Kemah News

Several north Galveston County communities were under shelter in place orders for more than two hours Wednesday after a chemical plant explosion at the Bayport port terminal near Seabrook.

A huge explosion rocked a plant near Seabrook Wednesday. It happened just before 9 a.m. at American Acryl, located in the 12100 block of Port Road at Highway 146 in Pasadena.

Door Prizes at every stop visit www.krewedulac.org www.kemah-tx.gov Tips for the 2009 Krewe du Lac Toy Drive & Pub Crawl This Friday, December 4th 1. The first 50 crawlers will receive a pirate lanyard for your Crawl Badge.

Residents in North County communities are being asked to conserve water for about a week after a major waterline between Texas City and Bacliff collapsed.

Two men remained jailed Monday under a new state law that escalates a family violence charge based on choking to a felony offense.

With all the channels on broadcast TV and cable - and the inevitable episode repeat - -it's hard to sort out what's new or worthwhile.

The Texas Medical Board has revoked the license of a Kemah doctor, Carlos Arroyo, 54, who previously practiced in Channelview and Beaumont.

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.

Traveling is my life. Occasionally I get home. Home to Texas. Right down the road from Kemah Texas.

Tilman Fertitta, chairman and chief executive officer of Landry's Seafood Restaurants Inc., poses infront of a large aquarium inside the Aquarium Restaurant Jan.

Special to the Daily Herald The annual Miss Mary Hardin-Baylor Pageant is Nov. 6 and 7, at 7 p.m. in the W.W. Walton Chapel on campus.

The Baytown Hartman Bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the state of Texas.

Jim Blackburn, of Rice University, and William King, former mayor of Kemah, are beginning a series of presentations to encourage advanced flood protection for Galveston County and the surrounding area.

INDUSTRIAL: Clay Allied Technology, with Timothy Clay serving as trustee, has purchased a 25,979-square-foot building at 2200 Texas 225 in Pasadena from Crevco.

Each Kemah dinner cruise this month will be taken over by pirates in search of a treasure map, but the only the person who knows where the gold is has been murdered! Attendees must help solve the mystery before the pirates force everyone to walk the plank! Your evening production is performed by Murder by Chocolate .

Case managers charged with finding and helping Hurricane Ike victims are stepping up their outreach efforts.

Bruce Blackwell , a retiree now living in Friendswood , misses his old neighborhood in suburban Chicago, not least because of the Prairie Path.

Many readers were moved by a story in Sunday's paper about some families in Kemah and Clear Lake Shores who face eviction.

Maybe one of the best things about living in a big city is the variety of opportunities for family fun that are available.

Manuel Chavez Jr. sleeps on a mattress on the floor of a house Hurricane Ike flooded a year ago.