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Across the county, organizers are preparing to hold holiday events that were canceled last year because of COVID-19.
We’d like to offer a big thank-you to not only the community of Galveston County but also to the local organizers who helped make the 41st annual ABC-13 Share Your Holidays food drive a huge success.
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The Galveston Historical Foundation will present its popular Dickens on The Strand festival Friday through Sunday in downtown Galveston.
Brian Miller is accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death inside a Texas City store Monday evening.
Next week, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of a date President Franklin Roosevelt declared would live in infamy — Dec. 7, 1941.
After a year’s hiatus, one of the area’s most prestigious high school boys basketball tournaments returned, as the three-day, 88th Carlisle-Krueger Classic co-hosted by Clear Creek, Clear Lake and Clear Springs high schools got underway Thursday.
The bay was flat Thursday. In some locations, the fog was thick, but it cleared out quickly as the sun rose above the horizon.
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Two years after a fire destroyed the Greater Bell Zion Missionary Baptist Church, construction of a new sanctuary has begun.
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Yes, there’s a piano in Jane Campion’s new film — the Oscar-nominated director worried about that element in “The Power of the Dog” but has since embraced the idea that it, and “The Piano,” are companion pieces and bookends to her career.
A collision between a barge and a cargo ship caused 4,000 barrels of oil to spill into Galveston Bay, the Gulf of Mexico and onto 200 miles of Texas beaches.
Groups devoted to helping the needy might need to rethink how they go about raising money, some argue.
Taylor's out, Middleton's looking to move up. Who's going to run for the newly opened up House seat representing parts of Galveston County?
This week marks the celebration of Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights.
“The Ride of Her Life” by Elizabeth Letts, 2021, Ballantine Books, 321 pages, $28
Listening for sounds underneath the bark of trees, plus eavesdropping on “conversation” sounds among bees, are highlight exhibits of a day trip from London to Royal Gardens Kew, a 500-acre botanical showcase founded in 1759.
The biggest threat apparent so far from the omicron variant of coronavirus emerging in Africa, Europe and elsewhere is overacting in ways that would undermine the U.S. economy.
Just like that, Wednesday is the first day of December. This year has flown by. Well, it has for me anyway.
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The Gulf Coast Protection District has been formed. Now, the work begins on how to raise money for a multibillion dollar coastal barrier.
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Good traditions can survive many setbacks, and one of Galveston’s holiday traditions returns Friday. The East End Historical District Association’s traditional Holiday Homes Tour features tours of four homes decorated in seasonal splendor and a stop at the historic Christ Chapel.
Thank you. Gracias. Merci. Danke. Grazie. Every language has a word for gratitude. The Latin word gratia meaning grace, graciousness or gratefulness is the basis of the word gratitude.
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