Council members voted 5-2 to adopt a tax rate of about $0.416 per $100 of valuation, which city staff expect to generate roughly the same amount of revenue the city collected this year. Councilmen Alex Porretto and Jason Hardcastle voted…
government
Is Pier Galveston’s 19 holding up — or is it due for a major overhaul? That’s the question on Galveston’s working waterfront, where some business owners and tenants who work these docks every day say the pier is in serious need of attention. They’re pointing to worn boards, uneve...
News
The man accused of shooting and killing two people in North Harris County earlier this week made his first court appearance Wednesday morning, where a judge ordered him held without bond....
News
Salaries charged to a restricted street maintenance fund, declining sales tax revenue and rising costs left the city facing a general fund shortfall this year that forced staffing and spending cuts....
Local
Councilman Alex Porretto, who worked with the Sidney Sherman Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to highlight the monument’s history and importance, believes the city has a responsibility to preserve the 75-foot monument on Broadway....
safety
Friendswood police arrested Suchit Patel at a residence in the 13900 block of Manobrook Court around 2:30 a.m. Patel’s bond was set at $10 million, and police placed an immigration detainer on him to transfer him to U.S. Immigration and…...
business
Santa Fe VFW Post 5400 is working to reopen, recruit a new generation of veterans and restore its role as a gathering place and source of support for the broader community....
safety
A lieutenant with the campus police department said a welfare check for a person from outside the county was “blown out of proportion” after a report stated the person was known to carry a firearm....
