Texas jury convicts man in deadly discipline of his 2-year-old stepdaughter
Stepfather convicted in 2-year-old girl’s death 2 injured when chopper crashes on takeoff from oil platform in Gulf of Mexico near Galveston
2 hurt in chopper crash in Gulf off Galveston Texas island city ravaged by Hurricane Ike marks anniversary with sunrise memorial serviceGALVESTON, Texas — Mymi Freedman’s memories of Hurricane Ike’s immediate aftermath still linger, especially in one sense. Texas island city ravaged by Hurricane Ike holding sunrise service to mark 1 year anniversaryGALVESTON, Texas — Hurricane Ike will be remembered for the destruction it wrought on the Texas island city of Galveston, but also for how it brought the community closer together, a preacher said Sunday at a sunrise memorial service to mark the storm’s anniversary. Police: Standoff at Texas home ends with 3 dead; neighbors report hearing gunfire from homeGALVESTON, Texas — Police in Galveston, Texas say three people died in an apparent double-murder suicide after an eight-hour, overnight standoff with authorities. US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison kicks off campaign for Texas governor in her native Gulf CoastGALVESTON, Texas — The senior senator from Texas is taking aim at the state’s longest serving governor in a race expected to divide the Republican Party. Texas considers 55-mile ‘Ike Dike’ to protect the coast from floodingGALVESTON, Texas — It has been dubbed the “Ike Dike” — a 55-mile barrier, 17 feet high, that would be built along the Texas Gulf Coast to fend off the sort of devastating flooding inflicted by last year’s Hurricane Ike. Galveston police baffled after 30 palm trees torched in 2 months; reward offeredGALVESTON, Texas — Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months. Texas 16-year-old charged in accidental shooting death of her 12-year-old sisterGALVESTON, Texas — A 16-year-old Texas girl faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in what investigators say was the accidental shooting death of her 12-year-old sister. Galveston heads into 2009 hurricane season still rebuilding from Ike’s devastationGALVESTON, Texas — Another hurricane season is the last thing Galveston wants to think about after last year’s devastation from Hurricane Ike. Fire destroys 60 condos at Galveston, Texas, beachfront development damaged by Hurricane IkeGALVESTON, Texas — A fire has destroyed at least 60 condos in a Galveston, Texas, beachfront development that was being rebuilt after being damaged by Hurricane Ike. Galveston, Texas, beachfront condo development on fire; being rebuilt after Hurricane IkeGALVESTON, Texas — Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at a waterfront condo development that was damaged last year when Hurricane Ike struck Galveston, Texas. 50 years of federal court oversight ends; judge rules Texas city’s schools are desegregatedGALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge has ruled that the Galveston public school system is desegregated, ending a civil rights lawsuit that was initiated in 1959. 50 years of federal court oversight ends; judge rules Galveston schools are desegregatedGALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Galveston school district is desegregated, ending a civil rights lawsuit initiated in 1959. |