Galveston County News

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series about efforts to restore the University of Texas Medical Branch to the status and capability it possessed before Hurricane Ike.

Originally published July 5, 2009 at 8:34 a.m., updated July 5, 2009 at 9:36 a.m. TEXAS CITY, Texas a ' A Southeast Texas man is accused of wrapping a 20-foot chain around his teenage son's neck and spraying him in the face with Mace.

Hots dogs, apple pie, cold drinks and, of course, fireworks can be found across Galveston County to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Officials are looking for the culprit in a bizarre palm tree torching spree. Since May, 30 trees have been set ablaze on the island.

Prosecutors have upgraded charges in the case of a Jamaica Beach woman killed in an automobile crash last year.

A jury in the Galveston County Court of Judge Mary Nell Crapitto has convicted a former Galveston Port Authority police officer of Solicitation of Prostitution in a case that keep Galveston vice squad officers busy in September 2008.

A member of the massive Galveston transient population, Scobar-Flores was jailed by officers Dane Goode and Evelyn Urban for burglary of Tony & Bros.

Carol Diane Morrison, 46, of Galveston also known as Rashunda Paris, Cynthia Louise Riddick, Cindy Whitby and others.

This July 4th weekend, law enforcement agencies in Galveston County will participate in our second "No Refusal" weekend for individuals arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated, according to Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk.

The county's legal department will seek dismissals of all lawsuits filed by prisoners who claimed living conditions were intolerable in the days after Hurricane Ike's landfall in Galveston.

A Galveston County jury on Thursday awarded a former BP security guard $743,000 for injuries she suffered after she tripped walking out of a portable toilet four years ago.

Dead trees that need to be removed for Hurricane Ike recovery in Galveston will be hauled away starting the week of July 6. Supplemental federal funds will pay for the removal.

Actually Charlie has many names. On the streets he goes by Chaka, Cha-Cha, Charlie, Terrell Lemons, Terry Simpson and who knows what else.

Galveston County commissioners on Wednesday approved hiring a media consultant to manage the emergency operations center's public information duties during hurricanes and other emergency situations.

The police dispatcher received a call there was a man with blond hair, very drunk, in front of the Holiday Inn at 1700 Seawall.

A 16-year-old Galveston girl has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the accidental shooting death of her 12-year-old sister.

A Crystal Beach man who was beaten at his home Saturday waited until Monday to call for help for his head injuries, Galveston County Sheriff's Office officials said.

A 16-year-old Galveston girl has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the accidental shooting death of her 12-year-old sister.

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.

Galveston Police Vice & Narcotics officers executed a search warrant Wednesday at 16708 - Henry Morgan St.