Port Lavaca News

The Victoria City-County Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places where food is served in Victoria, DeWitt, Jackson and Calhoun counties.

When you think Applebee's, do you think head-banging, fist-pumping, rrrrriooootttt ? Of course you do.

Joyce Wilson, of Cuthand, prepares the Cirrus SR-22 plane for take off at the Calhoun County Airport in Port Lavaca.

"We're in limbo," said Port Lavaca City Manager Bob Turner. " Applebee's is waiting to see what happens with the late-night drinking ordinance."

The Ismael Martinez family not only lost a father and grandfather to their kids - Lupe Martinez - but their home and all their belongings.

Big in the heart of Texas sits a small country town called Edna. There is a special little girl that named Jaziyah.

Lamar Davenport Sr., 57, of Port Lavaca, by deputies Tuesday on a warrant charging him with violation of probation in a theft of property case.

William Wayne Shaffer said his immediate goal is to get Beeville's wastewater treatment plant at Moore Road compliant with state regulations.

The Victoria City-County Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places where food is served in Victoria, DeWitt, Jackson and Calhoun counties.

The Advocate wants to correct promptly any error in fact or clarify any misleading information we publish.

A Victoria woman followed a man to Port Lavaca she said she caught burglarizing her home, reportedly pulled a gun on him, then chased him in her vehicle before police intervened.

According to different sources, the all-clear was given for the ammonia release at the Port of Port Lavaca-Point Comfort at differing times.

The Victoria City-County Health Department Environmental Health Division inspects places where food is served in Victoria, DeWitt, Jackson and Calhoun counties.

On April 19, I was hit by a drunk driver. My life with my family might have come to a complete stop, but it didn't.

Ismael Martinez and Karen Williams lost their Austwell home to a late night fire, which claimed the life of Martinez's father, Lupe Martinez, 84.

Hopes were high for 14-year-old Port Lavaca resident Colton Blinka who traveled to Washington, D.C., Sunday to compete in 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The four cousins sit around a broad table. In front of each Nelle family member rise neat stacks of papers, photographs and file folders.

Port Lavaca resident Colton A. Blinka, 14, will soon be on his way to compete in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Colton will be accompanied by his father, mother, aunt and 10-year-old sister, Claire, who flew with the regional champion Sunday with plans to return next week.

Edwin Gonzalez, 61, hanged his long, gold chain with its crucifix pendant around the bathroom doorknob.

The Port Lavaca American Legion Post 167, the Port Lavaca VFW and the Port Lavaca GI Forum will host a Memorial Day ceremony from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday at the Bayfront Peninsula Park.