Four-year-old Kristina Barrera couldn’t get enough of riding the elephants and horses at last year’s circus.“She loves animals,” said grandma Maria Barrera of Victoria, who attended with the family. more >>
Nineteen-year-old Michael Harp remembers enjoying the circus as a little kid. But recently the Inez mechanic saw a train pulling circus elephants in caged box cars through Bloomington and felt bad for them. more >>
A bit of German wisdom greeted those inside DaCosta’s Sons of Hermann Hall. “Zeit ist geld,” advised a small paper adorning one table. It means time is money. “Gegensatze ziehen sich an,” another read: opposites attract. more >>
Standing in front of her watercolor portrait of Mother Teresa, Melissa Salazar explained that her Hispanic identity was bound up in her childhood memories of the Catholic Church. “She did so much good when she was here, and there are so many Mexicans that follow the Catholic religion,” she said of the portrait. Salazar is among the many local artists whose work will be displayed next week in exhibit the Victoria Art League is putting on for the the Diez y Seis de Septiembre, the Mexican day of independence. more >>
Pvt. Curtis L. Lumley recently completed basic training and advanced individual training in the Texas Army National Guard. Lumley is the son of Virginia Jenkins of Port Lavaca and Jim Lumley of Victoria. Lumley is a 2008 graduate of Bloomington High School. Army Pvt. Mikeal L. Garza has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C. Garza, the son of Mikeal Garza of Victoria and Lynette Jasso of Rockport, is a 2006 graduate of Rockport-Fulton High School. more >>
Jury selection starts Monday in the trial of a woman accused of blackmailing two young relatives with pornographic pictures. Joyce Marie Smith, 63, is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. She kept pictures of the girl and boy’s genitals and other body parts, according to the indictment. more >>
Rosemary Gonzales planned Garrett Hinojosa’s funeral as she gave birth to him on June 25. She wanted his grave to have trinkets that a boy would play with so she placed a toy truck and a pinwheel there. more >>
The first time police arrested Forrest Marks, he drove home drunk from a Fourth of July fireworks show. The next time, he swerved his way from a friend’s house. more >>
Nine-year-old Deborah Daniels and her brother, John, 11, waited anxiously, laughing and giggling, in line to ride the elephants at the Al Amin Shrine Circus on Saturday. They smiled and laughed even harder as they rode the elephant at the Victoria Community Center Arena during the circus intermission. more >>
Our city would be different place today had Abraham Levi not settled here in 1849. He and his children were great builders of their day. A. Levi & Company Bank grew by leaps and bounds after its establishment. A fine two-story brick building with cast-iron decoration was erected in 1875 at 116 South Main. more >>
