Nicholas Ragusin took it upon himself to write a letter to Goose Island State Park to volunteer his services to help preserve “The Big Tree.” The Big Tree is located near the old town of Lamar, in Goose Island State Park. During the Civil War, the town of Lamar was bombarded and destroyed by the […]

Small-town libraries create an environment for learning and sharing Don’t miss the article in TEXAS CO-OP POWER April, 2016 edition that gives a nice update on how small-town libraries are serving their communities. The article relates how Silverton, a small community in the Texas Panhandle, recently remodeled and reopened their library and changed it from […]

The Port O’Connor community food pantry, located at Fishermen’s Chapel, has fed dozens of families dozens of meals already this year. Families of all sorts in need of a little assistance will come by or call for help. They may have small children, a house full of teens or a senior citizen living alone. Sometimes […]

Darin Luna of Port O’Connor was inducted into Victoria College’s Zeta Gamma Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at a ceremony on Thursday, March 24. The Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, established in 1918 is the largest honor society in U.S. higher education, with more than two million members and 1,200 chapters. […]