Bayou Vista News

More water restrictions are being put in place despite the little bit of rain we got yesterday.

League City on Monday joined a growing list of Galveston County cities urging residents to conserve water.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Southeast Texas through 7 p.m. today.

The digital welcome sign at the entrance to Bayou Vista summed it up pretty well for Galveston County: Now is a good time to conserve water.

Today is the last full day that your non-digital television that receives over the air broadcast signals will work.

Mayor Ed Flanagan, Alderman Chris Gimenez and Police Chief Ed Lucas aren't on the ballot Saturday, but all three are at the center of the race to control the city council.

Early voting starts today for 17 contested city council and school board races, two charter elections, a bond proposition and proposal to create an emergency services district.

Residents of Tiki Island will vote May 9 on a proposal to create an emergency-services district.

Property values across Galveston County took a hit this year, appraisal officials said.

Residents who live in the canal-lined communities of Bayou Vista, Omega Bay and Old Bayou Vista may want to spend their weekend pulling their fish lights and crab traps out of the water.

The sounds of table saws, hammers and backhoes have become as common as seagulls among the canal-front houses in Bayou Vista since Hurricane Ike struck five months ago.

UPDATE: Some pressing news items and my Mainland Editor duties have prevented me from getting an update on Bayou Vista's council meeting in print yet.

A fisherman who found the badly decomposing body of Baby Grace in a box on a deserted island in Galveston Bay testified Wednesday he assumed that the remains must be that of a dumped pet.

A fisherman from Bayou Vista testified Wednesday morning about the gruesome discovery of Baby Grace's decomposing body on a small island in Galveston Bay.

As work crews slowly pulled a mud-filled live bait well from the depths of the Tiki Island Marina on Saturday, Charlie Everts couldn't help but smile.

The council agenda for Bayou Vista will go from city hall to the courthouse this week after two of the city's aldermen filed a lawsuit against the mayor and city secretary accusing the pair of ignoring their ...

It's been more than three months since Hurricane Ike slammed into the upper Texas coast.

Frustrated by bureaucratic red tape and the sluggish trickle of federal dollars into hurricane-ravaged areas, state lawmakers are considering pumping $100 million into a statewide disaster recovery fund and ...