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It seems there has been a recent weightlifting boom. And I don't mean just lifting weights, but competing in powerlifting and bodybuilding events.

City commissioners took the first step in revamping the city's almost nonexistent ordinances regulating game rooms on Monday.

Though school superintendents statewide earned more this year than last year, most Galveston County superintendents didn't get raises this year.

A 30-year old Hitchcock man has been jailed in Santa Fe after police say his reckless driving inside a barricaded area at a local carnival resulted in injuries to a child.

Big bummer: In unsavory news for fans, Big Daddy's Smokehouse & Grill, 3145 state Highway 6 in Hitchcock, is blowing out the burners after five years serving burgers and barbecue.

Back-to-back state champion Galveston County Heat select spring middle school football team and cheer will hold its 2009-10 open tryouts at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hitchcock High School, 6625 FM 2004.

City commissioners edged closer Tuesday to a citywide moratorium on so-called 8-liner game machines.

A Thanksgiving Day feast for 1,000 people brought together a community of volunteers, who each year are inspired by the blessings of helping those left lonely and hungry on a day meant for fellowship with family and friends.

City commissioners are scheduled to discuss the future of 8-liners at a workshop Tuesday.

A handcuffed prisoner fled from a police station garage and eluded capture for about four hours, authorities said Friday.

Last month, residents of one neighborhood formed a posse to hunt down a bobcat that killed a woman's geese and chickens, and on Tuesday there was a report of a bobcat found dead on the road.

Hitchcock 65, Ball 47 The Lady Dawgs rolled past the Class 5A Lady Tors. Jasmine Beard led the way with 16 points and 10 boards.

Local law-enforcement officers and U.S. marshals charged two Galveston County residents Saturday during separate drug busts, officials said.

A veteran lawman given a unanimous nod to temporarily fill Hitchcock's top cop spot said he's honored to lead the department until the position is filled early next year.

In a split vote, council members this week tentatively approved a 20 percent rate hike for garbage collection.

Fifteen months ago, Paul Ray and Donna Heinrich had a view of the water from the porch of their house in Gilchrist.

The dean of Galveston County police chiefs is set to retire next month. Glenn Manis, the city's police chief for about 20 years, is leaving police work to fly helicopters.

Basketball Lutheran South 34, O'Connell 32 GALVESTON - The Lady Buccaneers dropped their season opener in a heartbreaker, 34-32, to Lutheran South on Tuesday.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday delivered what amounts to eviction notices to two residents who have been living in government-issued mobile homes after Hurricane Ike damaged or destroyed their homes.