Hempstead News

Shop smart and look fabulous with Heather Staible July 02, 2009 Sweet Deals: Cake at Couture Warehouse, sales after the apple pie Most of Houston's better resale shops are mum when they receive clothing and accessories from area boutiques, but over at Couture Blowout on Westheimer, owner Fatou Fall has landed a sweet load of goodies from Cake, an ...

Parishioners of the only Roman Catholic church left standing on Bolivar Peninsula after Hurricane Ike say Cardinal Daniel DiNardo won't allow their former priest to conduct what was supposed to be the first Mass since the storm.

A homebred for Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt's Heiligbrodt Racing Stable, Midif captured the five-furlong race by 4 1/4 lengths in 1:00.73. A Louisiana-bred, Midif is the third winner from three foals of racing age from the stakes-placed Hadif mare Bedif.

A big business in a small town closed months ago. But Hempstead, Texas, is not letting the closure of Lawrence Marshall car dealership in February stop the town's growth.

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.

Seventy flags used to honor our war dead were stolen from a patriotic man in Hempstead, Waller County, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

The next time you see someone suspiciously selling or carrying lots of flags, contact police.

Tony Lee Slayton, age 46, passed away April 18, 2009, in Hempstead, Texas. He passed away from a massive heart attack.

The 11 inches of rain that dumped Tuesday on parts of Limestone County have caused the Brazos River Authority to release the largest amount of water from the Navasota River into the Brazos basin in at least 30 years.

A search is underway on the Brazos River in Washington County as two people are unaccounted for after a vehicle apparently drove into the river Sunday morning.

Authorities are trying to find a man who they say repeatedly stabbed his ex-wife's boyfriend.

Two-time Hal's Hope Handicap winner and track record setter Chatain has been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2009 at William S. Farish's Lane's End Texas in Hempstead, Texas.

The boyfriend of an A&M student charged with killing her and her brother was described as dangerous by his ex-girlfriend when he was arrested on stalking charges in 2007.

A 25-year-old College Station man accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend and her brother Friday was arrested for stalking a different woman 19 months ago, authorities confirmed Monday.

It seems that there is a feel- ing among Chronicle letter writers that Judge Samuel Kent has no feeling or con- cern, so I would like to inform readers of some things they may not know about him.

I recently was sitting in my church waiting for Mass to begin, and I found myself staring at the beautiful portrait of a beautiful woman.

Practical sedans, brawny pickups and scrappy little sports cars with seductive curves.

One of Waller County's largest employers is reportedly shutting down. Employees at the Lawrence Marshall dealership in Hempstead told 11 News they were laid off Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Lynn Carpenter of Hempstead, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Karie Lynn Carpenter, to Gary Wayne West Jr.

When we last visited Odis Styers at his Hempstead ranch he sounded resigned to the fact that his life -- and his land -- were about to change.