Jamaica Beach News

Apparently the slogan "Lock Your Car - Take Your Keys - Hide Your Stuff" has not reached this bedroom community on Galveston's west island.

Prosecutors have upgraded charges in the case of a Jamaica Beach woman killed in an automobile crash last year.

A recent study paints a startling picture of Galveston a hundred years from now.

Construction equipment valued at over $20,000, stolen from League City was recovered Wednesday on a job site in Jamaica Beach, a community on west Galveston Island.

This is Mister Freddy Fernandez, 28 years old of Galveston. Freddy seemingly was engaged in the drug trafficking business until Thursday when the narcs from Galveston PD visited him at his Jamaica Beach hideaway armed with a search warrant signed by a State District Judge.

Galveston Police Vice & Narcotics officers executed a search warrant Wednesday at 16708 - Henry Morgan St.

Can you imagine what it would be like to be a mother with three small children, stranded on the side of the highway, as early morning traffic passes you by, everyone in a rush to get somewhere else? That's what happened this morning to Yvette Berg and her three children.

A benefit for Galveston Police Officer Chris Sanderson includes motorcycle ride, auction, music and food.

Angela Witmer gets curious looks from some on the beach, while others walk up and immediately begin asking questions.

Every firefighter in Galveston battled a huge 5-alarm fire on the island's West End Wednesday afternoon.

City, county and state officials all reiterated the same message during Wednesday's hurricane town hall meeting: If Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas calls for an evacuation, don't stay.

A fire at a Galveston condominium complex has left one firefighter suffering from symptoms of heat exhaustion, a Galveston city official said.

Long awaited police patrols are in the planning stage for west Galveston island.

A Jamaica Beach firefighter has been awarded for service "Above and Beyond" in an incident in the Gulf of Mexico in April.

Seven months after Hurricane Ike, some people on Galveston Island are so desperate to get their homes repaired, they'll do just about anything to make it happen.

Police say a Jamaica Beach woman lost control of her Jeep Wednesday evening, ran off FM-3005 and crashed into a utility police.

In a meeting Monday at Galveston Catholic School, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo took another step toward consolidating the five Catholic parishes on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.

It may be considered a historical event, or it may have been a celebration Monday evening in Jamaica Beach.

Alexa Heichelheim, 17, is baptized by Pastor Kelley Vaughan during a Seaside Baptist Church Easter Sunrise service on the beach on Sunday April 12, 2009 in Jamaica Beach, Texas.

Firefighters have put out a blaze in Galveston's downtown district. The fire broke out just after noon at the Bower's Construction Building at 26th and Mechanic streets.