“I’m more dramatic than people like me to be,” Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain) says upon first meeting her future husband. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” isn’t short on dramatics; in fact, this story would seem like fiction if the rise and fall of Jim and Tammy Bakker wasn’t so highly publicized in …
Early Wednesday morning, about 15,000 people and businesses still were without power because of Hurricane Nicholas. Schools closed and daily commerce was interrupted across Galveston County because of power outages. Some people who depend on power for life-sustaining equipment were without, …
Galveston Mayor Craig Brown said Nicholas' extended outages should prompt a conversation about prepping the local electric grid.
I got an opportunity to see Galveston County Daily News film critic Dustin Chase work behind the scenes at a private press screening for the film “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”
The federal government is using the story of a Galveston resident, relayed through an Oklahoma doctor, to argue that Senate Bill 8 should be blocked.
I find it ironic and very hypocritical that the 81-year-old speaker of the house and several other members of Congress in their 80s are calling for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire because he's 80 years old.
High winds damaged power lines across Galveston County, leaving thousands without electricity.
There are far worse kinds of editorials we might have to write a day after a hurricane blows through the county than one like this saying we more or less avoided Mother Nature’s worst. Again.
Saffron’s reputation as an expensive, exotic spice has often scared away cooks from trying recipes that use the fragrant, colorful threads.
Although trees, power lines and signs were knocked down throughout the county, few areas received heavy flooding.
Nicholas stayed on an eastern track before making landfall, giving the storm more time to intensify.
All of us have heard of some famous imaginary friends such as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore or Harvey, the rabbit. Most children with imaginary friends are considered normal. Dr. Datta Munshi discusses this aspect of children’s social-emotional development at healthychildren.org.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman
Scientists have been working hard to understand where the SARS-CoV-2 virus came from and how much it has evolved. While some blame the lab in Wuhan, China, it’s likely the virus originated in bats and jumped to humans, and that it needed little genetic adaptation to cause the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are the recent health inspections for activity from Sept. 5 through Sept. 11 provided from the Galveston County Health District.
During the final day attending the Toronto International Film Festival, Galveston County Daily News film critic Dustin Chase enjoys Jessica Chastain’s presence along with “Wildhood,” “Belfast” and “The Survivor.”
When you’re having a challenging day of golf, it takes extra energy and effort to get back in line. It’s like hooking or slicing the ball, so now you’ve got to dig through the roughage, find the ball and fight your way back to the fairway.
What a night! Little Tropical Storm Nicholas decided it wanted to show itself and grow into a hurricane late Monday/early Tuesday. What was supposed to be a rainmaker decided to add some wind to the equation. Nicholas, a Category 1 hurricane, played by its own rules.
Hurricane Nicholas passed through Galveston County early Tuesday morning, Sept. 14, 2021 bringing 60 mph winds and over six inches of rain in some areas.
Widespread power outages, flooding, downed trees and signs made up most of the damage across Galveston County received as Hurricane Nicholas passed through the area last night and early this morning.
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