The Women behind the Heroes are often unseen for the sacrifice they make for the love they have for their husband’s military service. The effects of war not only impact the Veteran, rather ripples through the lives of the wife and children. Charles and Joy Fryou know personally how war takes a toll on […]

  How far would you go to honor our wounded warriors? Is a thousand miles too far? Not according to John Price, who for five out of the past seven years has made the 1,100 mile trip from his home in Colterville, Illlinois to escort the Warrior’s Weekend soldiers from Victoria to Port O’Connor. John […]

On May 24, 2013, Warden Tim Wilkinson headed out with two boats and fourteen volunteers to count the nesting birds on Chester Island (previously known as Sundown Island). Chester Island is one of thirty-three coastal sanctuaries supported by Texas Audubon. These island sanctuaries are home to twenty-plus species of waterbirds that nest along the coast. […]

He was looking for the “spirit of the tree” says Pat Ragusin, a Port O’Connor fishing/hunting guide, when he cut into the charred black, 75+ foot tall, old Loblolly pine trunk. He salvaged the old tree from a once heavily wooded Loblolly pine and oak forest that burned in the Sept.2011 fires in Pine Gap, […]

April 3: Seadrift Volunteer Fire Dept. dispatched to assist Port O’Connor VFD with a fire alarm in Port O’Connor, cancelled while en-route. April 6: Seadrift VFD and Port Lavaca FD responded to a grass fire off of Hwy 35 South near the Victoria Barge Canal. April 17: Seadrift VFD responded to East Austin Street in […]