Galveston News

Salt water from Ike doomed trees all over island. By Harvey Rice HOUSTON CHRONICLE Friday, July 10, 2009 GALVESTON - Bob Nabours planted an oak tree 36 years ago in Galveston's Adoue Park and, from his front porch across the street, watched it grow into a mature tree.

An advisory warning people not to eat any species of fish from Clear Creek was issued Wednesday after lab tests showed the level of pollutants in fish samples was more than double the danger zone level.

The federal judge's slot in Galveston held by disgraced former U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent will be moved to McAllen.

The City of Galveston is currently accepting applications for fire fighters. All applicants are required to take a written exam that will be given: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 9:00 AM Moody Gardens Hotel Ballroom 7 Hope Boulevard Galveston Island All candidates should arrive early and bring photo identification to the exam.

The city council will not vote Thursday on an islandwide smoking ban. Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas asked the city's legal department to prepare an ordinance for council members to consider this week but decided they needed more time to discuss the details.

By most accounts, the volatile relationship between punk rocker Courtney Gass and rap producer Christopher Allgood should have ended months ago.

The island's beaches were packed with people, and almost all of its hotel rooms were booked during the holiday weekend.

A member of the massive Galveston transient population, Scobar-Flores was jailed by officers Dane Goode and Evelyn Urban for burglary of Tony & Bros.

A state appeals court has rejected an inmate's appeal of a life sentence from a conviction of attempted escape while using or threatening use of a deadly weapon.

As crews apply the orange mark of doom to Hurricane Ike-damaged trees, Galveston resident Helen Douglas is going to bat for a magnolia, hoping to appeal its death sentence.

Researchers from Texas A&M University have fired up a new monitoring system on an offshore wind platform and detected a new 'dead zone' in the Gulf south of Galveston.

Carol Diane Morrison, 46, of Galveston also known as Rashunda Paris, Cynthia Louise Riddick, Cindy Whitby and others.

Prosecutors have upgraded charges in the case of a Jamaica Beach woman killed in an automobile crash last year.

Serial arsonists have torched 30 palm trees since May, prompting a tree service owner to offer a $1,000 reward for information that leads to charges.

A jury in the Galveston County Court of Judge Mary Nell Crapitto has convicted a former Galveston Port Authority police officer of Solicitation of Prostitution in a case that keep Galveston vice squad officers busy in September 2008.

A recent study paints a startling picture of Galveston a hundred years from now.

This year The Today Show Lend a Hand program helped five great causes.A Al Roker went on the road to help organizations around the country: Help4Galveston, Galveston, Texas On Day 3 the program helped people in my home state of Texas who were devastated by Hurricane Ike in October of last year.

The county's legal department will seek dismissals of all lawsuits filed by prisoners who claimed living conditions were intolerable in the days after Hurricane Ike's landfall in Galveston.

County Attorney Cindy Weir-Nutter says by launching a new Family Violence Unit, she hopes to not only stop the violence but also save lives.

The Flagship Hotel, a Seawall landmark, is slated to be torn down because of hurricane damage.