On November 25, 1943, S/Sgt. John William Ring, Army Air Corps/Air Force, of Virginia boarded a B-24 bomber. He was a gunner, taking part in a bombing mission. Upon take off from Pandaveswar Airbase in India, the plane crashed, killing all aboard. He was buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville, Kentucky and the […]

The Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce proudly announces the 7th Annual Crawfish Fest & Cookoff to be held on April 27 at King Fisher Park.  This is the Chamber’s largest fund raising event of the year and the event brings in approximately 3,000 people. We offer all of the following: • Crawfish Cookoff • Live […]

Saturday, April 12 was the annual Adopt-A-Beach Spring Clean Up. Roxanne Ochoa led the local effort. Eleven volunteers (7 children and 1 adult) cleaned one mile of King Fisher Beach and Sunday Pass. On King Fisher Beach, 12 small bags and a stack of boards (200 lbs. total) were collected. And from Sunday Pass, 10 […]