Galveston News

In her last legal shot, an island resident is asking the Texas Supreme Court to decide whether the city and Port of Galveston four years ago gave adequate public notice about leasing land to BP Energy for a ...

Margie Martin didn't expect to be scared out of her early morning stupor when she got up to let her cat out at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.

We pulled around the corner on 24th street as the sounds of "Mustang Sally" wafted through the air, welcoming us to the Strand.

The outbreak of illness at the Galveston County Jail that officials suspect was caused by food poisoning was the third such case since 2002, according to court documents.

Barely an hour after a shooting that killed game room manager Antonio Castillo Flores, a teen confessed to the crime as he returned a Pontiac Grand Am he borrowed to use as a getaway car, his friend alleged ...

There are several reasons to object to the city of Galveston's plan to build a new fire station with certificates of obligation.

With harmonica, drums, singing and even painting accompaniment, four Galveston poets are vocalizing their verse.

For 18 years, authorities have longed to solve the mystery of the kidnapping, sexual assault and attempted murder of an 8-year-old girl, who suffered a slashed throat and was left clinging to life in a grassy ...

When we were little, there was a corner store in my home town called City Drug. Doctor Jack was the pharmacist there, and every morning he'd hold court with local judges, politicians and citizens, all weighing ...

Norma Venso, newly appointed Galveston Island Redevelopment Authority board chairwoman, told the city council Thursday that it would be inviting a circus if it held a workshop to discuss the board's purpose and ...

More than 500 inmates in the Galveston County Jail have been stricken with a stomach ailment that authorities believe could be connected to one of their meals.

On the shoreline of Galveston Island the sands are ever shifting and the controversy over what to do about it is ever evolving.

At least 543 prisoners, about half the Galveston County Jail population, have been stricken with an illness, many of them vomiting and experiencing diarrhea, the Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

Eating too much speckled trout and catfish from Galveston Bay and surrounding fishing spots could cause long-term health problems like cancer, the Texas Department of State Health Services warned in a news ...

BOOM! Studios announces its latest mini-series, GALVESTON, a swashbuckling historical epic based on true events where cowboys and pirates collide, written by Tom Peyer and Mark Rahner and featuring interior art ...

GALVESTON, Texas- ... Reports of a missing Bush Viper at Moody Gardens were confirmed as inaccurate Tuesday evening as the snake was discovered after 1 ½ days of hide and seek in the snake exhibit at the ...

State health officials issued a warning Tuesday against eating spotted seatrout and catfish from Galveston Bay, saying the two fish show high levels of dioxins and PCBs.

A plan that would limit construction on Texas' rapidly eroding coastline ran into a buzz saw of opposition Tuesday from Galveston city and county officials despite reassurances that the proposals are optional.

Rodolfo Gonzalez, an 18-year-old ninth-grader, is tired of school. The Texas City High School student is bored.

An island in the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston combines the beaches and surf of a tropical getaway with the architecture and hospitality of the south.