West Columbia News

Christmas 1836 was not a happy time in George and Ann McKinstry's home. The "Father of Texas" lay dying in their bed.

With the San Bernard Watershed Protection Plan discussions continuing, officials want to make sure people are aware of what a watershed is and why it's important.

New WIC office offers increased options for clients West of the Brazos moms and young families in need of assistance now have improved access to healthy food and nutritional information.

Some Precinct 4 operations will move to a new service center to be built in West Columbia after construction of a $1 million facility at a site off CR 486 is finished.

A panel recommended West Columbia City Council implement zoning and stricter code enforcement, and create a tourism agency as ways to increase the city's stature in the area.

While West Columbia's Blue Santa program delivered toys and gifts for 29 families early Monday morning, for the first time it also delivered turkeys and other goods to provide some needy families with a Christmas meal.

When a pack of dogs scurried up to Shawnda Beeman's pickup at a Sweeny gas station two weeks ago, she first was struck by how lovable a little English pointer among them seemed.

Howdy and ho-ho-ho! Last week, one of the Houston TV news stations did a piece on Texas wild-caught shrimp and the safety of imported shrimp.

A 72-year-old man was among six suspects arrested during two drug busts in Brazoria County.

The Holiday Homes Tour of eight historical buildings in East and West Columbia will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Times are bad economically for some families, so the West Columbia Police Department is asking for more than toys this year as part of the annual Blue Santa Program.

Originally published December 2, 2009 at 8:33 p.m., updated December 2, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. Victoria recipients of the 2008 Texas EMS Telecommunicator of the Year awardEva Olguin Lori Kliem Pat Cantu The dispatchers each won the award for their response to the bus crash on U.S. Highway 59.

Though a plan hasn't been developed to deal with E. coli bacteria found in the San Bernard River, residents, business owners, farmers and ranchers want to know how the problem will affect them.

As travelers pack up the car during the holidays to visit family or go on vacation, officials want to help their holidays remain bright by making sure they stay safe on the roads, each home is locked up tight and valuables in cars are out of sight.

Two teens were arrested Wednesday after police said they admitted to breaking into a home in the 600 block of Tall Timber and stealing three shotguns and a deer rifle, West Columbia police investigator Curtis Wulf said.

West Columbia Police Department's newest officer doesn't accept pay for his work.

Wild Peach Elementary students traditionally move on to Barrow Elementary after the fifth grade, but this year's fifth-graders will stick around for another year.

Cleanliness is next to godliness, 'they' say - usually it comes from a pulpit or as a stern parental admonishment to 'make sure you wash behind your ears!' The phrase was etched into posterity thanks to a 1778 sermon by John Wesley, but dates back to Hebrew religious writings and ancient Babylon, according to yourdictionary.com. Cleanliness, too, ...

A shortage of goods at area food pantries has those who run them concerned it's going to be a difficult holiday season, and predictions the economy will remain sluggish don't brighten things up.

There were no tears when David Howarth was surprised as he was presented with Keep America Beautiful's Iron Eyes Cody Award.