Port Lavaca News

Still, when the 79-year-old died, his daughter, Billie Patterson sat beside him, caressing his hand and touching his head, letting him know it was OK to let go.

Romulo Mesa was traveling south on Farm-to-Market Road 2433 coming from U.S. Highway 87 South, said Department of Safety Trooper Wesley Rodriguez.

Richard Bothe, IBC bank executive, recently received the 50-year banker award from the Texas Bankers Association.

A 59-year-old Port Lavaca woman was assaulted Tuesday about 6:20 a.m. in the area of Jackson Street and Purple Sage Drive in Port Lavaca.

Editor's Note: Announcements of births in Victoria County are published as a free public service based on information from local hospitals.

"We all cruise, so we thought we'd include them," said Ted Allred, president of the Cruisers motorcycle club in Port Lavaca.

Jennifer Heibel's Cadillac at South Texas Performance in Victoria. She is showing her car at Cruise Fest in Port Lavaca on Saturday.

Jorge Cardova is a member of the Port Lavaca based Cruisers bike club which has organized "Cruise Fest" to raise money for local charities and families in need.

It took months of planning, materials and services and thousands of dollars to create the large stone "Welcome to Victoria" sign just off Southwest Moody Street.

Two men are still in the burn unit at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston after a fire at Formosa Plastics sent 14 men to area hospitals Thursday.

Avery Grimaldo, 12, left, and Juan Torres, 12, right, listen with their classmates while pilot Jim Reid discusses features of the King Air 200 jet airplane.

Standing on tiptoes and peering around the people in front of them, they were ready to get to the front of the line.

A flash fire at Formosa Plastics in Calhoun County seriously injured at least six workers Thursday afternoon at the plant.

IBC Bank will once again host Money Buzz , a program aimed at educating youth about personal finance.

A civil rights trial in Victoria's federal court was cut short Tuesday when the Calhoun County Precinct 2 commissioner , the defendant in the case, fainted on the witness stand during a hard line of questioning.

In preparation for this year's Field of Honor, volunteers from the Victoria County Sheriff's Office, the Victoria Fire Department, the Port Lavaca Fire and Police departments, the Aransas Pass Volunteer Fire Department, Caterpillar Manufacturing, Stallion Oilfield and Doggett Surveying turned out to plant thousands of pieces of rebar, which will ... (more)

Victor Arturo Castro, 48, of Pharr, by deputies Thursday, on a warrant charging him with violation of probation in a possession of marijuana case.

April 29 - One of the largest alligators ever seen in this vicinity was killed near Bloomington on the Traylor Lake yesterday by T.J. Layton.

I want to thank all the friends who supported me with phone calls, emails and some neighbors coming by my house supporting my efforts for this stinking roaming animal mess we have here in Victoria to keep Victoria beautiful.