Sabine-Pass News

Four West Orange-Stark Middle School students will perform with the Texas Music Educator's Middle School Region X Choir in concert Nov.

There is no such thing as private beach in Texas. Anyone may place a blanket on the shore, right up to the vegetation line, even if it is an intrusion on the privacy of a seaside home or tony resort.

A sunken ship, possibly a more than 400-foot long World War II-era cargo vessel, is leaking fuel oil in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas.

Houston residents hardly could forget about the tropics one year ago, when many remained without power thanks to Hurricane Ike.

Seven Texas-based charter boats were among 15 for-hire fishing vessels snared in a Gulf-wide, federal/state cooperative investigation of guides operating offshore recreational fishing businesses without required federal permits.

Share Share Despite the steady drop in natural gas prices, Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas terminals are expecting a steady stream of shipments in the coming weeks.

Yesterday evening a cluster of thunderstorms developed along the coast between High Island and Sabine Pass.

Three boaters that had gone missing off Matagorda coast last week were found alive Saturday at approximately 7:30 p.m. James Phillips, 30, of Blessing, Curtis Hall, 28, of Palacios, and Tressel Hawkins, 43, of Markham were found atop their capsized boat, about 140 miles offshore south of Sabine Pass, said Zack Edwards, U.S. Coast Guard Search and ...

Here are the games and scores from football across Southeast Texas on Friday, August 28, 2009.

Our elected officials enjoy all kinds of good publicity while they are wanting votes.

Testimony is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of a woman charged with murdering her common-law husband and wrapping his body in plastic.

Detectives testified today Tina Spears shot her common law husband 3 times in the head before dumping his body in Jefferson County.

Testimony is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of a woman charged with murdering her common-law husband and wrapping his body in plastic.

Testimony is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of a woman charged with murdering her common-law husband and wrapping his body in plastic.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two teenagers this morning after their 21-foot boat began taking water and sank 30 miles from shore south of Sabine Pass.

The dog days of summer bring both good news and bad news for Houston seafood lovers.

The Texas Education Agency released its ratings for schools across the state, and the listings include acceptable ratings for the Beaumont and Port Arthur school districts.

The 44-cent stamps depict lighthouses in Biloxi, and Sand Island, Ala., battered by Hurricane Katrina; Matagorda Island, Texas, and Sabine Pass, La., which withstood Rita; and Fort Jefferson, Fla., slammed by Wilma.

Postage stamps commemorating Gulf Coast lighthouses, including the famous Biloxi Lighthouse, go on sale today.

Originally published July 23, 2009 at 5:12 p.m., updated July 23, 2009 at 9:52 p.m. PORT LAVACA- A celebration for the first day of issue for the Matagorda Island Lighthouse stamp will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Bauer Community Center.