Markham News

After being lost on the Gulf for more than a week, Tressel Hawkins has a lot to be thankful for.A This Thanksgiving he says he just wants to eat and spend time with his family.

Each year the Markham Industrial Group conducts an emergency response drill and this year it will be held in Clemville from 9 -10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct.

Originally published September 5, 2009 at 10:48 p.m., updated September 5, 2009 at 11:04 p.m. James Phillips, 30, of Blessing, and two good friends kept a positive attitude in the face of harrowing odds, surviving a week of being lost at sea and fighting dehydration, starvation, jellyfish stings, sharks, hallucinations and close calls with rescue ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for three Matagorda County residents who their neighbors said are experienced boaters and friendly men.

Investigators combed a 2-mile area looking for clues that would bring them closer to answers to why a family of seven was murdered Saturday morning.

James Phillips one of three fisherman who were rescued after eight days adrift in the Gulf of Mexico hugs his daughter Laney Phillips, 7, as his wife Shane Phillips looks on Sunday.

By Staff reports Originally published 10:43 p.m., August 29, 2009 Updated 10:46 p.m., August 29, 2009 - Three missing men were rescued 180 miles from Port Aransas about 8:20 p.m. Saturday, a day after the Coast Guard suspended a search for the boaters.

Phillips and two friends were on an overnight marlin fishing trip. Photo courtesy The 23-foot Sea Chaser Catamaran shown above is the boat owned by James Phillips that the three missing fishermen were in on Aug.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of three boaters who are missing in the Gulf of Mexico off Matagorda.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of three boaters who are missing in the Gulf of Mexico off Matagorda.

The search continued Wednesday night for three missing boaters who didn't return from a fishing trip off the Matagorda coast on Saturday.

The Houston-Galveston Coast Guard is searching for three missing boaters who failed to return from a fishing trip Saturday afternoon.

Matagorda County Sheriff's Office narcotics unit executed what they are calling one of the largest marijuana busts in the county's history at a home in the El Dorado subdivision just after 1 a.m. on Friday, June 26.