Chambers County News

Scattered rain showers brought scant relief from dry conditions late Monday and more thunderstorms are possible today as a weak front pushes through the Houston area.

Firefighters from Beaumont assisted the Winnie-Stowell Volunteer Fire Department at a motel in Winnie where lightning is the suspected cause of a fire on the roof of the building.

What will Galveston look like in 100 years? It's a question researchers have been trying to answer.

An experimental Bakeng Deuce aircraft crashed in Chambers County early Wednesday morning.

A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in the front yard of a Chambers County home when his engine stalled.

A newly-built plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Chambers County Wednesday morning after its engine stalled.

When the next hurricane blows through Galveston County, Entergy Corp. officials believe their new metal utility poles could help restore electricity sooner to residents of the Bolivar Peninsula.

Southern parts of the Houston area may get a glimpse of rain today, but meteorologists warn residents not to get too excited: it's not going to last, and it won't do much to alleviate the drought.

A 17 year old Liberty County teen was killed in a early morning crash. It happened on FM 562 in Chambers County, just three miles east of Anahuac.

Crime Stoppers and Liberty County Sheriff's investigators are hoping the public can shed some light on an unusual incident involving a rocket and a Continental Express Jet.

June 15, 2009, 9:12AM WHAT D'Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THIS? Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information what appeared to be a model rocket that nearly missed a Continental Express jet late last month.

The first case we know about happened on Memorial Day in 2008. It happened last on May 29th of this year, and authorities will tell you it's no laughing matter.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for the person who launched a rocket that narrowly missed a Continental Airlines jet, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

Local and federal authorities suspect that a rocket which narrowly missed a Continental Express jet last Friday night was not a military missile.

How safe are the 18 wheelers we share the road with every day? From now through Thursday,DPS troopers and others trained to inspect commercial vehicles will be taking a close look at them to make sure drivers are obeying safety laws.

A police chase that started in Chambers County came to a close thanks to a Baytown Police officer.

Crop dusters once looked like swarming bees flying over Chambers and Jefferson counties.

Chambers County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night.

Rising from the coastal plains and ranchland of western Jefferson County, the once-silver spires of the former Independent Refining Corp.

By KYLE PEVETO May, 7, 2009 It just doesn't add up. Banks are reeling from the global credit crisis and Texas farmers and ranchers are tormented by recent hurricanes, drought and wildfires.