Galveston News

West End residents plan to plead for their golf carts again today when the city council takes up the contentious debate about where the slow-moving vehicles should be allowed on city streets.

Officials with the First Annual Galveston Battle of The Badges boxing event announced pairings today for the December 5, 2009 charity bouts in the Galveston Convention Center on Seawall Blvd.

A Galveston ex-convict, wanted on felony warrants by the Galveston County Sheriff's Office and the Galveston Police Department has been captured in Young, Arizona by US Marshals acting on a lead from the Gulf Coast Violent Offender and Fugitive Task Force.

Date: Saturday, November 14th Time: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Location: Memorial Hermann Memorial City Mall, near the skating rink Join us for a day of fun children’s activities and attractions at Memorial City Mall in our children’s village. Professional Lego artists will display their Lego creations, as well as a replica of the new Memorial Hermann Tower, new home to Children's Memorial Hermann and Women's Memorial Hermann! Kids will have an opportunity to build their own creations from Lego-style-bricks. We will be hosting a Memorial Hermann Tower building contest, where kids can build their own version of the new tower. Photos of the creations will be displayed on Flickr.com, where friends and family can vote for the best replica. Parents will get a chance to visit with medical experts from Children’s Memorial Hermann Memorial City at our “Ask the Pediatrician” and our “Ask the Ob/Gyn” tables. There will also be an area for kids to color cardboard versions of the MH Tower. Free stuffed animal versions of the Children’s Memorial Hermann mascot, Topper will also be given out while supplies last. There will also be a Teddy Bear ER for your Topper dolls. Following the event, join us for a live chat with on Children’s Health Issues with Dr. Michelle McKane, Thursday Nov. 19 at Noon on MemorialHermann.org

Electrophysiology is used to diagnose, treat and often cure heart rhythm abnormality, known as arrhythmia. It has also been shown to dramatically improve the quality of life for patients with heart failure. This innovative program is just one aspect of the cardiovascular care available at Memorial Hermann. Arrhythmia may indicate a serious problem and lead to heart disease, stroke or sudden cardiac death. An arrhythmia can be silent and may not cause any symptoms. Register today for a potentially life-saving screening to look for atrial fibrillation, the most common type of arrhythmia, at Memorial Hermann Hear t & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center. The cost for this test, combined with three other screenings for dif ferent hear t and vascular conditions, is $139. The complete package will screen for: Atrial fibrillation • (arrhythmia) • Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) • Carotid artery disease Screenings are available December 8th To schedule your appointment, call 1.800.690.0289. For a referral to an electrophysiologist affiliated with Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center, call 713.7CARDIO (722.7346). Screenings performed by Life Line Screening.

: Memorial Hermann Memorial City Mall. If you are familiar with the mall, the event will be in the area between the skating rink and the fireplace/seating area. FYI - the Pictures with Santa area will be right next to us so hopefully we will have high kid/parent traffic. The event is very kid/family oriented so there will be several activities/attractions: 1. the Lego models display area (including the Lego model of the MH Tower model) 2. an area for kids to build-their-own creations using foam Lego-style bricks. 3. an area for kids to take pictures with their "Lego" creations. Pictures will be posted on Flickr.

Things have been rough on the West End of Galveston, what with the destruction by Hurricane Ike and all that comes from buiding McMansions one inch about sea level.

Henry County police said 10-year-old Jeffre Few and his mother, Jennifer, were located by police in Galveston, Texas late Friday night.

Register and join us Nov. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. for a live chat about this season's flu outbreak. Bring your questions and concerns about the flu vaccine and the spread of the new swine flu virus (H1N1) to board-certified pediatrician and family practitioner Dr. Subodh Bhuchar. Whether you are healthy and aren't sure if you should get the vaccine, or if you just want to be prepared for how to treat an illness in your family, this event can help you decide on a plan of action.

– It is estimated that Heart Disease kills one person every 34 seconds. To better educate the public about our country’s number one killer, prevent the disease in those who don’t have it and better treat those who do, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital has renewed its commitment to make Heart Disease education, prevention and treatment a top priority by taking a leadership role in heart-related community education events and expanding the heart services available at the hospital. The hospital’s renewed Heart Health campaign commenced with the 2009 Bay Area Start! Heart Walk on October 17, where Memorial Hermann Southeast donated $25,000 and raised an additional $17,000 in donations from physicians, employees and their friends and families. According to the American Heart Association, the proceeds from the walk, totaling approximately $170,000 and counting, will fund lifesaving research, as well as public and professional education programs in the community and across America. Memorial Hermann Southeast not only utilized its presence at the Bay Area Start! Heart Walk to educate participants and their families about heart disease from A to Z, but Memorial Hermann Southeast volunteers also shared the exciting news about the hospital’s expanded heart program and new treatments available for patients. This fall, the cardiac catheterization lab at Memorial Hermann Southeast is expanding and will offer additional services to meet heart patients’ needs, whether it is treatment for a blocked artery, an irregular heartbeat or heart attack. For more information about Memorial Hermann Southeast’s heart program, as well as upcoming heart-related events, visit www.memorialhermann.org or call 281.929.6100.

One man was in Galveston County Jail on Tuesday and investigators were planning to file charges against another after police said the two kidnapped and shot a 19-year-old Galveston man Friday.

The reason the medical professionals who treated the victim of a motorcycle crash near Jamaica Beach Friday were shocked to hear of his death was because of the minor nature of his injury, and this morning it was learned that 39-year old Roy Ener of Sheppard, Texas is alive after all.

Galveston's Shriners Hospital for Children will reopen Wednesday, more than a year after it was damaged in Hurricane Ike.

A Galveston County jury has heard about nine "Rules for Riley" kept in a notebook by the mother and stepfather of 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers.

The Coast Guard medevaced two men following a helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday.

There will be fewer polling places than usual Tuesday for Election Day - but more opportunities for you to cast a ballot.

A local cancer center the University of Texas Medical Branch shut down last year is open again at a new location.

DON LEE Reporting from GALVESTON, Texas After trying out Atlanta, Miami and Pasadena, Calif., Lilian Junco decided this was the place to retire.

Police are searching for a group of at least 50 individuals who made off with $44,000 from a local bank by cashing fraudulent checks, according to investigators.

A fisherman described how he discovered a toddler's remains in an overturned plastic container in Galveston Bay.