Coast Guard Station Port O’Connor boat crews saved seven people during two search and rescue operations Friday, October 10. Early Friday morning, a response boat crew rescued six adults aboard a disabled sailboat drifting toward the Matagorda Jetties. Then, during the early evening, another boat crew flew a 55-year-old man with a head injury off […]

Volunteers turned out in droves for the biggest beach cleanup in the nation A total of 9,318 volunteers picked up more than 143 tons of trash off Texas Beaches Saturday, making the 28th annual Adopt-A-Beach Fall Cleanup — the biggest beach cleanup in the nation — a smashing success. “This cleanup makes me proud to […]

Seems it’s to soon to even think about Christmas, but certainly not so. Mr. Joe Wiatt has brought to our attention that the past couple years he and his volunteers have placed Christmas trees and Crosses in King Fisher Park. This year the decoration date for the Tree Forest will be Tuesday, November 18th at […]

The Port O’Connor Lions Club, in conjunction with the Benevolence Fund, will be accepting donations of Non-perishable food items at the following locations: First National Bank/POC Branch Lobby Speedy Stop Blue tubs will be put at both locations for your convenience. These tubs will be out from October 17th until November 24th for distribution through […]

Shown above are some of POC 4H Kids, who did 4H One A Day projects in POC this year. They split up into two groups and went to Naomi Albrecht’s and Pat Ekstrom’s and weeded gardens and flower beds. They usually go to Port Lavaca for this project, but the kids decided they wanted to […]