April 19, 2013 Former Crossroads resident and Victoria Advocate entertainment reporter, Aprill Brandon, was a guest (via telephone from her current home in Boston, MA) on Skeeter's show this morning. Aprill was about a mile away from the site of the terrorist bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15th, and she wrote a blog piece chronicling her experiences on that tragic day.
October 3, 2012 Join the Victoria Advocate for the Project Pink Kickoff event supporting the Guardians of the Ribbon South Texas Chapter starting at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 5 at the Victoria Advocate, 311 E. Constitution.
PLAY HARD @ The Labor Day Weekend "Kickoff" Party. They are keeping the doors open Friday - Saturday and Sunday! You are already OFF on Monday so why not indulge a little. You know how you would like to go out and have a nice time, well The O is the place, and Our Labor Day Weekend Party is the time
Tonight @ 1900 (7pm). Marine Corps League will have a meeting. Please share information to any other Marines or FMF Corpsman. The meeting will be at VFW Hall
2001 Lova/VFW Drive
P.S. great article in The Victoria Advocate on Mr
The Victoria Advocate reports that Victoria County Aggie Moms invite parents and families of incoming TAMU freshmen students. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served. Please bring salad or dessert to share
Summer is always full of activities for the kids and even the adults. You have baseball, football, softball, and volleyball camps. This week the Generals and STX will hold baseball and softball tryouts
July 24, 2012 The driver of a one-vehicle wreck that killed 14 illegal immigrants and injured nine others has been released by Department of Public Safety officials. According to the Victoria Advocate's Jennifer Preyss, Trooper Gerald Bryant said Ricardo Mendoza-Pineda, 22, of Mexico, has been identified as the driver of the 2000 Ford F-250 extended cab pickup truck that was carrying 22 Guatemala and Honduras nationals north on U.S. Highway 59 toward Goliad.
July 17, 2012 I've never been very good at photography on either side of the camera, so I am sincerely impressed by folks that have a knack for it. Hallie Horelka obviously has that knack.
I was looking at the Victoria Advocate online and saw that The BIG Big Band from Sweden is coming to Victoria as part of its ninth U.S. tour. This 63 person band will perform at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
June 27, 2012 We are quite blessed to have a great, community-minded newspaper in the Crossroads and now they have been duly recognized in the 'Texas Better Newspaper" competition.
The Victoria Advocate's Taste of Home Cooking School and Expo will be taking place tomorrow at the Victoria Community Center from 4p.m.-9:30. There are some pretty good reasons to check it out which includes everyone getting a free goody bag filled with coupons and items of all kinds
April 16, 2012 In celebration of Earth Day, an Earth Day Expo sponsored by the city's Environmental Services Department, First Victoria Bank and the Texas Zoo, will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, April 22 at the Texas Zoo. According to the Victoria Advocate, admission is $1 per person, and zoo members are admitted free. There will be conservation programs, Lucas, the singing zoologist, kids' activities, booths and interactive, hands-on learning activities.
