San Leon News

What's lovelier than a dockside patio or a table under a 100-year-old oak? A bottle of wine, a plate of good food and a friend with whom to share both.

My first oysters on the half shell this season came from Captain Benny's in Austin.

Happy readers are calling to report the return of Clary's Seafood Restaurant, which quietly reopened this weekend more than a year after Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc on the island institution, 8509 Teichman Road.

Firefighters rescued three men Friday from barges set adrift as a cold front blew through the county with 40-mph wind gusts and heavy rains, officials said.

San Leon residents Marvin Peyton, left, and Greg Tate suspend mesh bags full of oyster shells from a fishing pier to be used as nurseries for oysters and other wildlife.

Galveston County Sheriff's deputies need to talk to a "good Samaritan" that helped a woman after a reported sexual assault in San Leon last week.

Had enough of Hurricane Ike yet? Get ready for more - in print, on television and radio, and online.

Police want to question the ex-boyfriend of a woman who was found dead Monday night in what investigators believe was a domestic killing outside an apartment complex, authorities said Tuesday.

Hurricane Ike changed the lives of so many people along the Gulf Coast. The past year we've followed the struggle of one San Leon man, who at the age of 69, lost just about everything he has ever worked for.

As strange as it may sound, Hurricane Ike may have been a blessing for San Leon.

The Rev. Bob Gibson said there are hundreds of stories of surviving Hurricane Ike "that will tear at your heart" in San Leon.

Firefighters are battling a massive fire in Texas City. St. John's United Methodist Church on 16th Avenue caught on fire around 9 p.m. The pastor, along with a few other people, was inside the church when the fire started.

Residents of San Leon in Galveston County pride themselves on self reliance. A year after Hurricane Ike they believe that San Leon spirit has been key to helping them recover and rebuild.

Seated at her desk in what used to be the servants' quarters of the historic Moody Mansion on Broadway, Betty Massey , head of the Galveston Community Recovery Committee , recalled the words of legendary local politico Babe Schwartz , who once said something along these lines: "In 1900, God said to Galveston , 'Thou shalt not build on barrier ...

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Officials learned Monday the name of a man who drowned and whose boat was found adrift Sunday.

Officials learned Monday the name of a man who drowned and whose boat was found adrift Sunday.

Officials learned Monday the name of a man who drowned and whose boat was found adrift Sunday.

The neighbors turned detective, determined to solve the mystery of three military grave markers, perhaps displaced by Hurricane Ike and uncovered by recent rains.

Grill is on: Another island restaurant made the Hurricane Ike survivor list. Saltwater Grill, 2017 Postoffice St., has reopened for dinner.