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After waiting more than 60 years, an area veteran finally received recognition for his service
An 80-year-old Texas City man received a long overdue honor. Yesterday, during a special ceremony, Reverend Leonard Clark received service medals more than six decades after he served in the Pacific during the ...
The Galveston County Daily News
Asphalt price increases affect road maintenance
Get used to that pothole in front of your house. The price of asphalt has increased by more than 80 percent in some cases since last year, forcing cities and counties to choose which roads must be repaved and ...
Entry from June 28, 2008 City of Stars The city of Kilgore in East Texas used to have over 1,000 oil derricks.
Police: Texas City good Samartian likely thwarted girl's kidnapping
A good Samaritan likely thwarted a kidnapping that could have led to a sexual assault, Texas City police said Monday.
Lawsuit: Bridge design led to fatal collision
The family of a Santa Fe woman killed in a head-on collision on a Texas City bridge has filed a lawsuit against the state seeking up to $250,000. Yvonne Cole, 36, died Jan.
Three agencies round up Texas City, Pearland drug suspects
Several law enforcement agencies are rounding up drug suspects in Pearland and Texas City on Thursday morning.
The Galveston County Daily News
Quadruplets called a 'miracle on 21st' Avenue
You know it's nap time at the Perez house when the living room is abuzz with the whir of four motorized baby swings rocking side to side all at once.
Man testifies friend planned deadly attack
One member of the group of men charged with breaking into an Algeria Street home in a deadly search for drugs testified against his friend Thursday, saying Joshua Jermaine Julius planned the break-in and went ...
Where oil prices fuel more gains than pain
Soaring oil and gas prices may be a fiscal drag for much of the nation, but in Houston, the self-styled energy capital of the world, they are feeding an economic surge.
Parents fearful over frenzy of teen violence
Alexa Moffatt was sitting on her front porch Sunday night, waiting for her son to come home.
Roadblocks put up after leak at Texas City plant
Traffic control roadblocks were being set up around the Marathon Oil Corp. plant here today after the company reported a leak in one of its tanks, Texas City police said.
Police: Drunk driver plunges off Texas City Dike
Anglers on the Texas City Dike were sent scrambling early Sunday morning when a car came smashing through their fishing spots and into Galveston Bay.
Schools pull plug on wasted energy
Steven Gremillion spends his day hunting. The energy manager at Clear Creek Independent School District stalks the hogs in odd places.
QUALIFICATIONS: Married eighty years ago on November 11, 1927 / The first of five living generations We married at a traveling marvel show.
LaMarque man sentenced to prison in explosion
A LaMarque man was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison for his role in an apartment explosion that killed his roommate, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Galveston officer killed in motorcycle wreck wasn't wearing helmet
The off-duty Galveston police officer who was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a car that crossed into its path was not wearing his helmet at the time of the fatal accident, officials confirmed Sunday.
The Galveston County Daily News
Friend saw stabbing that killed man
A man who watched the knife attack that killed his friend, Craig Dwayne Curry, early Monday morning could be the key witness police need to make an arrest for the man's death.
Man sentenced for fatal Texas City bomb blast
A man who survived a 2006 Texas City apartment blast that killed his roommate was sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison this morning.
Newlywed Galveston officer killed in crash
An off-duty Galveston police sergeant was killed and his new bride was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Texas City on Saturday afternoon.
The Galveston County Daily News
Man gunned down at apartment complex
Police are trying to find out who shot a 27-year-old man in an apartment complex parking lot early Thursday morning.