Alvin News

Services for a retired colonel and active member of the community were at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 21, at First United Methodist Church.

Investigators say a Crime Stoppers tip led to the arrest of a man accused of holding clerks at knifepoint while robbing at least five convenience stores in Fort Bend and Brazoria counties.

WHAT Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute is hosting a fitness boot camp to improve your fitness level. Regulate how and when you take in protein, fat and carbohydrates to improve your outcomes. Increase cardiovascular endurance. Obtain Nutrition and food coaching. Lose weight. Strengthen and tone your muscles. Showers and lockers are available $185 per session, 12 visits in each session Limited to 20 participants per session WHO Anyone who wants help reaching their fitness goals WHEN Starting in July. Session 6: July 10th to Aug 5th Held Monday, Wednesday and Friday 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. Call 713-222-CARE for more info or to schedule an appointment. WHERE Hermann Sports Medicine Institute 6400 Fannin, Suite, 1620, Houston, TX 77030 WHY At the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute, highly trained physicians and staff are here to motivate every level of athlete – recreational, competitive or professional athletes – to a higher level of performance. Giving people the right tools to live an active and health lifestyle.

Chad Allen Rickaway, 20, of Victoria by deputies Tuesday on a warrant charging him with theft of property valued between $1,500 and $20,000. VICTORIA - Samuel Joseph Hines, 44, of Victoria by deputies Tuesday on a warrant charging him with violation of parole.

Five Friendswood residents opposed to the city's plan to buy Alvin land and issue debt without voter approval might have to front more than $1 million in bond money before a judge hears their case.

A homeless family, who were down on their luck, never gave up hope. Just two days after telling their story to 11 News, they now have a new roof over their heads.

Friendswood Police are releasing further information regarding the fatality crash that killed an Alvin man Monday.

Police arrested a man on charges of robbery and stealing a car after they said he took the car from an Alvin woman at knifepoint, then used it while he robbed a League City convenience store.

A Travis County judge on Monday postponed a hearing until July to determine whether Friendswood can issue $11 million in debt without voter approval and buy park land outside city limits.

Police are investigating whether a woman's weekend carjacking in Alvin is related to a man's arrest on armed robbery charges in League City.

Three Santa Fe fire stations and two Alvin fire trucks responded to the 19600 block of state Highway 6 late Saturday morning after a debris fire spread to a building's main structure.

David Howarth helped stop smoking in Lake Jackson restaurants, helped teach students about environmental awareness and worked to clean and beautify his city.

Friendswood is not suing its residents by asking a judge to validate the city's plan to issue $11 million in debt without voter approval, Mayor David Smith said.

Alvin ISD police have arrested and charged the vice president of the Parent Teacher Organization at E.C. Mason Elementary School for the theft of over $17,000 in PTO funds.

HOUSTON – Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, home to the Gulf Coast region’s only Level I pediatric trauma center and one of only two in Texas, today unveiled two new ambulances that are so advanced they will serve as mobile pediatric intensive care units.

As we crank up the heat on summer in Southeast Texas, the summer fashions cool down a bit from color to fabric type.

An Alvin ISD bus driver was arrested for what the district tells us was an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Warner Elementary students show their approval of Principal Michael Maness's performance.

A Killeen man is now home after he accidentally shot his own leg as he drove along Highway 6 in Alvin, police said.

WHO: This blood drive is open to the public.

WHAT: Hospital Blood Drive in Partnership with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, The Blood Center Brazos Valley and The Blood Center East Texas.

WHEN: Thursday, June 18 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

WHERE: Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital

11800 Astoria Blvd. Houston, Texas 77089 CES Classroom 1st Floor

CONTACT: To schedule an appointment, please contact Irfan Saood at 281.929.4168

To schedule online go to www.giveblood.org and login to Digital Donor.

Enter your sponsor code: 0701SE01

Media contact: Natalie Camarata at 713.303.9644.