Sweeny News

Brazoria County could either replace a mosquito control airplane that crashed last month, contract for some control services or make do with what it has.

The Sweeny Library recently announced the winner of its drawing for a quilt based on the theme of the 2009 summer reading program, 'Libraries: Deep in the Heart of Texas.' The name of Kinsi Cook was drawn from those of all the children who participated in the program at the Sweeny Library.

Yesterday was the first day of autumn. I just love this time of year, but I can't wait for the temperatures to cool down so it really feels like fall.

Beverly Marshall's passion is singing in the choir at Greater Mount Zion Church.

One man was shot and another was stabbed during a quarrel about money after a hog hunting trip in Brazoria County, authorities said.

As northern Brazoria County grows, so do its school districts, but those in southern Brazoria County have seen a marked decline in student enrollment during the same period, according to an informal analysis of data provided to The Facts.

He had climbed through razor wire, avoided bullets from a .357-caliber gun and charmed prison dogs with tuna from his pocket, but a couple of farmhouse pooches almost were Marlow Wayne Reynolds' undoing.

Roaches crawling out of electrical outlets, lying face-to-face with a snake beneath a house or finding a dead rat in an attic crawl space is all in a day's work for Warren Williams.

The Houston-based oil company claims that PdVSA hasn't been meeting its obligation to supply crude to Merey Sweeny L.P., which owns a major unit at the Conoco refinery in Sweeny, Texas.

A portion of the additional state funding coming to local school districts from a federal stimulus package must be spent on increasing teacher pay.

Next month, 44 years will have passed since a rather well-known tale of an experience with a UFO took place in Brazoria County.

Area school districts showed widespread improvement on their TAKS scores last year, and that accomplishment ought to generate a lot of pride among Brazoria County campuses and communities.

In hopes of bringing families together, the First Baptist Church of Sweeny will host the Pastor Pete's Back to School Fishing Tournament.

There's one thing parents won't find on back-to-school shopping lists this year, but it's something they can't overlook - an updated checklist of required immunizations.

School district officials across Brazoria County said they were pleased to see the number of students who passed the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills increase this year.

In a world where technology is king, access to medical information is just a click away.

An attempted bank robbery in north Harris County turned into a carjacking Tuesday afternoon, KPRC Local 2 reported.

A Sweeny ISD police officer stopped one of two attempted bank holdups in the Houston area early this afternoon, officials said.

More evidence that one need not be intelligent to be a career criminal. This one may go into the book of 'Stupid Criminals." 28-year old Ryan Keith Lambert, no stranger to police or jailhouses, walked into a Taco Bell in Texas City, acted like he had a gun hidden in his pants, and demanded money from the cashier.

A man who reportedly grabbed a four-wheeler from children playing in Brazoria has been arrested by Brazoria County Sheriff's deputies and charged with Aggravated Robbery.