Manvel News

Of the 7,152 voters who cast ballots early for today's elections, 67 percent voted in Brazosport and Alvin ISDs, where school bond elections are being held.

Growth has been so intense in Alvin ISD that a portion of a trustees meeting two weeks ago was devoted to buying land for a future high school, a future elementary school and musical instruments for a growing junior high.

When the Alvin Yellowjackets host Clear Springs in football Friday, the scoreboard operator won't be the only person keeping an electronic tally.

When Brazosport ISD trustees called a $166 million bond election for Nov. 3, you could almost hear taxpayers scream, 'What are they thinking?' Many people made up their minds to vote against the proposal before they even had heard the details, knowing only that their pocketbooks already are stretched with a rocky economy and lagging job market.

City Council wanted to seek a loan for a new city hall and expanded library, but voters wanted a say.

In his two years involved with the drama program at Manvel High School, Matthew Proctor had to work in a cramped room to help put on plays while the school's auditorium still was under construction.

A motorcycle, which witnesses say was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic, crashed into a Chevrolet Surburban traveling in the same direction on SH-6 Saturday, resulting in the rider being flown to UTMB Hospital in critical condition.

Use of cell phones while driving in school zones is illegal only when signs stating so are posted, but one month after the law made it an option, not all southern and central Brazoria County entities have decided to place the signs.

Homes across the Houston area have been getting bigger every decade, but nothing may compare to what's for sale in Manvel in Brazoria County.

When new campuses at Alvin ISD already need portable buildings to fit all the students who attend there, and a third high school is being planned only a year after the second one opened, it's pretty clear growth is moving at a rapid clip.

Brazoria County commissioners proposed having other county officeholders wait to fill positions until the commissioners give the OK, and also wanted to know why a project to keep a Manvel-area subdivision from becoming landlocked wasn't moving along faster.

With the Manvel Library just having moved into a new location off Highway 6, City Council is hoping it will be moving again, but this time to a new home near a new city hall.

Three men were shot Friday during what police called a home invasion when a victim took a gun from one of three suspects and opened fire.

Three men were shot Friday during what police called a home invasion when a victim took a gun from one of three suspects and opened fire.

Three men were shot Friday during what police called a home invasion when a victim took a gun from one of three suspects and opened fire.

Three men were shot Friday during what police called a home invasion when a victim took a gun from one of three suspects and opened fire.

Three men were shot Friday during what police called a home invasion when a victim took a gun from one of three suspects and opened fire.

Welcome back: Here's sweet news for all those clamoring for post-Ike status reports about La King's Confectionery in the island's downtown.

Santa Fe residents are soon to get more dining options. Look for The Santa Fe Seafood and Grill to open in the Santa Fe Business Park, FM 1764 and state Highway 6, reports Don Farmer, developer of the center.

Since June 25, the national news media has been consumed with one topic - the death of Michael Jackson.