Port Lavaca News

Douglas Belley, 67, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. He was born on March 18, 1942.

Calhoun County law enforcement officials are looking for two people who they believe called in a bomb threat to the county courthouse.

Originally published June 28, 2009 at 10:15 p.m., updated June 28, 2009 at 10:35 p.m. n VICTORIA - Maryann Silas, 30, of Victoria, by deputies Sunday on a warrant charging her with two counts of felony credit card abuse.

Originally published June 28, 2009 at 2:55 p.m., updated June 28, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. Burial Timeline 1840 - H. Oram Watts 1846 - W. Gibson Ewing 1850 - Margaret Eveline Lytle 1867 - T.S. Burke Jr.

A a major operation resulted in the arrestA of a dozen key gang members. Twelve Pistolero gang members are locked up.

Looking for a fresh start on the beach or hoping to get your feet on the ground? Want to work in the fun and sun? Enjoy beach life? The Port Lavaca Wave might just be the right place for you.

The suspected members of the Hermandad de Pistoleros were arrested throughout Monday night beginning at 7 p.m. Officers from the Victoria Police Department and Victoria County Sheriff's Office made the arrests in Victoria, Port Lavaca and Yoakum.

The Calhoun County Democrats Club will meet Thursday, at IBC Town Hall, Port Lavaca.

Originally published June 20, 2009 at 4:33 p.m., updated June 20, 2009 at 4:35 p.m. Cancer facts Of digestive system type cancers, colon cancer is most common and deadly, according to a 2009 fact sheet provided by the American Cancer Society.

A Calhoun County jury on Thursday awarded $340,495 in damages to a Port O'Connor woman injured in a March 2005 accident.

I'm sorry, Mr. Pate, wherever you are today, sir. At Calhoun High School in Port Lavaca, by the time of my senior year , you had been my teacher for a year of government and a year of economics.

Originally published June 12, 2009 at 6:06 p.m., updated June 12, 2009 at 6:06 p.m. THUMBS UP Thumbs up to the Senate Finance Committee for suggesting that taxes be raised on alcohol, wine and sodas.

Bobby Benavides Sr. is right on cue. The 54-year-old Port Lavaca native has been playing pool since he was 12 years old and recently placed nationally.

As Told By An Early Participant.......And A Finisher Paddling is going to be slow on the upper river....The San Marcos , and truth be known, there isn't going to be much of a current on the Guadalupe either......but toughest ever? In this day of packaged power bars, nutritional supplements, and a team legally waiting with ice water at checkpoints, ...

June 16 - Harding & Parker, druggists, will occupy the first floor of the Iroquois building.

Hospital ceremony for injured graduate - Glenda Morales missed the last month of her senior year recovering from serious injures suffered in a car accident.

Originally published June 6, 2009 at 9:57 p.m., updated June 6, 2009 at 9:57 p.m. I am boiling mad at the Senate Finance Committee for wanting to raise taxes on alcohol, wine and soda.

Originally published June 5, 2009 at 11:12 p.m., updated June 5, 2009 at 11:24 p.m. Saturday marks the 65th anniversary of D-Day. As World War II veterans continue to pass away, some of whom who had fought at Normandy, much of the history of that war is going with them.

BY CHARLYN FINN Published: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:15 PM CDT Chrissy, a black and white terrier, is one of a few abandoned pet animals that found its way to the Calhoun County Humane Society shelter at the fairgrounds.

The U.S. military is expanding some rural bases and building others to house thousands of troops displaced by a June deadline to withdraw from Iraq's major cities.