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The back-to-school shopping season is underway, and according the National Retail Federation (NRF), it is second in terms of sales only to the winter holidays. According to NRF’s 2014 Back-to-School Survey, the average family with children in grades K-12 will spend almost $700.00 on apparel, shoes, supplies and electronics, up five percent from last year’s back to school spending.

John O’Bryant’s Reading Magic Show encourages children to read and learn through magic, music, illusion, and audience participation. You can see and experience this great family event at the Victoria Public Library on Friday, June 20th at 2:00 p...

Victoria Electric Cooperative will have a silent auction to raise funds for their "Linemen for Little Ones" community service project, to raise money for our local schools and to help the children of our community. Help contribute to our children's education by being there for Silent Auction Day...

Mother’s Day Week is here and I wanted to take the time to express how much my mother means to me.  Growing up my father worked in the oilfield so he wasn’t home a lot. In return that meant my mom had to be both mother and father most of the time for us girls ...

I've never had to buy a child car seat, as I've never had any children. However, I do have to wonder: after all these years (and how many car seat recalls?), why can't they get these things right?! It seems to me like there have been a LOT of child seat recalls! Well, here comes another one!

One of the most-beloved children's books of all time is Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. This sweet story of a mother's never-ending love for her son has been read to kids for a couple of generations now. But do you know the tragic inspiration behind the story?

I guess if you're going to have to inform parents that school is going to be closed--again--due to snow and ice, you might as well try to inject a little humor into the announcement. That's just what happened recently in Boone County, Kentucky! You'll want to see and share this video!

Congratulations to Cindy Hogan of Victoria! She knew the answer to today’s Almost Impossible Trivia Question, and won a couple of yummy Jack In The Box Tacos, PLUS a pair of tickets to the Touring Pro PBR and Dance this Saturday at the Goliad County Fairgrounds! Q:  According to a new study, kids who do this will probably weigh less than kids who don't. What?

Congratulations to Tyler Clift of Goliad! He knew the answer to today’s Almost Impossible Trivia Question, and won a couple of yummy Jack In The Box Tacos! Q:   According to a new study, 1 out of 5 parents with young kids will do this every night...What?

  Ah, yes, the glamorous life of a country star. Riding a million dollar tour bus from beautiful venue to beautiful venue. People waiting on you hand and foot to make sure you have any and everything you heart desires so that you can do your absolute best performance night after night, performing the songs you have become famous for. Yeah... right... until certain 'changes' come along... like chil

McDain’s Restaurant, in suburban Pittsburgh, isn’t what you would call a kid-friendly establishment. The eatery has instituted a new policy banning children younger than six beginning this coming Sunday.

A recent Gallup poll of 1,020 adults shows that, if Americans could only have one child, they’d rather have a boy than a girl According to the poll, published Thursday, 40 percent said they’d want to have a boy, while 28 percent said they’d rather have a girl instead.