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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending 1,800 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to two Crossroads counties next week.
The Victoria school board has received a $156.8 million bond proposal, which is now open for discussion and alterations.
Morris Roberts, the Victoria Advocate’s late owner and publisher, will be inducted into the Texas Newspaper Foundation’s Hall of Fame for his contributions to the state’s newspaper industry.
When it comes to cattle, having an ultrasound done can show more than just pregnancy.
Line up for parade participants is at 8 a.m. The parade begins at 9:30 a.m. Line up along North Street between Patti Welder School and the Victoria Community Center.
The Swiss Alp Dance Club presents "The Lost Cause"
Victoria Livestock Show Carnival
Visitors of all ages are invited to come and learn about basic camping skills and Texas wildlife. Learn to build a fire or catch a fish from a real kayak. There is no additional fee, as the exhibit is included in the regular entry fee.
For walkers to age 3 with a parent or caregiver. Stories, repetitive songs, finger plays, and activities to encourage early language development and social skills.
Learn about the differences between normal aging and dementia and how different parts of the brain are affected by dementia. Discover our unique and positive approach to dementia care and techniques to provide effective care. Presented by Senior Helpers of Victoria. Please RSVP to 361-894-89…
Victoria Emergency Management, in partnership with National Weather Service Corpus Christi, and the University of Houston – Victoria is providing a SkyWarn Storm Spotter training class. To register for this class, visit https://tinyurl.com/ydd37t3j. For more information about the SkyWarn pro…
Visit victorialivestockshow.com for a complete schedule of events. The auction is Monday. Buyer registration is at 3 p.m. the livestock auction is at 4:30 p.m.
Mollee Henicke had a memorable senior season, leading Goliad to its first state final match in three years.
Following are the 2020 Victoria Advocate area all-district teams selected by the coaches.
Despite falling behind early to Brownsville St. Joseph, the Lady Flyers chipped away at the deficit throughout their …
Victoria East lost a District 29-5A match to Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial 2-1 on Friday night.
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The Victoria school board has received a $156.8 million bond proposal, which is now open for discussion and alterations.
Toby Clarkson, of Ingleside, throws a disc on Feb. 15, 2020 at Riverside Park during the Annual Victoria Open Disc Golf Tournament.
An El Campo woman charged with capital murder after the death of a toddler earlier this week was in jail Saturday.
Two vehicles crashed, injuring one person on U.S. 77 in Hallettsville Saturday morning.
El Campo police arrested a woman on murder charges relating to the death of a toddler Friday, according to a news release.
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services reported four new deaths and 310 cases of COVID-19 Friday in the Crossroads.
Branton Rainey broke his school record in the 500-yard freestyle by 7 seconds.
The Cavazos household’s living room served two functions last year during the COVID-19 shutdowns — it was a leisurely resting place first and a makeshift gym second.
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The Cavazos household’s living room served two functions last year during the COVID-19 shutdowns — it was a leisurely resting place first and a makeshift gym second.
Another 1,500 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be shipped to Victoria’s vaccine hub next week, local officials said Friday.
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Victoria health care workers vaccinated 1,008 people against COVID-19 in a mass vaccination clinic Thursday.
Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccine sign-up system crashed within minutes of going live Wednesday morning as thousands of people attempted to get an appointment for one of the 1,000 doses available.
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I’m not sure if an apocalyptic thriller is something we need to close out 2020. It’s definitely not the feel-good movie of the year. There is however an omnipresent sense of hope that mankind will survive in “The Midnight Sky,” which features a group of astronauts returning to Earth after sp…
Of the different fables that exist surrounding the name of Knockemstiff, Ohio — the setting for Antonio Campos’ (“Christine”) new film — two of them involve a preacher and one involves a brawl. They all seem appropriate as Tom Holland unleashes his fury on a few nefarious souls as the Avenge…
Based on Jake Tapper’s 2012 best-selling book, “The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor,” comes the true story of the Battle of Kamdesh, which took place Oct. 3, 2009 as U.S. forces engaged the Taliban in one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Afghan War.
In 1973, Hungarian director Peter Medak ran into an old friend, actor Peter Sellers, while strolling down King’s Road in London’s West End. Sellers, already had two Pink Panther films under his belt as well as Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”
Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign in preparation of 92 minutes of nerve-racking tension. Joseph Gordon-Levitt delivers an intense performance as an American co-pilot on the red-eye from Berlin to Paris when terrorists attempt to hijack the plane. The s…
“The King of Staten Island” is the latest comedy from Judd Apatow (“Trainwreck,” “Funny People,” “Knocked Up”) which was set to debut at SXSW this year.
Welcome to the feel-good movie of the summer. Tracee Ellis Ross (“black-ish”) plays superstar pop singer Grace Davis who’s at the stage in her career that finds most aging artists doing a Vegas residency to cash in on the success of their past hits.
Following a first-rate performance in “The Invisible Man,” which opened just before theaters shuttered, Elisabeth Moss returns as American horror-mystery writer Shirley Jackson in Josephine Decker’s follow up to 2018’s Sundance smash “Madeline’s Madeline.”
Zoinks! The origins of the Mystery Inc. gang are revealed in the new computer animated Scooby-Doo feature that kids will enjoy more than parents.
For those who love Rod Serling’s “Twilight Zone” and Chris Carter’s “The X-Files” comes this 1950s sci-fi thriller guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Each year, hundreds of filmmakers look forward to showcasing their latest work at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin. The five-day conference, which began in 1994 as an offshoot of the SXSW music festival, draws people from all the world and for many filmmakers, it’s a vit…
Twenty-one-year-old musician Sidney Flanigan resembles a young Jodie Foster in her acting debut as Autumn, a pregnant teenager who takes a bus from rural Pennsylvania to New York to get an abortion.
Pete Davidson’s character Zeke in Jason Orley’s “Big Time Adolescence” is this generation’s Wooderson, that beloved stoner played by Matthew McConaughey in Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused.” Now imagine if Linklater gave us a closer look at his character’s life. The laughs would fade,…
Director Alex Thompson and writer-actor Kelly O’Sullivan tackle subjects that have been stigmatized in the past, including queer marriage, abortion and postpartum depression, with the new drama “Saint Frances” about a 34-year-old waitress named Bridget (played by O’Sullivan), whose life take…
Movie theaters across the nation are closing this week, including Cinemark in Victoria, as a safety precaution to battle COVID-19. All cinemas in more than 32 international markets already have closed and the box office here in the U.S. dropped significantly last weekend with Disney and Pixa…
Haley Bennett clenches the spotlight for a career-high performance as a submissive housewife suffering from pica, a psychological disorder where she feels compelled to swallow inanimate and sometimes dangerous objects. As the compulsion intensifies her Cinderella marriage begins to crumble a…
Eighty-seven years after Claude Raines played the invisible man during Universal Pictures’ three-decade reign of iconic monsters, writer-director Leigh Whannell reboots the character that seems humdrum when compared to counterparts, Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy.
'Ordinary Love' Review: Neeson and Manville appear together for the first time in the touching drama
Playwright Owen McCafferty wrote “Ordinary Love” after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. The experience inspired the semi-autobiographical story as a couple played by Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville undertake a similar journey.
Silent but deadly. Kitty Green’s muted Telluride Film Festival debut seems aimed at Harvey Weinstein as Julia Garner plays Jane an assistant working for a Tribeca film production company run by a manipulative mogul who is heard but never seen.
When a movie begins with a quote from William Shakespeare and Beyoncé, it’s a sign that you’re about to watch a comedy. And when the director is Ant Timpson (the producer of “The Greasy Strangler,” “Turbo Kid” and “ABCs of Death”), you can bet it will be dark, bloody and gross.
“The main thing that I always tried to be was … a good girl.” – Taylor Swift
While most of us are familiar with the movie “Joker” which received the most Oscar nominations with 11, and many of the other Best Picture nominees including the Netflix originals “The Irishman” and “A Marriage Story,” the shorts category is one that seems to elude most movie lovers. Many of…
The most surprising thing about “Underwater” is that 20th Century Fox (now rebranded as 20th Century by new owners Disney) didn’t use the line “From the studio that brought you Alien” to promote this three-year-old film. But then again that may be overkill since this brazen deep-sea imitatio…
Long before streaming and iPhones, VHS tapes were the medium of choice when it came to watching movies, recording television shows and capturing special moments with a camcorder.
There are 9 million people living in Mexico City and only 45 emergency ambulances operated by the government. The densely populated capital city has been overrun by private ambulances competing for business, just like the one run by the Ochoa family in “Midnight Family” from director Luke Lo…
Sam Mendes, the director behind the James Bond films “Skyfall” and “Spectre,” took home an Oscar for his 1999 directorial debut “American Beauty.” 20 years later he’s poised to do it again with a film inspired by the World War I stories told by his grandfather. “1917” is an immersive experie…
Anyone who’s ever read Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” should appreciate the latest spin on racial injustice in the South from writer-director Destin Daniel Cretton (“Short Term 12”). Cretton adapts lawyer-turned-author Bryan Stevenson’s memoir “Just Mercy” with a talented cast deliveri…
In a prison film, the warden is usually portrayed as the villain. Who could forget Strother Martin in “Cool Hand Luke,” Eddie Albert in “The Longest Yard” or Barbara Steele in the Roger Corman-produced “Caged Heat?”
Writer-director Greta Gerwig gives this generation a new version of Louisa May Alcott’s timeless novel featuring the close-knit March sisters played by Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson and Eliza Scanlen.
The dark and humorous tale of a con artist family is filled with plenty of tension, heartache and a blood-soaked finale that’s sure to leave you stunned. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho executes the film’s twists and turns impeccably. A flawless example of filmmaking.
After months of deliberation, the Matagorda Bay Mitigation Trust announced Friday that nine coastal environmental projects from six entities were selected to receive a total of $3.2 million in funding from the trust.
POINT COMFORT — The water running through the faucets in Kayla Hall’s home on San Jacinto Street stains almost everyt…
Lawmakers filed dozens of bills ahead of the 87th Texas Legislature that could impact the state’s environment, includ…
Texas Game Wardens in Calhoun and Aransas counties opened more than 70 criminal cases during a four-day operation tar…
Once Dec. 25 has come and gone, live Christmas trees can be made into nutrient-rich mulch and compost or used to rein…