Police believe a Wednesday night shooting had gang ties and was directly linked to a night-club stabbing Saturday.Vincent Rosales, 33, of Yoakum, remains in the Citizens Medical Center's intensive care unit after he was shot three times outside his girlfriend's apartment at 9:15 p.m. more >>
Suggestions from the community on the naming of the new schools in Victoria are more than welcome, Ray Walden, school board president, said at the monthly board meeting. The policy for naming the two high schools, two elementary schools and one middle school was addressed at the meeting. more >>
Writer Antonya Nelson is a literary multitasker. An author, a celebrated short story writer and an essayist, she can do it all. But it was only recently that she jumped into the personal essay genre as the writer-at-large for Texas Monthly magazine. more >>
Even a last-minute surge of holiday travelers probably won't provide Victoria's airport with enough enplanements to keep it from losing almost $1 million. "That money is very useful to us," Larry Blackwell, manager of the Victoria Regional Airport, said Thursday. "I hate that we're going to drop out of the program." more >>
The drought plaguing the Crossroads region this year could continue at least through the winter, which isn't good news for farmers. "We've been going through the drought cycle here in Victoria County for almost the entire year," county agent Joe Janak said. "To extend it further really makes it difficult to plan for even 2009 crops." more >>
VICTORIA - An 18-year-old Victoria man by deputies Wednesday on suspicion of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. VICTORIA - Tommie Lorraine Baldaramos, 26, of Victoria, by officers Wednesday on warrants charging him with possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana, failure to maintain proof of insurance and an expired inspection sticker. more >>
The entrance road to Brentwood Manor subdivision will close from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today for improvements, according to Victoria County Commissioner Wayne Dierlam. Amhurst Street will be closed while Southern Pacific Railroad crews install a driveway and new grade crossing. The crews will direct traffic while the work is being done, Dierlam said. more >>
Building a nuclear plant in Victoria County would mean big things for the community, Texas economist Ray Perryman said. "This really is a game changer for a community this size," said Perryman, president and CEO of The Perryman Group, a Waco economic and financial analysis firm. more >>
Every year for the annual Victoria Ballet Theatre production of "The Nutcracker," I write a story. When it is, where it is, who is in it, why they do it, how they do it. And although I fancy myself a fairly creative writer, after so many times, the stories all start sounding the same. more >>
