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Communities
Uncle charged after pregnant girl punched
BACLIFF — A registered sex offender was charged with punching his pregnant 14-year-old niece in the stomach Friday night.
March 14, 2010 - Bacliff
New Chevy ads to feature Ike rebuilding
BAYOU VISTA — Galveston County locations will serve as the backdrop for a new ad campaign for the truck maker.
January 31, 2010 - Bayou Vista
FAA probes beachgoers’ reports of low-flying plane
CRYSTAL BEACH — The FAA is investigating multiple complaints of a private aircraft accused of flying 50 feet above a group of Jeep enthusiast.
March 17, 2010 - Bolivar
Debt-free deal struck on town center project
CLEAR LAKE SHORES — The city’s town center project will move forward without borrowed money that initially was proposed to help fund the project.
February 09, 2010 - Clear Lake Shores
Scaffolding collapses; two seriously injured
DICKINSON — Two construction workers were seriously injured when the scaffolding they were working on collapsed outside a shopping center.
February 17, 2010 - Dickinson
Man in wig, fishnet shorts holds up bank
FRIENDSWOOD — A man dressed as a woman clad in fishnet shorts and brandishing a pistol robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on Thursday afternoon.
March 19, 2010 - Friendswood
GHA to seek Hope VI grant to rebuild Magnolia
GALVESTON — A consultant has recommended GHA seek federal grants from a public housing revitalization program to rebuild the Magnolia Homes development.
March 21, 2010 - Galveston
Ranchers indicted on fraud charges
HIGH ISLAND — Six ranchers are accused by federal prosecutors of falsely claiming that more than 500 head of cattle washed away in Hurricane Rita.
August 20, 2009 - High Island
Kennelly named police chief in Hitchcock
HITCHCOCK — City commissioners selecting a new police chief voted Tuesday to stick with the guy already on the job.
February 24, 2010 - Hitchcock
Beach toddler suddenly dies from seizure
KEMAH — Mercy Beach, the youngest child of a Kemah family featured on the ABC Network’s reality TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” died Sunday.
March 17, 2010 - Kemah
Man dies after FM 1765 wreck
LA MARQUE — A man who was critically injured in a two-car collision on Friday died that night.
March 21, 2010 - La Marque
Workshop is aimed at creating a new image
LEAGUE CITY — The city will host Roger Brooks, of Destination Development International, in a three-day visit to create the foundation for a new brand.
March 21, 2010 - League City
Local man helps out in Haiti
SANTA FE — Rodney “Rod” Welsh, a physical therapist at the University of Texas Medical Branch, recently traveled to Haiti to help earthquake victims.
March 21, 2010 - Santa Fe
Presidential honor for Deer Island project
TIKI ISLAND — A project to protect Deer Island, a bird nesting site, from erosion won a presidential environmental award.
December 03, 2009 - Tiki Island
Three charged in carjacking attempt
TEXAS CITY — Three men who police said held a family at gunpoint and then led a high-speed chase were charged Friday.
March 20, 2010 - Texas City
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