Kempner News

A vacant home along Bayou Shore Drive is one of many dotting Galveston Island since Hurricane Ike hit in 2008.

If you are considering suicide or know someone who needs help, call the Gulf Bend Center's 24-hour suicide prevention hotline at 1-877-723-3422. While making rounds at about 6 p.m., a jailer found Susan Elizabeth Silva, 29, of Kempner, attempting to hang herself.

Shrub Kempner has argued in writing that Galveston voters should reject city charter amendment No.

Early voting began Monday for area municipal and school board elections and continues through Tuesday.