Recalling the Santa Fe High School mass shooting, county officials called for tougher penalties against young people convicted of extreme crimes.
Kevin Bott, an administrator at Lampasas ISD, was named the replacement for longtime district leader Leigh Wall.
City leaders emphasized air monitors around the plant hadn't detected any chemicals escaping the perimeter.
The Gulf Coast Protection District is now a procedural move away from being voted on in the Texas House of Representatives.
Texas City is asking people between 14th Street and 34th Street to go inside and shut their windows.
The University of Texas Medical Branch is working with Carnival Cruise Line to vaccinate hundreds of cruise ship employees, officials confirmed Monday.
The World War I ship had been proposed to move into a spot in the middle of the port of Galveston, but port leaders didn't think it would work.
Keith Bell will serve a full term as mayor after picking up nearly 90 percent of the vote in the mayor's race in La Marque.
The following elections were decided on May 1. All results had been reported as of 9 p.m. Saturday. The results are complete, but unofficial u…
The proposed 2 percent sales tax in Galveston County Emergency Services District No. 1 had drawn objections from some county and city leaders.
No, probably not. Maybe I should have explained more clearly.
The DSHS numbers probably has some kind of data error going on. According to the state's numbers, more Asians have been vaccinated in Galveston County than are known to live here. The DSHS numbers purport to be a count of…
Hi Donald,
I can pass along the request. I don't remember a time that comments were editable, so I can't say for sure if it's possible or not. You're correct that reporters have the ability to edit, update and correct articles. But I actually don't have the power to edit my comments…
Hi Donald,
That's not accurate.
Officer Michael Andrews pleaded guilty to drug possession charges.
The charges against officers John Rutherford, Dion Watson and Justin Popovich haven't been disposed of yet. All three have jury trials set for this year, according to court…
Hi Robert,
The state seems to have abandoned shipments to pharmacies, for now, in favor of these hubs. Gov. Greg Abbott has said the hubs are effective in getting more shots, into more people, faster. Some pharmacies were getting small shipments before two weeks ago, but that change…
Hi Craig,
Yes. If get a first dose at one location, you're automatically scheduled to get a second dose at the same location. There's been no reports in our area about problems getting the second dose. It seems like there's a separate distribution system to make sure that people fin…
Hi Robert,
The first answer to that is supply. There's just not as many doses of the COVID vaccines available right now to have them at every local pharmacy, as there are with flu vaccines.
Technically, HEB, Randalls and Kroger are approved vaccine distribution sites. But they…
Bailey is correct. This local news reporter misunderstood the amount in the spending package. Congress took one vote to spend $2.3 trillion. Of that, $1.4 trillion was for government spending, and $900 billion was for COVID relief.
The story has been updated.
Cruz and Weber didn't say anything publicly about the ship yesterday, but Weber has helped advocate for the project over the last few years.
Hi Jack,
You're mischaracterizing the report of Mr. Quiroga's claims of racism. What happened was that Quiroga claimed to be a victim of racism because Lisa Blair called him "clean Mexican" on Facebook He made that claim in an email to his supporters, including a screen shot of the …
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Hi Marty,
No. I have no idea. There was no apparent change in the situation overnight. We'll ty to get updates as people start waking up.