San Leon News

A motorcycle struck a San Leon man while he was checking his mail, witnesses say.

Two San Leon residents were seriously injured when an outdoor patio deck gave way, sending them plunging 20 feet to the ground, a fire official said Tuesday.

The debate about the use of temperament testing to determine the fate of dogs in animal shelters is interesting.

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Mexican artists have recorded English-language songs for decades, but the opposite is rare: American musicians have historically treated Mexican music like they treat Mexicans, and when they do bother to cover ...

The woman who taught workers at the Bay Area Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' San Leon shelter animal temperament testing said the process accurately shows how aggressive dogs could be toward ...

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“Almost every behaviorist and trainer I know has a dog that wouldn't pass that test, either”

If you give a dog a toy, it may growl when you take it away. At the Bay Area Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that's enough to end its life, according to former employees. via KHOU-TV Houston

“I didn't realize that they didn't even own the house at the time”

Curtis and Donna Holcomb have spent more than a week in a criminal court facing their accusers and apparently, there are many. via KHOU-TV Houston

“Exactly how the folks knew each other, we're still trying to finalize that part of it”

Murder charges have been brought against two people, a man and a teenage boy, in connection with a Dickinson man's brutal stabbing death, authorities said Friday. via The Galveston County Daily News

“Verizon cut the telephone off because of nonpayment. We did not get a bill.”

Theo Baudoin and his wife, Mary, have come to rely on the clockwork of certain routines living in San Leon. via KHOU-TV Houston

“My goodness, I feel so special”

Debra Murie puckers her lips, bats her lashless eyes and places a pink Longhorn cap on top of her barely-not-bald head. via The Galveston County Daily News

HELLO. MY NAME IS LINDA LAZARD. I LIVE IN SAN LEON, TX FALLS UNDER THE NAME DICKINSON, TX. via NowPublic

“There's not really much of a difference (as a result of the measures)”

The good times rolled slowly down Seawall Boulevard on Saturday afternoon as the first parades of the island's annual Mardi Gras celebrations kicked off. via KHOU-TV Houston

“We consider those some small successes.”

Six months after Bridgette Gearen was brutally raped and killed on Crystal Beach, detectives say they are still relentlessly searching for her killer . via KHOU-TV Houston

Investigators charged with murder Thursday a San Leon man who they believe beat his 41-year-old neighbor to death late Saturday night. via The Galveston County Daily News

“They all want to sleep in the living room. This place is all families with kids. It's always quiet. You don't expect this.”

Investigators are trying to find out what happened to a 41-year-old maintenance worker found beaten and dead in his small apartment at the Bay End Cottages in San Leon. via KHOU-TV Houston

“He continued forward in a big circle toward Ninth through one drainage ditch and onto Bayshore Drive.”

Two people were injured when an out-of-control pickup struck a couple of utility poles and damaged a bar's pricey papier-mache whale in the parking lot, authorities said Wednesday. via KHOU-TV Houston

“I was coming home one day on a residential street when a driver pulled up at the stop sign”

Tipton was recently killed when the driver of a PT Cruiser, speeding and driving erratically, crossed over into Tipton's lane; the driver then slammed on his brake to make the turn, colliding with Tipton's ... via Pasadena Citizen