It's gonna be smooth shaving

By jpreyss in Beyond Beauty

It's officially bathing suit season, which means razors and shaving creams will be flying off supermarket shelves and women everywhere will be booking appointments with the nearest body waxer. I've always been envious of women who can shave their legs ...

Bridging the digital divide

By jessicapriest in On the Docket

I wish the Census Bureau had released this report about how more and more people are accessing the internet through their smartphones and other devices when I was working on a story about IHOP a few weeks ago. Then, a ...

Energy poor

By catyhirst in Yakety Yak

Nearly 3 billion people — a little under half the world's population — still rely on wood, crop waste and dung to cook and heat their homes, according to a new energy study released by the World Bank. If these ...

Apple's WWDC 2013: News and updates

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Updated:Here's what Apple revealed today at WWDC: New Mac Pros- They are totally tubular! New design, cylindrical shape and packs a punch with an "Intel Xeon CPU, faster 1866GHz RAM, and new SSD storage that's 2.5 times faster than current ...

Commissioners meet at 10 a.m.

By melissacrowe in Man Bites Dog

Victoria County Commissioners meet at 10 a.m. today at the county courthouse, 115 N. Bridge St. Victoria County Commissioners, June 10, 2013 Agenda Packet by mcrowe5038

Seven principal openings at VISD

By CarolinaAstrain in Other Words

A whirlwind of principal shuffling is coming to the Victoria school district. We confirmed four official principal resignations with the district yesterday afternoon. And as of today there are four assistant principal openings and seven principal openings posted. Assistant Principal ...

On loitering cats and smelly goats

By jessicapriest in On the Docket

On Wednesday, photo editor Kat Duncan and I headed out to Nursery after a man said his neighbor was keeping about 40 goats in a small pen. He said several had died recently and the smell was "stomach churning." Screen ...

What's coming this week

By LAHightower in Community Conversation

We had a good editorial board meeting this week with lots of interesting topics to discuss. We've got a bunch of tough, in-depth editorials planned and we'd like to know your opinion on these topics. Editorials for the Week: Friday ...

What the law says...

By melissacrowe in Man Bites Dog

Under the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government that adheres to the principle that government is the servant and not the master of the people, it is the policy of this state that each person is ...

Tell us your thoughts

By LAHightower in Community Conversation

Welcome to Wednesday, Victoria Advocate readers. It's time for another editorial board meeting, and we saved you a seat. Every Wednesday, we meet in the Internet Cafe area of the Victoria Advocate at 1:30 p.m. and discuss the events of ...