A Texas man convicted of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend decades ago has become the first person executed in the U.S. this year. Charles Victor Thompson received ...

The festive sound of a brass band filled air in downtown Galveston Saturday as members of the Krewe of Thalasar hit the streets for their kick-off to the Mardi Gras ...

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips GOP-held Texas state Senate seat in special election for district Trump handily won in 2024.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet ...

Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Images of the preschooler in a ...

Judge orders US to release father and 5-year-old taken into custody during Minnesota immigration crackdown.

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Images of the preschooler in a ...

We ran into a couple of folks who knew me while we were fishing. One of them caught them early that morning on live shrimp. The other had fished a ...

Police on Saturday were investigating the shooting death of a man about 2:45 a.m. in the 100 block of Oak Street near FM 1765.

With air temperatures in the low 40s and a brisk breeze making it feel more than ten degrees colder, dozens of brave swimmers leaped Saturday into the frigid waters of ...

After decades of silence, Mardi Gras returned to Galveston in 1985. Philanthropists Cynthia and George Mitchell helped spark a revival rooted in tradition and built for the future.