Brazoria County News

The burn ban in Brazoria County won't prevent the skies from glowing in celebration this Fourth of July weekend.

Monday, Investigators with the Brazoria County Sheriff's office Narcotics and Patrol Divisions served a warrant on a man on CR 702 in Brazoria Texas.

Brazoria County and Fort Bend County have joined the list of counties where you are forbidden to start fires or use fireworks.

The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is a little closer to home for residents of Silverlake, Southwyck and Silver Creek subdivisions after residents there helped build a law enforcement substation that opened Saturday.

The National Weather Service radar is indicating a strong thunderstorm near Pearland... moving south at 10 mph.

James Davis remembers trying to cross a street in Galveston one day and feeling his son's hand shoot out over his chest.

A Brazoria County soldier stationed in Kuwait died Thursday from injuries he received in what military officials said was a non combat-related incident, the Department of Defense announced today.

WHEREAS, the County of Brazoria on the 23rd day of June ,2009 is in imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from county wide drought conditions.

Investigators say a Crime Stoppers tip led to the arrest of a man accused of holding clerks at knifepoint while robbing at least five convenience stores in Fort Bend and Brazoria counties.

We've known since his days as lieutenant governor that Rick Perry doesn't mind letting other folks know he's important.

From Friday to Tuesday, a knife-wielding robber has struck five times in the Fort Bend and Brazoria counties.

A Brazoria man remained in the Brazoria County jail Monday evening after police say he escaped custody after a trip to Sweeny Community Hospital.

A car buff got the surprise of a lifetime Saturday when an old, beaten pickup he always dreamed of remodeling into a head-turning hot rod was unveiled - overhauled - at a local car show.

City officials say they support the push to create a transit system linking four of the area's cities, but want to tweak a couple of the buses' proposed stopping points.

Brazoria County eventually will receive part of the $1.74 billion 'second round' of federal Hurricane Ike relief funds announced this week, but when and how much aren't clear.

A head-on collision that spawned a three-car crash killed one man and injured four other people, authorities said Monday.

When Adrienne Long and Stacey Dayton visit their father for Father's Day this weekend, they won't go to his home and feel his arms around their neck.

Brazoria County's drug court administrator has been so busy lately, she hasn't had time to finalize an official name for the program.

A federal agency has found Brazoria County employees violated the civil rights of women who say they were sexually harassed by a former judge.

The city has asked a Travis County judge to say it is legal for Friendswood to issue $11 million in debt without voter approval.