Galveston County News

The Category 2 hurricane may have lashed the South Texas coast, but in Galveston County, Dolly was a dud.

The Category 2 hurricane may have lashed the South Texas coast, but in Galveston County, Dolly was a dud.

When investigators closed the case on the beating death of Karim Ubaldo last week, they went back to the stack of unsolved homicide cases that have been gathering on their desks since last year.

A Fort Bend County man who told sheriff's deputies his wife had killed herself has been indicted on a murder charge after investigators took a closer look at the case.

Court documents list July 24th, 2007 as the day two-year-old Riley Ann Sawyer's mother and stepfather allegedly beat her to death at their home in Spring.

The Category 2 hurricane may have lashed the South Texas coast, but in Galveston County, Dolly was a dud.

State officials shut down a gas station this week, alleging its pumps were among hundreds of others across the state ripping consumers off.

Calming jitters: Ever since Seattle coffee purveyor Starbucks earlier this month announced plans to shutter more than 600 unprofitable stores, some local latte lovers feared their favorite shop would get the ...

"A woman who told police her boyfriend shot her multiple times didn't get a chance to give detectives an official statement before she died, putting her case in limbo as police try to determine whether those ...

Montgomery County residents are being urged to temporarily halt outdoor burning because of dry conditions that have sparked several wildfires in the area.

A Galveston County jury sentenced a La Marque man to life in prison Friday for the slaying of a game room employee last year.

There has been a big transition within the Galveston police force. A new chief is taking charge and inheriting a long list of problems that need immediate attention.

A local police officer stands at attention on an overpass as the funeral motorcade for Sgt.

Preliminary results of an autopsy on the body of a Missouri City woman found Monday July 6 in a lake confirmed her cause of death as drowning.

Pamala Kimball spent the Fourth of July with her granddaughter, Kyra, watching fireworks in Port Arthur.

The outbreak of illness at the Galveston County Jail that officials suspect was caused by food poisoning was the third such case since 2002, according to court documents.

A 58-year-old resident of El Dorado Estates near Clemville died about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 5, in a fire that Matagorda County Sheriff's Department has ruled a suicide.

Tuesday will mark the one-year anniversary of the brutal slaying of Bridgette Gearen.

I suspect many of you were wondering just that. A Galveston County justice of the peace has apparently moved out of his district, but the move, according to state law, won't cause him to vacate his office.

When Lt. Tommy Hansen thinks of her, he thinks in segments of time. Ninety seconds to disappear.