Brazoria County News Archives

In a county known for cherishing its impressive history, it was heartening to see the 14-year effort to refurbish and reopen the Columbia Rosenwald School building finally come to fruition.

Jimmy Miller was standing off CR 227 in July 2008, trying to talk to a man who said he wanted to kill himself.

People in Freeport, Brazoria County, had just a few hours to evacuate Tuesday night before repairs were to begin on a leaking pipeline, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Freeport officials have called for the evacuation of several dozen homes near a Dow Chemical facility after a leaky pipe was found on company property.

Lake Jackson author looking ahead to new history project. There are history buffs, and then there are history buffs.

Howdy! Nov. 1 is a special day along the Texas Gulf Coast because it is opening day of oyster season.

Cody Bates has entered animals in the Brazoria County Fair since he was 8 years old and hadn't taken first place a single time.

The H1N1 death toll in the Houston area is now up to 13, FOX 26 News has learned.

In a tongue-in-cheek article called 'Boom Comes to Town,' printed in the nationally distributed weekly Collier's magazine for Dec.

This year's drought led to the shoulders of county roads shrinking. The economy has the budget to fix the problems shrinking.

Two Rosharon men have been jailed in Brazoria County following on an October seizure of almost $2 million worth of marijuana and hashish.

Officials say H1N1 deaths have jumped to eleven, nine more people in the Houston area than previously publicized.

Thanks to the reader who sent the link to this report in the Houston Chronicle : Houston-area swine flu deaths jump to 11 .

Just last week Harris County announced the first Houston area death from Swine Flu.

Six Harris County people have died of swine flu, the county revealed today, bringing the Houston-Harris County total to eight.

Jones Creek officials were "ecstatic" Tuesday after more than 100 adults and their children attended the city's first National Night Out event.

"The Brazoria County Fair is a Texas tradition that we at First Choice Power are proud to sponsor," said Brian Hayduk, president of First Choice Power.

A West Columbia man was arrested and charged with issuing terroristic threats against a public servant and retaliation after threatening to "go on a shooting spree" at the Brazoria County Clerk's office, police said.

Brazoria County sheriff's deputies have shut down an indoor marijuana growing operation near Rosharon, officials said.

An off-duty Angleton police officer and another driver ran over an alligator early Monday morning, killing it.

A bond amount has been set for the man who investigators say contacted Pearland police to notify them that he stabbed his wife to death.

A Pearland man fatally stabbed his wife Monday then waited outside for police to arrive at the home he shared with her and their son, authorities said.

The mayor of Liverpool has died after being hit by a train in what Brazoria County authorities say appears to be a suicide.

Only 30 minutes from Houston, The Whistler Hotel is the oldest hotel in Brazoria County, Texas.

Island leaders want to make sure the new Stahlman Park is ready for rentals by the start of the 2010 tourist season.