Clute News

The Brazosport Art League's first exhibit of 2010, 'Mostly People,' is on display and will run through Jan.

It would be difficult for most men to do sober, but Clute police say 24-year old Sidney Francis Early stood in the parking lot of their police station, drank and beer and peed at the same time.

A year ago, cities and residents were clenching their teeth as they prepared for a difficult 2009.

The Brazosport Art League will open its 2010 workshop season with a unique Saturday Art Special.

There is one way to travel this New Year's Eve in which people are welcome to party all they want without fear of losing their license or their freedom.

Howdy! Well, I hope Santa arrived with everything that everyone needs. It was a great Christmas on the west banks of the Brazos.

Right after Merry Christmas comes Happy New Year! So have one, OK! Go ahead and make some New Year's resolutions.

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As a group of men, women and children dressed casually Thursday in jeans and jackets solemnly walked from one home to the next, singing Christmas carols by candlelight, passers-by in cars paused and watched the procession, wondering what was happening.

They're pissing on the library books in Clute. KTRK reports that vandals have been hitting the library recently, and residents are scratching their heads about it all.

While West Columbia's Blue Santa program delivered toys and gifts for 29 families early Monday morning, for the first time it also delivered turkeys and other goods to provide some needy families with a Christmas meal.

When 7-year-old Stossie Fuller opened the door for Clute police officers, he knew he was getting some presents, but the look on his face said he didn't know about the bike that soon rolled in.

A stressed-out student sits in the back of the class, thinking about how he can't stand his classmates.

Lake Jackson, Clute, Freeport and Angleton traditionally have been the Brazosport cities to watch for hotel and business development in Brazoria County, but lately Richwood is making a move.

"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer?' It might not have made for the holiday get-together the family planned, but it did inspire a memorable Christmas song.

Clute Library employees want a better security system after they found library books urinated on while on the shelves, holes in their front door and broken beer bottles and used condoms on the porch and behind the building.

After a two-month investigation including surveillance and undercover buys, Clute police arrested a man in Angleton early Thursday in what they said was a major drug bust.

After an officer shot and injured an aggressive pit bull this month, later finding several tied up in the backyard of a vacant home, city officials will look at an ordinance limiting the number of dogs per home.

A child on one arm and a box on the other, Sandra Felan made her way Tuesday through a short line at the Angleton Post Office to send gifts to family members in Utah.

With people walking out of stores all over Brazoria County laden with gifts and cash, then taking them home, police say it's not surprising robberies have been on the rise.