In 2011, about 65 percent of South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) donors gave one time. If all blood donors gave at least three times per year, blood shortages would be a rare event.* A blood type becomes rare when it’s not available for a patient. Becoming a regular blood donor helps prevent shortages […]

A Honor Roll First Grade:  Tres Canales, Eda Gilliland, Ayden Maddux, Jacob Nguyen and Hector Perez. Second Grade: Noah Estrada, Nataly Rodriguez and Kyler Sanders. Third Grade:  Kinley Lowery, Matthan Morgan and Christopher Salinas. Fourth Grade:  Madison Bierschwale, Alexia Gilliland, Hunter Mitchell and Ethan Mikolas. Fifth Grade:  Heather Glover, Ahniwake James, Krislyn Key and Anna […]

Robert Earl “Bob” McGee, 79, of Port O’Connor passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012. He was born October 29, 1932 in Jackson, Mississippi to the late Albert Earl and Florence A. McGee. He married Mary Nell Reeves McGee on June 13, 1954. They spent 57 years as loving partners devoted to friends and family. […]

One, and only one, of the interesting things to see in the Calhoun County Museum is the Lighthouse lens that was in the Matagorda Island light house. It is a huge thing and is full of rings and ridges. That type of lens is called a Fresnel Lens and was and still is popular in […]

The Main Street Theater In Port Lavaca held an Awards Gala and preview of their first production on the twenty-third of February. On hand for the event were many of the actors, behind the scenes workers and patrons that make the Main Street Theater one of the integral parts of Main Street Port Lavaca. Guests […]