Manvel News

As of Tuesday, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Peter Cross and Joshua Hazlewood died in separate incidents during the last week of June, 2009.

A man suspected of robbing five convenience stores and injuring two store clerks in the process is in custody on robbery charges, police said.

The Department of Defense has identified 4,308 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war and 705 who have died as part of the Afghan war and related operations.

As of Friday, June 26, 2009, at least 4,318 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The Department of Defense announced Friday the death of an army soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Authorities in two counties have connected what they believe is a pattern of robberies by a mustached man wearing a hat and wielding a knife that has left two store clerks wounded.

The knife wielding thief that has robbed stores in Fresno and Missouri City has struck again.

Growing up, the Liston boys weren't exactly angelic. Sure, they worked and worshipped wherever their father, Glen, was pastor.

Alvin ISD police have arrested and charged the vice president of the Parent Teacher Organization at E.C. Mason Elementary School for the theft of over $17,000 in PTO funds.

The Tour de Braz will be held on Sunday, June 14. The ride will offer a scenic view of Brazoria County for its riders.

A Houston-area man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for his 10th drunken driving conviction.

A 34-year-old Spanish teacher remained in the Brazoria County jail after he was accused of going to school drunk and kissing a female student on her back.

A Spanish teacher at Manvel High School has been accused of being drunk on campus and kissing one of his students, according to school officials.

An Alvin ISD teacher's aide faces charges of improper relationship with a student after police said she admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old boy who attends the district's ASSETS Academy.

A Manvel High School senior and her mother died in a head-on crash with an 18-wheeler near Falfurrias, in South Texas, this weekend.

Bluer skies are the goal of a program that gets old cars off Texas roads, but it is the green Brazoria County residents who take advantage of the program see that fuels participation in the effort to improve air quality.

Entry forms are available for the 2009 Friends of the Bowie Animal Shelter Bow Wow Boogie.

The University Interscholastic League performed an about-face Thursday, tentatively rescheduling all regional track meets a day after the organization canceled the 20 statewide events in a precautionary effort against the spread of swine flu.

Two council candidates and a candidate for mayor in Santa Fe are proposing to cut the city's police department budget by $800,000. The bloc of Michael Aldous, his father, Warren Aldous, and mayoral candidate Neal Young claim the money would be better spent elsewhere.