Commissioners voted 4-1 to close employee health clinics and will pursue an agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch to replace the clinics, officials said.
County commissioners argue the judges timed their request badly, that statistics don't support the need for a new district court and there's no place to put one.
Strolling down a quiet street in East Texas, a small white window sign catches my eye.
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Ares, a 4-year-old Dutch shepherd, helped officer Alex Sharp with the Dickinson Police Department find more than 8 ounces of methamphetamine in a vehicle Saturday.
Attorneys for the plaintiff filed the lawsuit Thursday in Judge Lonnie Cox’s 56th District Court against three women described as friends of his former wife and claiming wrongful death of his unborn child.
A new program marks an evolution in a battle that had been fought mostly by advocates and nonprofit groups and comes at critical time, one expert argues.
Local lawmakers have bills in both the Texas House and Senate setting the stage for a statewide vote about whether the elected office should cease to exist.
A Bacliff man was charged with murder in a shooting death that investigators suspect began with a fight, authorities said.
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Galveston County seems about a decade behind in the third wave of an opioid crisis dating back to 1999, but is quickly catching up.
Mason Tyler Rodriguez, 27, is being held in the Galveston County Jail after fleeing from deputies on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
While most agree love is worthy of celebration, the holiday can evoke feelings of loneliness, while others point to its pagan origins.
For Valentine’s Day, my wife and I are going to bake a homemade pizza. And to be truthful, we do not know how this will work out. But the tradition of a low-key Valentine’s Day is alive and well in our home.
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Chelsey Restaino says she's found everything from dead puppies to mutilated 'possums near her home on Galveston Street.
The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office would conduct an autopsy, law officers said.
Officials are encouraging county residents to recycle their trees quickly before they become fire hazards.
If you plan to ring in the new year with a few drinks and haven’t planned how you’ll get around without driving yourself, take a few minutes to do that today.
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Businesses offering key items people would need to make it through unusually cold weather were very busy Thursday.
The Moody Foundation this week pledged $100,000 to The Salvation Army of Galveston County to match every dollar raised in the Red Kettle Campaign by Christmas Eve.
Recent swarms contain greater numbers of Aedes sollicitans mosquitos that can carry the potentially deadly Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
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