Iowa Colony News

The pantry used to be nothing but a couple of shelves at the Manvel Grace United Methodist Church.

“All I saw was a helmet, then he was crawling out. He said he was OK and asked if I was OK. Then he said, 'I'm sorry I hit your car.' I said, 'with a plane?' This never happens to anybody.”

Gerane Padilla-Austin was on the way to work when a single-engine AgCat airplane fell from the sky, crashing across Highway 288 and clipping her front license plate before cartwheeling into a field near CR 60. via The Facts

The pilot of a crop duster that crashed near Highway 288 at about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday appeared to have sustained only minor injuries, a police officer and EMS technician said. via The Facts

“In the case of Seven Oaks Ranch, to be located south of Highway 6 and east of Highway 288, transportation improvements will be a major benefit”

The two-lane dirt road in Iowa Colony known as CR 56 soon will be four lanes of concrete running through Manvel. via The Facts

“When you have workers out in the field and they get hit in the head or they get sick and there is no address for you to reach them, you have to find them”

Alma Stidman moved into her two-story home near Spur 28 and about a mile off Highway 35 less than one year ago. via The Facts

“They wanted to get those things resolved before our TIRZ”

After more than 10 months in limbo, a decision by Manvel City Council has Gromax Development officials one step closer to breaking ground on Seven Oaks Ranch. via The Facts

“This was not something they knew when they purchased the property”

Brazoria County voters will decide two alcohol sales measures Nov. 6. One would allow wine to be sold in stores that can now sell beer, and the other would allow mixed drinks to be sold in restaurants without ... via Houston Chronicle

“There's no way he could have done that.”

Texas Department of Transportation officials have determined the driver whose vehicle launched off the unfinished Crighton Road overpass Wednesday morning made a U-turn on Interstate 45 to the area under ... via Houston Community Newspapers Online

“It traveled about 150 feet after landing nose first.”

A driver was critically injured around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning when his pickup truck launched off of the unfinished area of Interstate 45 where it crosses over Crighton Road. via Houston Community Newspapers Online