West Columbia News

Timothy Grovey's mother wished God's mercy on the man who pleaded guilty to killing her son.

With a history dating back almost a century, the annual Brazoria County Fair has become a source of pleasant memories for county residents and particularly for those involved in agriculture.

According to the National Library of Medicine, domestic violence is a type of abuse that involves injuring someone, usually a spouse or partner, but it can also be a child or other family member.

Face-to-face with the man, a Brazoria police officer didn't believe he was talking with Marlow Reynolds the day before the escaped killer was recaptured near the San Bernard River.

With school districts strapped for cash and teachers under increasing strains, parental involvement on campus or in the classroom never has been more important.

Two dog handlers from the prison system found escaped murderer Marlow Wayne Reynolds in the woods near the San Bernard River at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, a prison spokeswoman said.

When Hurricane Ike blew through the area it showed little mercy to trees lining the greens and fairways along Brazoria County's golfing destinations, but overall the storm spared courses major damage.

TNMP late today completed restoration of electrical service to virtually all homes and businesses in Friendswood, League City, West Columbia, Sweeny, Angleton, Holiday Lakes, Bailey's Prairie and Hillcrest ...

Officers and tracking dogs are preparing to launch another search in Brazoria County this afternoon for a convicted murderer who escaped from a state prison there two weeks ago.

Hurricane Ike only lasted a day, but the storm will disrupt people's lives for far longer.

As residents come home and clean, piles of brush, wood, plastic and even appliances are building up outside people's yards, and officials are working on plans to get rid of it.

As police officers pulled people over and asked what they were doing on the streets and some firefighters prevented people from going inside city limits, officials advised Saturday that residents who evacuated ...

Area officials say residents who evacuated from Hurricane Ike should not return to Brazoria County until electricity can be restored or be ready to be in their homes without it.

Area officials said the machines sitting alongside the road, as well as the long black cords stringing from one place to another, are property of two independent seismic testing companies.

Brazoria County and Galveston officials issued some evacuation orders Wednesday as the models predicting Hurricane Ike's path moved the powerful storm closer to the area, KPRC Local 2 reported.

County officials said Thursday morning that traffic is moving well through Brazoria County, even after Harris County officials issued evacuation orders for its residents closest to the coast.

Brazoria County coastal areas should plan to start experiencing tropical storm force winds and 7- to 10-foot tides Thursday evening as Hurricane Ike makes its way to the Texas coast.

Officials in Brazoria County are beginning plans to evacuate special needs residents in advance of Hurricane Ike.

A 78-year-old woman who thought she was opening her door to a relative instead was sexually assaulted by a stranger she let inside to use the phone, police said.

CITY OFFICIAL MEETS WITH BUILDERS OF PROPOSED OFFSHORE PORT Freeport Mayor Larry McDonald met last week with representatives of the two companies planning an offshore port about 36 miles off the Freeport coast.