West Columbia News

What started five years ago as a trio of volunteers working for two weeks to feed as many children as they could has grown into a network of churches providing lunches to hundreds of children throughout the summer.

Our youth baseball and softball teams are finishing up another season and scorching summer temperatures are definitely upon us.

A rollover accident on Saturday afternoon injured six unrestrained children, sending them to area hospitals.

One of the best accounts of the times of the Texas Revolution is Noah Smithwick's "Evolution of a State" written by a man who was in the thick of things.

Do not attempt to apprehend any person or persons involved in any of these offenses as they may be armed and dangerous.

Surviving members of West Columbia's Class of 1934 say their bonds have grown stronger over time, thanks in part to annual get-togethers. 'We were pretty close,' Mary Kay Cornett said of the Class of 1934.

A 13-year-old West Columbia girl is at the Brazoria County Juvenile Detention Center on a felony assault charge after police said they used a Taser on her while she fought officers at the police department.

The preliminary skirmish developed strong opposition, and indicated that sentiment against the move was crystallizing and the proponents of the project would have much opposition to overcome.

Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation are looking at how to extend sidewalks, improve drainage, pull curbs back and make parking safer along Highway 35 in West Columbia's downtown area.

Columbia-Brazoria ISD saw increases in the percentage of its students passing the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills at several campuses, while Damon ISD and Danbury ISD scores remained about the same.

Blasting off this morning for the extended Memorial Day weekend and need to top off the fuel tank? Here's some of the cheapest gas in town , according to TexasGasPrices.com: The Valero at Burkburnett Road and Pearlie is $2.26 per gallon for regular unleaded.

Emily Tanner still puts her 7-year-old, the eldest of her three young daughters, in a booster seat when they get in the car.

The Michigan Department of Transportation has closed both lanes of I-94 near the Riverside Drive overpass due to the sinking, settling and shifting of the bridge.

Last year there were 704. A scholastic is worth $15 to a district. In other words the state of Texas slips about that amount to a district each year for every scholastic the district can muster, and it is assumed that the state's apportionment this year will be around that figure, which would mean over $10,000 from the state for the Freeport ...

A huge tree sits sideways while its roots pull at the graves of Charlie Brown and his wife Isabella.

HISTORY CONTINUES TO BE MADE IN WEST COLUMBIA On April 17, West Columbia residents and history buffs were able to take another deep draught from the area's storied past.

The 10th, 11th, & 12th grade members of the Gifted and Talented group at Groveton High School will be traveling to West Columbia, Texas, on April 17th to be honored at the dedication ceremony of a new historical park.

If idle hands are the devil's workshop, there are plenty of safeguards for everybody to be on their best behavior this weekend.

A park built where a cistern archeologists think Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston once drank from will be dedicated Friday amid an annual festival celebrating the battle that secured Texas independence.

Pilot in critical condition after plane crash A 62-year-old Kingswood man was flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital after crashing his homemade plane while taking off at Flyin' Tiger Field north of Angleton.