La Marque News

This was the motorcycle rally everyone expected. Galveston was home to the largest collection of Harleys, choppers, speed bikes and tri-wheeled cruisers this side of the Red River on Saturday for the return of the Lone Star Rally.

One man was killed and a woman was critically wounded Sunday night when gunfire erupted inside a car on Interstate 45.

One man was killed and a woman was critically wounded Sunday night when gunfire erupted inside a car on Interstate 45.

Police in Santa Fe have arrested one brother following a brief foot chase and charged the other with evading arrest in what may turn out to be the resolution to a string of ATV theft in the area.

As expected, there was a healthy turnout of people Friday morning at Mall of the Mainland to be some of the first in the area to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

On Oct. 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed an $87 million fine against BP for a lack of compliance with safety regulations and agreed-upon improvements at its Texas City refinery after the March 23, 2005, explosions that killed 15 people.

The resumes for the finalists for La Marque police chief are extensive. The last three standing to replace Richard Price, who resigned in June, are longtime La Marque police detective Dennis Macik, Houston Police Department Lt.

Austin Middle School fell 19-6 to La Marque in a seventh-grade football game on Tuesday.

Charities armed with federal dollars to help hurricane victims find help Monday recruited Galveston County mayors, constables, firefighters and postmasters to help them track down people still living in hurricane-damaged homes.

A review indicates 20 greyhounds died or had to be euthanized after 2008 dog races in Texas.

P's Strawboss had a fractured neck. Slatex Frank's toe was torn loose. DLT Monster Mutt's right hock was dislocated.

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

Smart move? Is the vacant Lamar Elementary School in La Marque about to look smarter? After two years of wrangling over lease issues, real estate investor Bob Greig is the new owner of the school, built 71 years ago.

Thieves made off with more than $50,000 in four-wheelers from a La Marque motorcycle shop Tuesday night.

Taser International is now advising police agencies to avoid striking a suspect in the chest area, because it may trigger an 'adverse cardiac event.' The manufacturer previously said the Taser would not cause a cardiac arrest.

Two haunted houses, pet and owner costume contests, candy, games, prizes and pet pictures are slated for the Whiskerville Haunted House fundraiser Thursday and Friday in La Marque.

For those in search of recreational activities this weekend, there's no better place to start than La Marque's annual Bayou Fest.

City officials knew for years about problems plaguing a water distribution plant but apparently never told the city council, according to memos and e-mails. The city bought the plant on state Highway 3 in Webster from the Gulf Coast Water Authority in 2000 for $175,000 and spent $1 million in 2005 trying to fix it.

The police officer who used a Taser on a mentally ill man who died as a result of the two high-voltage shocks will not be disciplined and remains on patrol, the Fort Worth police chief said Friday.Police Chief Jeff Halstead said the administrative investigation into the April 18 death of Michael Patrick Jacobs Jr.

A police officer in La Marque wounded a woman accidentally while trying to shoot a pit bull she saw jumping on a group of people.