HOUSTON – Family and friends remember her as the smiling grandmother. Family members carried her portrait in front of her casket as Cham Tran, 90, and her daughter Catherine Tran, 59, entered Our Lady of Lourdes Church, or Giao Xu Duc Me Lo Duc, in Houston on Saturday for the last time. The choir sang loudly to welcome back the once church members who lived in Port Lavaca. It would be the pair’s final Mass within the church’s white walls. more >>
VANDERBILT – Ryan Richter has his Thursday dinner plans set for the rest of the football season. He also knows who his date will be for those meals. Richter, a senior linebacker and running back for the Industrial Cobras, and his teammates are starting a new tradition of meeting to eat together before every game this season. He believes having team meals the day before games will strengthen the bond and could translate into more wins for the program. more >>
Three-a-days didn’t sneak up on any of the St. Joseph Flyers football players. “I’ve been working on 7-on-7 all summer so I was in shape coming in,” said senior cornerback Spencer Starkey. “It was important for all of us to come into today in peak condition. It seems like we were all ready.” more >>
A family’s claim that officers brutalized them didn’t jibe with video recordings of the April incident, a police investigation found. An internal investigation cleared officers Gary Melson, James Grason, Joseph Felan and Cadet Steven Lang of charges they used excessive force. more >>
PORT O’CONNOR – It took three men to hoist the blue-and-white marbled blue marlin from the Wasabi boat to hang up and weigh. Thousands of cheering and clapping people crowded in for a closer look at the Fishing Center dock in Port O’Connor during the Poco Bueno fishing tournament weigh-in just after 5 p.m. on Saturday. The Wasabi team from Dover, Del., was the first boat back for the 5 p.m. weigh-in, waiting hours in the Gulf Intracoastal to see if it would beat the No. 1 blue catch from Friday – Double Trouble’s 503 pounder. more >>
Bright flashes and explosive noises disoriented the alleged drug dealer long enough for police to enter the home filled with loaded assault rifles. Victoria police and Sheriff’s officers busted into the house at 2515 Putney St. at 8 p.m. Friday after throwing eight flash bang devices into the home, Police Chief Bruce Ure said. Officers overtook 43-year-old Marcus De Leon Garza and arrested him. more >>
Nine-year-old Mia Adkins kept thinking she would fall when she ran blindfolded. The Brownie – a young member of the Girl Scouts – ran with a tube on a rope as her guide, but she didn’t know exactly when to stop. more >>
When Marvin and Charlene Tobola honeymooned in 1990, they drove to their new home just outside Edna. Finally, they had each other and a place of their own. more >>
