The Texas Department of State Health Services announced that oyster harvesting in all Texas coastal waters is closed due to red tide, an algal bloom of Karenia brevis. Red tide has been detected along the Texas coastline from Brownsville to Galveston. As a result, all Texas coastal waters are closed to the commercial and recreational […]

The 2011 Boat Parade, sponsored by the Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2011. The parade is open to boats of all sizes that meet the minimum Coast Guard Safety Requirements. Locals and tourists alike look forward to this annual event, and it is hoped that many boat owners […]

Rain or shine, calm or windy, nothing so far has stopped the Freeport to Port O’Connor Toy Run in its mission to bring boat loads of toys for Port O’Connor’s Adopt-An-Angel Program. This will be the ninth year for the Toy Run and so far there are 32 boats signed up to participate. Participants leave […]

Tickets for the 2011 Victoria Christmas Pageant, titled “Rio!”, will be available beginning Monday, November 14, at 8:30 a.m. Call 578-1568 or come by Northside Baptist Church of Victoria. Tickets can be picked up at the church offices at 4100 N. Laurent or ordered on line at: www.nbcvictoria.org/pageant . There is no charge. Dates for […]

The Calhoun County Museum, in Port Lavaca, has opened an exhibit of Civil War Artifacts. The exhibition is scheduled to run until May 1, 2012. Included in the exhibit are minié bullets, belt buckles, cannonballs and more. In addition to the Civil War exhibit, you will find many other interesting items dealing with the life […]