Brookshire News

The date for the first annual Anna ISD Education Foundation poker run has been set.

To understand why Harvey Laas, a rancher with no medical training, runs a health clinic out of a spotless 40-foot truck, it helps to know that his family has worked to bring doctors to the area since shortly after arriving in Waller County in 1896.

29, 2009 a group of volunteers from Brookshire Grocery Company's Corporate offices toured the East Texas Food Bank and then spent time preparing "pantry packs" for clients of the Food Bank.

The driver of a stolen pickup truck fleeing police died in a fiery crash Thursday morning after the truck collided with a minivan, another truck and a utility pole and burst into flames, authorities said.

BROOKSHIRE a 'Kidnapped Katy ISD police officer Rachel Hillsman, 24, was safe Wednesday night and her ex-boyfriend, Julio Reyes, 38, who was also a Katy ISD officer, was dead after a standoff at a home in Brookshire outside of Houston, not far from the home Hillsman and her two children share.

BROOKSHIRE,Texas - Kidnapped Katy ISD police officer Rachel Hillsman, 24, was safe Wednesday night and her ex-boyfriend, Julio Reyes, 38, who was also a Katy ISD officer, was dead after a standoff at a home in Brookshire outside of Houston, not far from the home Hillsman and her two children share.

When Officer Rachel Hillsman ran out of the home where she was being held hostage, she ran into the arms of a U.S. Deputy Marshal.

A standoff in Texas between police with a school officer accused of kidnapping his estranged girlfriend ended Wednesday night with the suspect committing suicide and the woman making it to safety, MyFOXHouston.com reported.

A $25,000 reward is being offered for information in the apparent abduction of a Katy ISD police officer .

A Meridian man local authorities have sought for more than a year has been apprehended in Texas and is now back in Lauderdale County facing charges.

With a new private airport developing on its western flank, the city of Katy has named three representatives to regional safety boards assigned to make sure tall buildings and other hazards don't get built in the way.

With a new private airport developing on its western flank, the city of Katy has named three representatives to regional safety boards assigned to make sure tall buildings and other hazards don't get built in the way.

Waller County Justice of the Peace DeWayne Charleston has been indicted on federal fraud charges, adding to a growing list of Waller County officials swept up in corruption probes in the last year.

Rumor on the 'net had it that the Roll-N Saloon -- one of the last dive bars between Montrose and, hell, Brookshire on Houston's tony West Side -- was slated for the wrecking ball.

Tyler State Park at 6 p.m. presents an afternoon of Bluegrass Music featuring Darrell Warren and Friends.

An ongoing federal bribery and fraud investigation, which has already resulted in the resignation of four officials who pleaded guilty to accepting kickbacks, has exposed a culture of corruption in rural Waller County, 50 miles northwest of Houston.

A bicyclist pedals past a decorative painting at Fifth and Cooper in Brookshire last week.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating a fatal plane crash near Highway 90 between Katy and Brookshire in Waller County.

One of my readers, Delicia in Katy, keeps finding awesome things for the Rescue Ranch through her Freecycle group.