Hitchcock News

In La Marque, one shop is offering $5,000 signing bonuses and $90,000 annual salaries to skilled machinists.

Kerr Arts & Cultural Center is paying tribute to Texas' naval heritage with the "Pictorial History of Texas Coast Naval Installations," a traveling exhibit that opened Thursday at the gallery on Earl Garrett ...

Students at most area school districts performed better on the TAKS test this year than they did last year, according to preliminary results.

Brandy's Beauty Palace: combining style and comfort Brandy's Beauty Palace: Stop by Brandy's Beauty Palace for royal hair treatment.

Not one of the biggest players on the field, Hitchcock, Texas wide receiver Jordan Turner does make one of the biggest impacts.

Mineral Wells police investigators have issued a Crime Stoppers alert for the recent burglary of a local business.

The girlfriend of a man found stabbed to death with a butcher knife last week was charged Monday morning in his slaying.

When crews begin repairing a 39-inch water main Tuesday, residents are asked to conserve water to avoid mandatory watering restrictions.

Veteran kindergarten teacher Anita Slanina will spend her summer vacation answering phones and giving tours to parents interested in enrolling their children at the only Catholic elementary school in Hitchcock.

Director Stuart Gordon does Hitchcock proud. Brian De Palma spent years trying to replicate the classic effects of Alfred Hitchcock with, shall we say, varying degrees of success.

Kenneth Hocking watched as the auctioneer began to drop the prices on his Inner Loop duplexes, in hopes that someone in the audience would start the bidding.

In its first step to improve sketchy ambulance service on the Bolivar Peninsula, the county funded three full-time medics to answer emergency calls there.

“My message is that they cannot control the circumstances of their birth, but the rest of their lives is a series of choices, and they can control the choices they make.”

Make a right turn off state Highway 6 in Hitchcock and it's like turning into another century. via The Galveston County Daily News

Turnout is expected to be light across the eight-county region as voters head to the polls in more than 243 local municipal, school district and community college district elections today. via KHOU-TV Houston

“Due to the sensitive nature of security for the fairgrounds, specifics of the new procedures will not be released to the public”

Metal detectors, surveillance cameras and undercover police officers could await Galveston County Fair and Rodeo patrons next year, after gunfire and a triple stabbing both in and near the site's main ... via The Galveston County Daily News

Hitchcock Independent School District's $39.98 million bond issue deserves the support of voters. via The Galveston County Daily News

“It comes at a hard time, but God will get us through it”

As residents of Hitchcock's school district head to the polls to vote on a bond referendum, the mayor of Tiki Island said he's against increasing taxes to fund a $39.98 million bond issue. via The Galveston County Daily News

John Mitchiner, with Texas EquuSearch, digs a hole for the "Baby Grace" cross on the island where her body was found. via The Galveston County Daily News

Breaking the ice: Notice those ice vending machines popping up all over the county? They belong to Houston-based Cornerstone Ice, a small but growing company formed a year ago by Dee Dee Robinson and her ... via The Galveston County Daily News

“Jason Jones was robbed in the field area next to the fair”

A weekend of violence at the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo culminated Thursday with a Texas City man's arrest in connection with a triple stabbing outside the fairgrounds. via The Galveston County Daily News