Brazoria County News

On Monday, May 14th, La Porte Police Investigators received information shortly before noon that a suspect wanted by Brazoria County Sheriff's Office for multiple Felony-level offenses might be staying in the La Porte area.

The race to fill the 14th Congressional District seat held for the last 16 years by the retiring Ron Paul could turn out to be a duel between Houston metro voters on the west and Beaumont-area voters on the east.

In the Republican races for state representative, there's a tale of the haves and have-nots. Those running for the District 23 seat have raised a few thousand dollars in the home stretch of the campaign, while those running for the District 24 seat in the north county have raised hundreds of thousands - mostly from political action committees.

Holly Washington Quinine of West Texas City, a former unit clerk at UTMB Hospital, passed from this life May 21, 2012 in Galveston, Texas.

Below is a summary of the endorsements by The Enterprise in selected races for the Democratic and Republican primary election on Tuesday.

Though his actions were sleazy in the extreme and hurt a lot of people, including some he was ostensibly close to, you've just got to hand it to Joshua Matthew Pierce.

Witnesses in Brazoria County said they saw the kids, ages 11 to 13, throwing the turtle against the ground and laughing.

LA PORTE, Texas A man wanted in Brazoria County on kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated sexual assault charges was arrested in La Porte Monday, police said.

After at first denying any connection with a political action committee that launched an attack video and mailer during the weekend blasting Republican candidate for Texas state representative District 24 Ryan Sitton, the political consulting firm managing the campaign for candidate Dr.

Fifteen new digital billboards in four counties will advise residents during hurricanes or similar situations, emergency management officials announced Monday at Houston Transtar headquarters.

MANVEL, Texas - If it wasn't for a City of Manvel tractor driver whom the locals have nicknamed "Moses," about 20 residents near Wolfe Air Park would still be cut off from their homes after heavy rain three days ago.

The differences of the national weather pattern this May compared to the last two are pretty amazing.

A 66-year-old woman was recovering Tuesday after three men kicked in the front door of her home, ransacked her home and then shot her in both hands.

"I'd like to see the man happy," said driveway contractor Michael Wygal. If Wygal said that once, he has said it a dozen times.

But the "Biker Beach Bash" planned for this weekend was not the kind of gathering welcomed these days in this small community.

A School trustees met late into the night Tuesday deadlocked on who would be the next superintendent for the Hitchcock school district.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. said Monday it will build two polyethylene facilities in Sweeny, Texas, which is located in Brazoria County.

The six-month search for a new school superintendent could wind down Tuesday. Board members are scheduled to name the lone finalist - which amounts to hiring - for Hitchcock's superintendent during a special-called meeting.