South Main Street, according to a Victoria Police Department news release.
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GOLIAD – Goliad County commissioners unanimously reinstated two deputies’ salaries Tuesday after receiving an outcry from constituents on and offline.
About 11:30 p.m. Aug. 26, a man entered a local convenience store brandishing a gun. The man had his face covered and was wearing dark shorts and a dark shirt. He also had his arms and lower legs covered. After pointing a gun at the clerk and demanding money, the man left the store.
Investigators suspect a driver’s inattention caused a multiple-vehicle crash near Inez about 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen Monday morning after their fishing vessel began taking on water about 35 miles east of Port Aransas.
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In 2006, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department tested a drone.
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It wasn’t until 2014 that the Supreme Court unanimously decided that police could not search the contents of a suspect’s cellphone without a warrant.
Jason Turner, the lieutenant of professional standards at the Victoria Police Department, said he understands why drones have gotten a bad rap.
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Of the 2,977 victims killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 403 were first responders.
A Waco man accused of robbing a Killeen bank will face justice thanks to Victoria authorities.
Police investigators plan to pursue charges against additional people connected with suspected illegal gambling at a Victoria game room after arresting two employees during the weekend.
A man suspected of smuggling immigrants and then eluding authorities after a bailout will be returned to Victoria County for prosecution, according to the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office.
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A 54-year-old Kenedy driver was killed Wednesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer veered into his lane, striking his SUV head-on.
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The Hutson family just couldn’t catch a break.
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A sport utility vehicle and a tanker truck crashed a few miles south of Meyersville on Wednesday afternoon.
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Detective Jose Trejo and his new partner, Ayax, a 1-year-old Belgian Malinois, have an understanding that goes beyond words.
