Hitchcock News

Hitchcock 65, Ball 47 The Lady Dawgs rolled past the Class 5A Lady Tors. Jasmine Beard led the way with 16 points and 10 boards.

Local law-enforcement officers and U.S. marshals charged two Galveston County residents Saturday during separate drug busts, officials said.

A veteran lawman given a unanimous nod to temporarily fill Hitchcock's top cop spot said he's honored to lead the department until the position is filled early next year.

In a split vote, council members this week tentatively approved a 20 percent rate hike for garbage collection.

Fifteen months ago, Paul Ray and Donna Heinrich had a view of the water from the porch of their house in Gilchrist.

The dean of Galveston County police chiefs is set to retire next month. Glenn Manis, the city's police chief for about 20 years, is leaving police work to fly helicopters.

Basketball Lutheran South 34, O'Connell 32 GALVESTON - The Lady Buccaneers dropped their season opener in a heartbreaker, 34-32, to Lutheran South on Tuesday.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday delivered what amounts to eviction notices to two residents who have been living in government-issued mobile homes after Hurricane Ike damaged or destroyed their homes.

HITCHCOCK, Texas - A grass-roots effort is building among volunteers and faith-based agencies to get a Hitchcock woman back to her home for the holidays.

Local hunters can shoot for a good cause by donating meat they don't eat or use.

Students in Hitchcock and La Marque donned pink and staged events Friday to raise awareness about breast cancer.

More than a foot of rainwater pools Thursday morning 10/22/09 on Galveston's Ferry Road, stranding cars.

A motorcyclist attempting to pass an automobile died after colliding head-on with an oncoming sport utility vehicle, authorities said Monday.

The first meeting of a U.S. president and a Mexican president took place 100 years ago Friday, when William Howard Taft met Porfirio Diaz on Oct.

Police said a man wanted for burglary led officers on an hourlong foot chase that involved five different law enforcement agencies Friday morning.

The jury that will hear the murder trial of a stepfather charged in the death of Baby Grace will come from a pool of 179 potential jurors, Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk said.

Niche market: For some time, people who have family members buried at Mainland Memorial Cemetery, 6602 O'Brien St., in Hitchcock have confronted managers about the tall grass and other conditions of the grounds.

A few blocks north of the Fort Worth Convention Center and its supporting cast of restaurants, wine bars, and plush hotels, the railroad still rolls into town much as it did in 1876, when the city became a major shipping point for livestock headed to northern markets.

A man was arrested after leading police on a high-speed car pursuit and foot chase through marshlands about 3 a.m. Sunday, police said.

When crews today finish digging a 3,500-foot drainage ditch, storm water runoff should drain into West Bay, rather than pooling in streets and backyards, county officials said.