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Good morning Victoria! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Victoria bake sale is directly helping local cancer patients
  • Follow Victoria East and West's Week 6 scores live tonight
  • Why Victoria County's judge wants new powers over massive data centers

Also on today's calendar: South Texas Spirits & Cigar Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 84, low: 70.
  • Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Victoria bake sale raises funds for local cancer patients (crossroadstoday.com) — A bake sale at DeTar Navarro in Victoria raised money Friday for the Crossroads Guardians of Hope, which supports local cancer patients with financial and emotional assistance. Volunteers and staff baked cookies, cakes, and other treats, quickly surpassing last year's $900 total. Organizers say the community's generosity directly helps neighbors battling cancer here in the Crossroads.
   

• 2026 Crossroads Football Live scores: Week 6 (crossroadstoday.com) — Fans in Victoria can track tonight's Week 6 high school football action in real time, including games featuring Victoria East, Victoria West, and the Victoria Gators. The scoreboard updates scores from across the Crossroads, letting you follow local rivals and nearby small-town teams as their Friday night matchups unfold.
   

• Power play: Texas counties seek right to regulate burgeoning data centers (austinfreepress.org) — Victoria County Judge Ben Zeller is pushing state lawmakers to give counties more power to manage large industrial projects like data centers, citing concerns over water, energy, and noise impacts. His testimony joins a broader statewide effort by county officials seeking tools such as buffer zones, water-impact statements, and mandatory public hearings as data centers spread into rural Texas.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hey neighbors, by chance, does anyone have a outdoor dog kennel?
    Something that is maybe ten by ten? Someone passed away recently in my family at forty one years old from a heart attack. He had two beagle puppies… (Nextdoor Raisin/Coletoville)
  • Was leaving for work this morning and a gentleman that walks the Fleetwood neighborhood, stopped me and asked me to post this and see if this is someone's dog.
    He is putting him in his backyard for now, but he can't keep him too long because he has two dogs himself.. (Nextdoor Fleetwood)
  • Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Victoria. Apply here.
  • Olive Garden posted a job opening for Busser in Victoria. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Victoria here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Ok Victoria! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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