Whenever I tell people I moved to Port Lavaca from New Braunfels, the natural question that follows is “Why’d you do that?” That in of itself is an interesting story, but...

As discussions continue regarding the potential closure or consolidation of schools within Calhoun County ISD, questions are being raised about whether the district has...

Although the weather hasn't been sunny, summer is here. I can tell by the loud noises of children racing from one end of the house to the other and my grocery bill...

It has been snowing at my mother’s house. Soft white stuff that drifted slowly down onto everything - carpets, chairs, tile – into a vast wasteland of fluff. No amount of...

Sometimes the hardest things to part with are tucked away in a kitchen cabinetI recently decided to tackle a project that seemed simple enough: deep clean the kitchen.Not...

I should know better.I should know better because if something is going to go wrong, it’s going to go wrong to me. And there I was, locked out of my truck.But let’s back up...

Even when I first arrived in Calhoun County in early 2023, there was one thing that stood out to me more than anything else about the area: the sheer, raw potential.But as...

At the end of March, we held our Celebrate the Child Picnic to kickoff Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month and to celebrate all the children in our community.  Mayor...

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a time to bring awareness and education to the community about sexual violence through special events, trainings and shared resources. The...

I am at a point in my life where I thought I had been through it all or at least most things.  I have buried my grandparents, my mother, my father and my husband. I have...

Every so often, an editorial piece gets it exactly right.More than a century ago, an 8-year-old girl named Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a simple letter...

Christmas is a lot of things. It’s a time for giving gifts with no expectations or stipulations and spreading joy around you. It’s a time of intense stress, as many race to...

“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” We have all heard this phrase before. When I was a kid, I believed in this. My pals used to run around...

I found out about my parents’ divorce on Aug. 23 over a phone call in the Mr. Gatti’s parking lot in Victoria.About two hours earlier, I had gotten a call from my mom to...

When we first met through my letter discovery nearly three years ago, we became fast friends. Like many friendships that last the test of time, ours has had its ebbs and...