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Stewart Beach fans can take their own umbrellas
A policy change at a popular Southeast Texas beach will mean swimmers and sunbathers will be allowed to use their own umbrellas. Comment?
BP to pay $18M for Texas Gulf restoration work
BP PLC has agreed to finance five Gulf restoration projects in Texas expected to cost a total of $18 million. Comment?
Galveston planning 'Best of the Beaches' exhibit
The Galveston County Daily News reports the artifacts will be part of the city's driftwood festival the weekend of April 19. Comment?
Campbell song 'Galveston' in new tourism campaign
A song made famous by country star Glen Campbell will lead a new tourism campaign for the Texas city of the same name - Galveston. Comment?
Utah man sentenced in sex case involving Ariz teen
A Utah man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for transporting an Arizona girl to Texas with intent to have sex with her. Comment?
Carnival ships out of service longer than expected
The Carnival Triumph, which was crippled by an engine fire in the Gulf of Mexico last month leaving 4,200 people stranded for five days, will be out of service longer than initially expected, Carnival Cruise Lines announced Tuesday. Comment?
Library in Galveston seeks railroad history help
A Southeast Texas library has asked the public for help in tracking the history of the first rail line to reach Galveston. Comment?
Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was a leak
Now that investigators have determined the origins of the engine-room fire that paralyzed a Carnival cruise ship at sea for five days, they will try to learn more about the cause, the crew's response, and why the ship was disabled for so long. Comment?
Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was a leak
A Coast Guard official says the cause of the engine-room fire on the Carnival cruise ship Triumph was a leak in a fuel oil return line. Comment?
Thousands of water meters in Galveston malfunction
Thousands of water meters in a Southeast Texas city have been malfunctioning and officials are estimating usage while repairs are made. Comment?
Jim Moss, ex-San Antonio Express-News editor, dies
Moss had just obtained a teaching certificate and a minor in journalism from Southwest Texas State University, which is now Texas State University, when he began his journalism career. Comment?
Cruise passengers return home, feds probe fire
Passengers of the Carnival Triumph are trying to put the memories of their nightmarish cruise adrift at sea behind them as they return home. Comment?
Passengers slog home after 'horrible' Carnival cruise
Passengers who finally escaped the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph were on the move early Friday, some checked into the comfort of hotels, others on buses or headed to charter flights home after five numbing days at sea on a ship paralyzed by an engine-room fire. Comment?
Crippled cruise ship finally docks after 5 days
A cruise ship disabled for five nightmarish days in the Gulf of Mexico finally docked with some 4,200 people aboard late Thursday, passengers raucously cheering the end to an ocean odyssey they say was marked by overflowing toilets, food shortages and foul odors. Comment?
Dan Rather: 'El Paso is a can-do place'
After a rocky departure from CBS News, Dan Rather insisted last week that he's happy as he's ever been. Comment?
Fishing boat crew rescues 4 in Gulf of Mexico
The Coast Guard says a fishing boat crew has rescued four people whose vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles southeast of Galveston. Comment?
Galveston pavilion destroyed by Ike to soon reopen
A Southeast Texas park pavilion destroyed by 2008's Hurricane Ike is expected to open next month with $1.6 million in upgrades. Comment?
Disney to bring all 4 cruises ship to Fla. in 2014
The company announced the decision last week after an extended run on the U.S. west coast. Comment?
Arson captured on video gets man prison term
A 34-year-old Galveston County man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for setting a fire at a home he didn't know had video surveillance. Comment?
Coyote believed to kill pets in Galveston caught
Police tell The Galveston County Daily News the animal has been snagged in a trap set placed by the department's animal control division. Comment?