Clute News

The Fourth of July is a time designated to celebrate America's many freedoms, but in the mind of many community members, that those freedoms are God-given is as much a reason to celebrate.

Artists from Clute, Freeport and Lake Jackson are featured in the current Brazosport Art League exhibit, 'Pinceladas ... del Alma' The show, sponsored by BASF and featuring paintings in watercolor, acrylic and oil, remains on display through July 5 at The Center for the Arts and Sciences in Clute.

Clute takes plunge into serious drainage work Looking up at the searing, cloudless skies then down at the parched brown grass, it's been hard to imagine recently there could be a need anytime soon for drainage - much less drainage improvements.

Even war can't break the bonds of friendship. Army Chief Warrant Officer Chuck Christian reunited with former classmate Rebecca Clements after more than two decades at a party this weekend celebrating the soldier's 21 years of military service.

A new mix of members and two changed votes resulted in Brazosport Water Authority reversing course and approving a rate increase.

A project designed to improve drainage is slated for next month, and though the work will temporarily slow traffic, city officials say the inconvenience is worth it.

Hours spent in the midday sun, whether it's children playing in the yard or workers busting out concrete and installing rebar, have become especially demanding in the past week as temperatures have skyrocketed to season highs.

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City officials say they support the push to create a transit system linking four of the area's cities, but want to tweak a couple of the buses' proposed stopping points.

A jury decided Ivan Isais walked into a convenience store with a rifle or a stun gun and robbed a store clerk of $500 cash and a few cigars.

A 23-year-old Austin man told police after he and a friend went outside a friend's apartment in the 200 block of Hackberry Street on Saturday, several men attacked and robbed him, stripping him of his shirt, shoes and wallet, police said.

A Freeport man police say was part of an illegal check-cashing ring was arrested Friday on accusations he and at least two others took $24,200 from a local credit union.

Mary Katherine 'Cathie' Grigsby was on a trip with her church the weekend her husband was killed, but that hasn't kept Matagorda County authorities from charging her with what they believe was 'murder for hire.' Police said Jack Grigsby, 72, was found by Cathie Grigsby, 59, inside his Old Caney Road home about 9 p.m. May 17.

Jack Grigsby's estranged wife was arrested for his murder along with a Denison man in a case officials are calling "murder for hire." Mary Katherine "Cathie" Grigsby, 59, of Clute, and Donald Ray Harrison, 50, of Denison, were arrested at their homes Friday, June 5, on capital murder charges, said Capt.

A 28-year-old Clute man is charged in the stabbing death of Richard Riley Keller at an Angleton-area bar early Tuesday morning.

Clute officer deserving of state medal for valor. The courage and presence of mind showed by a Clute police sergeant during a November 2007 incident in which two burglary suspects tried to run him down with a vehicle have resulted in him earning the highest honor that can be given to an officer in Texas.

A man suffered no injuries early Saturday after being Tasered by a police officer during a short foot chase in Clute.

In an effort to encourage the Brazos River Authority to take better care of Clute's wastewater treatment plant, City Council approved giving notice it will terminate the authority's contract in one year.

Federal funds aimed at improving the economy have revived talk of a southern Brazoria County transportation system, and Clute has become the first local city to pledge support.

A 19-year-old Clute woman was taken to Brazosport Regional Health System after the car she was in was in the middle of a three-vehicle pileup, Lake Jackson Police Lt.