The 26th Annual Pescado Grande Fishing Tournament is Friday & Saturday, June 24th & 25th, 2016, at the Port O’Connor Community Center Pavilion. Early registration, by June 22nd, is $75 per person; late registration is $85 & registration for children age 12 & under is $50. Friday night – Registration/Check-in, captain’s meeting, Calcutta, meal and […]

World War I, fought from 1914 to 1918, was one of the deadliest wars in history, with an estimated nine million soldiers killed. The total killed including civilians exceeded fifteen million, which is the minimum estimate. World War I initially started when Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in the city of […]

John Thomas Smith Port O’Connor – John Thomas Smith, 72, of Port O’Connor passed away June 2, 2016. He was born January 22, 1944 in Mobile, AL to the late George Alfred and Beryl Lorraine George Smith. He was retired from Occidental Petroleum, was a member of First Baptist Church in Port O’Connor and served […]

Friends of the Port O’Connor Library annual meeting will be held Saturday, June 25 starting at 9:00am at the First Baptist Church. You are encouraged to come and hear updates on the progress toward building our new library.  You will also have the opportunity to renew your annual membership and enjoy some refreshments with other […]

Warior’s Weekend Once again, this community has hosted a wonderful Warriors Weekend event for our soldiers. And once again, the outpouring of compassion and patriotism in POC is unparalleled. This year the Tigrett Team was able to house 507 people (# includes soldiers and their families) who drove in from as far away as Louisiana, […]