HJM Elementary in Port Lavaca and Port O’Connor Elementary in Port O’Connor have been selected by Educational Results Partnership (ERP) and the Institute for Productivity in Education (IPE) as two of 713 public schools in Texas to receive the title of 2015 Honor Roll school. The Honor Roll is part of a national effort to […]

Are they Crayfish or Crawfish? Do you really suck the head?! Well POC is about to find out!! The Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to put on the 4th Annual Crawfish Festival and Cookoff! This year’s event will be held on Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at King […]

Did you hear about the 23 soldiers who died in the waters of Matagorda? It is true. In March, 1864 troops camped at DeCrow’s Point sailed to Indianola, marched to Bynio’s Point, crossed what they called a ‘stream’ at Saluria Bayou (also known as McHenry’s) and then built a wooden ferry platform type floating bridge […]

The Warriors Weekend 2016 is fast approaching. This marks the 10th year we have welcomed those wounded heroes to our little paradise, and we expect even more for WW 2016. More than 900 wounded vets will fly, bus, drive and share a ride from across the nation into Victoria, Port Lavaca and POC before converging […]