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Comprehensive News Feed for Freeport, TX.
Results 1 - 20 of 290 in Freeport, TX
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Boom-town stories spark area memories
... article called 'Boom Comes to Town,' printed in Collier's magazine for Dec. 28, 1940, mention is made of a Freeport businessman with the unlikely name of Bearhunter Funderburk, proprietor of Bearhunter's Cafe. J.D. Ratcliff, who wrote the story for ... Comment?
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Rough and tumble days remembered
Kenneth Mashburn, a Freeport native, remembers when Dow Chemical was under construction in 1939 and the early 1940s, Freeport became a boomtown. Comment?
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500 honor Brazoria County deputy - VIDEO
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... would continue. Rick was survived by his children, Joshua Opperud and wife Pam of Angleton, Amber Kay Opperud of Freeport; grandmother Mrs. Jessie Branstetter of Angleton; sister, Robbyn Opperd Smith and husband Larry, of Angleton, nieces, Meghan ... Comment?
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Boom-town stories spark area memories
... article called 'Boom Comes to Town,' printed in Collier's magazine for Dec. 28, 1940, mention is made of a Freeport businessman with the unlikely name of Bearhunter Funderburk, proprietor of Bearhunter's Cafe. J.D. Ratcliff, who wrote the story for ... Comment?
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Packed auditorium honor Brazoria County deputy - VIDEO
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... would continue. Rick was survived by his children, Joshua Opperud and wife Pam of Angleton, Amber Kay Opperud of Freeport; grandmother Mrs. Jessie Branstetter of Angleton; sister, Robbyn Opperd Smith and husband Larry, of Angleton, nieces, Meghan ... Comment?
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Packed auditorium honor Brazoria County deputy
... would continue. Rick was survived by his children, Joshua Opperud and wife Pam of Angleton, Amber Kay Opperud of Freeport; grandmother Mrs. Jessie Branstetter of Angleton; sister, Robbyn Opperd Smith and husband Larry, of Angleton, nieces, Meghan ... Comment?
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Crews to sieve sediment for artifact
Containers of sediment soon will connect Freeport with a Civil War-era gunboat sunken 146 years ago in Galveston Bay. Comment?
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Karnack man sends care packages to soldiers
... soldiers fighting overseas. The local advocate says he first came up with the idea from a military support group in Freeport, a small town south of Houston where he lived previously. Sargent said Brazoria County, which includes the town, is home to ... Comment?
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Freeporters remember hectic boom town days
Dan Kessner, who is a native of Freeport, remembers before Dow's arrival, Freeport was a small town. Comment?
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Donations mingle with jingle at kettles
... donations that will help area families have a better Christmas, said Capt. Lola Maldonado of the organization's Freeport chapter. Alongside the kettles will be a volunteer bringing attention to the cause. 'I love the Salvation Army,' said Leslie ... Comment?
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Brazoria County officer dies at 47
... II attended Danbury High School. He went to work for the Danbury Police Department in January, 1989 and joined the Freeport Police Department in November, 1989. He worked as a patrolman in Freeport until joining the sheriff's office as a jailer in ... Comment?
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Calpine Corporation Announces Closing of the Amendment and Extension...
Calpine Corporation today announced that it has closed on an amendment and extension of its Steamboat facility, a portfolio financing that includes its Mankato Power Plant and Freeport Energy Center. Comment?
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Rough and tumble days remembered
Kenneth Mashburn, a Freeport native, remembers when Dow Chemical was under construction in 1939 and the early 1940s, Freeport became a boomtown. Comment?
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FDA to pull back on oyster ban plan
... that,' said Wilfredo Rivera, who sells raw oysters on a half-shell at his restaurant, Willie Joe's Seafood outside Freeport. After the FDA announced it was pursuing a ban on untreated raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico, Rivera's customers expressed ... Comment?
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Freeporters remember hectic boom town days
Dan Kessner, who is a native of Freeport, remembers before Dow's arrival, Freeport was a small town. Comment?
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... clinicians will work with students from the Brazosport College Jazz Band, Lake Jackson Intermediate Jazz Band, Freeport Intermediate Jazz Band, Clute Intermediate Jazz Band, Brazosport High School Jazz Band and Brazoswood A.M. and P.M. Jazz Bands. ... Comment?
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Sudden prosperity burdened county
... the actual need. The same thing was true for the Dow plant itself - and in addition, the plant was located in the Freeport school district. Even though that district was hardest hit, the student population in all the county's other towns also ... Comment?
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Task force captures Brazoria County fugitive in Freeport
... ria County Sheriff's Narcotics Division, Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Division, and the Freeport Police Department. Johnson will be held in the Brazoria County Jail pending determination of his parole status. Comment?
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Man wanders into traffic, is killed after crash
... by police as Galen Johnson, 34, of Farmington, N.M., Shane Breaux, 37, of Leport, Texas, and Gary Henderson, 35, of Freeport, Texas. All suffered minor to moderate injuries and were taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center for treatment, police said. ... Comment?
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Man fatally struck by car following crash in College Twp.
... by police as Galen Johnson, 34, of Farmington, N.M., Shane Breaux, 37, of Leport, Texas, and Gary Henderson, 35, of Freeport, Texas. All suffered minor to moderate injuries and were taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center for treatment, police said. ... Comment?
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