The Martin Luther King Jr. Day schedule for governmental offices and other services in the Victoria area includes:
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Day schedule for governmental offices and other services in the Victoria area includes:
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Signs posted on the windows at Arby’s, 2601 N. Navarro St., say the business has closed.
The Texas General Land Office disaster recovery team will celebrate the completion of the Refugio Apartments at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Dense sea fog has been rolling into the Crossroads in blankets lately, but a break from the patches is in store.
In honor of the community service that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged, the Humility Project will host Blessing Bags and Change from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church.
The Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America met for their quarterly meeting and Christmas social. Betty Dearman, co-president, presided.
You’ve probably heard it often that God has a dream for our lives. You’ve also probably heard that He wants to provide everything necessary for us to walk into the dreams He has for us. Still, you may wonder: Is that something I can really count on? Or is it just a pipe dream that some peopl…
Since Roe v. Wade, about 63 million babies have been aborted in the United States, said Robert Seale, who co-directs the St. Gianna Pro-life Ministry with his wife, Bernie Seale.
In 2011, the Rev. Bob Knippenberg charged Bernie and Robert Seale with starting an anti-abortion ministry at Holy Family Catholic Church. The Seales, husband and wife, selected St. Gianna Molla Beretta as the namesake for their ministry.
Equipping the Saints, an annual, all-day event for lay persons and clergy hosted by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 400 N. Esplanade St., in Cuero will be held Feb. 1.
A fire started by an overloaded electrical system destroyed a recreational vehicle in Coletoville Thursday night.
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The next Victoria school year will begin on Aug. 12.
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Readily following directions to smile big, shout loud and look right at the camera, a group of five Victoria students sat together and said three important words.
Halsey Street between Crestwood and Melrose drives will close Tuesday for the installation of utilities.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day schedule for governmental offices and other services in the Victoria area includes:
I love my plants. I love to grow them from seed, nurture them, transplant them, fertilize, trim and water them. When they begin growing, I want to do all I can to make sure they can bloom and thrive in the warm and humid climate of Victoria – and that usually means adequate and appropriate t…
If you have been to Quintana Beach lately, you may have noticed weird, spiky shells spread along the shore. While surveying for non-breeding shorebirds along Quintana Beach, I came across these shells and figured out that they belong to longnose spider crabs. They are often yellow or brown w…
Being a gardener usually, in some form or another, involves pottery. Whether to use plastic or clay pots is sometimes a question asked by new gardeners. I find the answer is a matter of taste, but here are some pros and cons of both clay and plastic plant containers.
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Lavaca County prosecutor dismisses charges against school official, subpoenas him for upcoming trial
A Lavaca County prosecutor has simultaneously subpoenaed and dismissed charges against a Hallettsville school district official accused of failing to report student abuse allegations.
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Cynthia Garley, 71, a retired emergency room nurse, has experienced a stormy couple of years, but the sun is beginning to shine through.
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Wednesday felt like anything but the middle of winter, but then again, this is South Texas we’re talking about.
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The state fined the Placedo water district $1,544 Wednesday for failing to collect samples to test for lead and copper, comply with additional sampling requirements and deliver a Consumer Confidence Report to customers.
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The Refugio school board decided Tuesday to stop using “Dixie” as the district’s fight song, halting use of the tune, which has its roots in blackface minstrelsy.
U.S. Congressman Michael Cloud on Wednesday sent a bipartisan letter to the House and Senate Budget Committees asking them to require the Congressional Budget Office to include debt servicing costs whenever they produce an official cost estimate.
A number of the community’s resource and service agencies are gathering Thursday afternoon for a resource fair hosted by Christ’s Kitchen.
Victoria College will receive a $583,750 federal grant to expand the Museum of the Coastal Bend, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced Wednesday.
University of Houston-Victoria students who plan to take courses in the graduate special education program with an applied behavior analysis concentration will begin taking new courses this summer to help them prepare for a national exam to become board certified behavior analysts.
The University of Houston-Victoria has released the names of undergraduate students who made its fall 2019 president’s and deans’ lists.
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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., hundreds of Crossroads residents will gather and march Monday in downtown Victoria.
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POINT COMFORT – Gusts reached up to 37 mph early Friday when environmental activists who recently made headlines across the U.S. unloaded kayaks on the side of SH35 by Formosa Outfall 006.
VICTORIA - The Victoria police responded to the 300 block of Reeves Ranch Road about 3:25 p.m. Tuesday, where a 51-year-old Victoria woman reported five yellow lab puppies stolen.
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Cosplay – costumes plus play – is coming to the Crossroads with the Victoria Comic Fest.
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Tramer J. Woytek has served his community for 27 years in various positions between Victoria and Lavaca counties.
A trailer from the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Victoria will bring lunch to Cuero three times in the next three months.
The Victoria County Czech Heritage Society’s first quarterly program of the year will be Thursday in St. Peter's Hall at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 704 Mallette Drive.
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A spokeswoman for Bush’s Chicken said she had no knowledge of the red banner reading “permanently closed” on the Victoria location’s Google My Business page.
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In the two years he's been on the Georgetown City Council, Kevin Pitts has heard many complaints regarding what many in the town describe as its sole internet service provider: Suddenlink Communications.
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Dodie Griffin’s clearest memory of the time before the Crossroads had a mental health center was how it complicated her late husband’s ability to treat his patients.
Milk and bread are served with each meal.
Victoria County commissioners on Monday approved a draft of a new information technology and cybersecurity policy for Victoria County.
All city of Victoria nonemergency offices will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to a news release.
The Lavaca County Czech Heritage Society met Jan. 12 at the KC Hall of Fame in Hallettsville.
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One man was shot Sunday night and was taken to Citizens Medical Center by family members, a Victoria police official said.
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A group of Victoria residents brought a small slice of 1990s Alabama to the Denny’s restaurant on Navarro Street on Sunday night.
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Sterling Lynch bought his wife several broken sewing machines about 10 years ago.
Victoria County commissioners are scheduled to review a grant awarded to the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office at their meeting Monday.
Hurricane Harvey-affected small business owners interested in applying for a new grant program can attend an informational seminar in Victoria on Tuesday.
“You have to be quiet now. We are in the library, and the books are sleeping.”
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The ouster of the former Bloomington superintendent leaves the district reeling amid allegations of sexual misconduct and misuse of public funds.
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