Jessie Ryan Portillo was taken into custody in the 800 block of 10th Avenue North and charged with possession, promotion or production of certain visual material depicting a child, Texas ...

Health officials said Thursday there are no reported human cases or positive sentinel animals associated with the virus in ...

The commission approved an ordinance that amends multiple municipal funds, including a $1.9 million increase to the general ...

Gerry Kirks, 50, was arrested Wednesday after the Galveston County District Attorney's Office accepted charges of manufacture ...

St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church is preparing to celebrate a legacy rooted in faith, perseverance and resilience.

In a decision filed Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower ...

The Galveston Island Humane Society's 13th Annual Ohana Dog Surfing Competition returns to the beach from 8 a.m. to noon, ...

The Nasdaq ended sharply higher Thursday, as Micron Technology fueled a rally in chip stocks that eclipsed fears that renewed ...

The business of governing is never neat and sometimes is near impossible.

Galveston Urban Ministries (GUM) is well-known to island residents, but its outreach has long spread to churches across our ...

I took off my gloves the other day and laid them on the kitchen cabinet. I had been outside working in the yard. I have had ...

The Discovery Sands Planned Unit Development application that passed 4-3 was a very complex issue and I dedicated a lot of ...