Freeport News

Residents evacuated from their homes while Dow Texas Operations deals with a urethane pipeline leak can expect to remain in area hotels for a while longer than first expected, company officials said Sunday.

Early voting turnout in Brazoria County was higher than the predicted state average, apparently driven by bond elections in two of the county's biggest school districts.

Spanish food giant Grupo SOS plans to sell American Rice in an effort to reorganize debt and focus on its olive and vegetable segments in the sluggish economy.

While little ballerinas, kitty cats and pirates stalk the streets in search of porch lights signaling a neighbor has Halloween candy, other costumed creatures will fill their night with games and other activities as well as their buckets with candy.

Residents evacuated because of a Dow Chemical Co. leak likely will remain out of their homes at least through Sunday, officials said, though monitors tracking the leak say they have found no emissions.

A leak at the DOW Chemical plant located at 2301 Brazosport has forced officials to call an evacuation for a portion of Freeport residents.

The cause of a chemical release that resulted in evacuations in Freeport over the weekend remains under investigation tonight.

A leak in a Dow Chemical underground pipeline is prompting the evacuation of more than 60 homes in Freeport.

Eyewitness News has learned that the City of Freeport has issued an evacuation due to a chemical leak.

Freeport officials have called for the evacuation of several dozen homes near a Dow Chemical facility after a leaky pipe was found on company property.

A shot might bring a brief injection of discomfort, but the discomfort and potential danger of the seasonal flu lasts much longer.

Ocean water and waves off the coast of Freeport, Texas, will soon produce fresh, desalinated drinking water - 100 percent fossil-fuel-free - through new infrastructure owned, operated and funded by Texas Natural Resources LLC , the first licensee of INRI SEADOG Pump system.

City leaders say they will word executive session items more thoroughly after receiving a letter from the Brazoria County District Attorney's Office stating they have been playing loosely with Texas' open meeting laws.

Surfside Beach leaders have no problem with Freeport taking 122 acres adjacent to the village into the city limits, a move Freeport officials say is being done in advance of a possible development.

When Congress established the Harbor Maintenance Tax in 1986, many in the port industry were under the impression the funds collected from cargo owners would be dedicated to keeping U.S. navigation channels open for commerce.

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for one of two fishermen reported missing last weekend near Freeport.

No, the U.S. Coast Guard has not begun leasing out space at Station Freeport to beachgoing mobile home owners.

Houston Chronicle . A small Texas company, Renew Blue, will use 18 ocean Seadog pumps from parent Independent Natural Resources Inc.

Before people vote on Brazosport ISD's $166 million bond request, area residents will have the opportunity to ask millions of questions.

Interviews are expected to begin next week in Freeport for a new police chief. The job has been filled since June by Gus Flores who took over after Jeff Pynes left to become city manager.