Tiki Island News

It's four months before Democratic and Republican primaries and already candidates are lining up for the 2010 county elections.

This was the motorcycle rally everyone expected. Galveston was home to the largest collection of Harleys, choppers, speed bikes and tri-wheeled cruisers this side of the Red River on Saturday for the return of the Lone Star Rally.

It's a bad time for a tax increase, but city officials have made a convincing case that Santa Fe residents should invest in public buildings.

Investigators with the DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Sheriff's Office are looking for a Texas ex-convict whose last known address was in Tiki Island in Galveston County.

AT 1252 PM CDT...National Weather Service Radar indicated a strong line of thunderstorms, producing high winds in excess of 34-knots from Tiki Island to 8 miles east of Freeport.

Aldermen in Tiki Island are expected to approve a $790,000 spending plan that includes a tax rate hike.

Hurricane Ike was the perfect, bad-timing storm. When it blew hell on this Gulf of Mexico county on Sept.

Despite a huge decrease in property values, a sluggish economy, a tax rate increase to fund health care and struggles to recover from Hurricane Ike, the county's credit rating still is pretty good.

A passing boater stopped and attempted to pull it off the sandbar on which is was lodged but without success.

After a lot of hand wringing, the Santa Fe City Council this week approved putting three bond proposals on the November ballot.

A Tiki Island man claims workers started roof repairs on his house by mistake while he was out of town, and then left his home exposed to the elements when they learned of their erro.

Officials are investigating how as much as 30 gallons of gasoline ended up in the city's waste water treatment plant Sunday night.

Officials are investigating how as much as 30 gallons of gasoline ended up in the city's waste water treatment plant Sunday night.

As relatives mourn a woman killed in a Friday collision, they want to know what medical condition afflicted a 66-year-old police said caused the crash.

A huge benefit staged June 13th for Galveston Police Officer Chris Sanderson could not have been more successful, providing over $30,000 to help the young officer in his battle with cancer.

The digital welcome sign at the entrance to Bayou Vista summed it up pretty well for Galveston County: Now is a good time to conserve water.

Despite being surrounded by water, Galveston's free access to the bay has been limited since Hurricane Ike knocked out one of the most popular boat ramps in the county.

Slip of the lip: More information about a large marina project on Tiki Island has sailed into port.

More photos from the show, including cast members after the show, in our slide show .

Hodgson, left, with his unsinkable comedy crew. Two decades since he made watching lousy movies on Comedy Central one of the funniest ways to waste a mid-'90s afternoon, Joel Hodgson has found a new, if similar, calling: a live touring show, Cinematic Titanic , with the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast silhouetted against campy sci-fi ...