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Family Worship Center on Sam Houston Drive displays a sign that reads "Praying for Judge Brett Kavanaugh" on the digital marquee. The pastor of Family Worship Center is C.E. Smith.
Sen. Ted Cruz met with leaders from throughout the Crossroads on Saturday afternoon to receive an update on Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. Victoria County Judge Ben Zeller said Cruz reached out to him to set up a roundtable discussion in Victoria in order to get a better idea of what challenges residents continue to face almost a year after Hurricane Harvey struck the area.
Jaime Almanzar, 54, and his seven family members have been living at the motel in Victoria for the past four months since Hurricane Harvey. Almanzar can't afford to repair his damaged two-bedroom home and is working odd jobs every day for food and basic necessities.
Did you enjoy a good, healthy meal today? Were you able to include fresh fruits and vegetables as a part of your meal? Did you have easy access to the fresh produce? Believe it or not, many folks in Victoria County do not have adequate access to fresh food as they live in a food desert. According to the USDA, a food desert is defined as "parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas.
A Green Party candidate in the British Columbia provincial election says his impersonation of Martin Luther King, Jr. was a consequence of his own "white privilege" and "a misguided attempt to share the inspiration" of the American civil rights leader. The Green Party, which runs on an extreme environmental agenda and left-of-center economics, is a growing political force in socially liberal B.C. Teacher Mark Neufeld, a candidate running near the provincial capitol of Victoria, decided to not only read large portions of King's "I've been to the mountaintop" speech but also to mimic King's speech patterns.
Victoria County Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor, along with his training coordinator, Lt. Pat Aitchison, gave commissioners a progress report about their plan to build the new facility near Saxet Lakes on Timber Drive.