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Communities
Uncle charged after pregnant girl punched
BACLIFF — A registered sex offender was charged with punching his pregnant 14-year-old niece in the stomach Friday night.
March 14, 2010 - Bacliff
New Chevy ads to feature Ike rebuilding
BAYOU VISTA — Galveston County locations will serve as the backdrop for a new ad campaign for the truck maker.
January 31, 2010 - Bayou Vista
FAA probes beachgoers’ reports of low-flying plane
CRYSTAL BEACH — The FAA is investigating multiple complaints of a private aircraft accused of flying 50 feet above a group of Jeep enthusiast.
March 17, 2010 - Bolivar
Debt-free deal struck on town center project
CLEAR LAKE SHORES — The city’s town center project will move forward without borrowed money that initially was proposed to help fund the project.
February 09, 2010 - Clear Lake Shores
Scaffolding collapses; two seriously injured
DICKINSON — Two construction workers were seriously injured when the scaffolding they were working on collapsed outside a shopping center.
February 17, 2010 - Dickinson
Man in wig, fishnet shorts holds up bank
FRIENDSWOOD — A man dressed as a woman clad in fishnet shorts and brandishing a pistol robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on Thursday afternoon.
March 19, 2010 - Friendswood
National lab official faces assault charge
GALVESTON — The scientific director of Galveston National Laboratory is accused of shoulder-bumping a bar owner after an alleged violation of the city’s smoking ordinance.
March 19, 2010 - Galveston
Ranchers indicted on fraud charges
HIGH ISLAND — Six ranchers are accused by federal prosecutors of falsely claiming that more than 500 head of cattle washed away in Hurricane Rita.
August 20, 2009 - High Island
Kennelly named police chief in Hitchcock
HITCHCOCK — City commissioners selecting a new police chief voted Tuesday to stick with the guy already on the job.
February 24, 2010 - Hitchcock
Beach toddler suddenly dies from seizure
KEMAH — Mercy Beach, the youngest child of a Kemah family featured on the ABC Network’s reality TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” died Sunday.
March 17, 2010 - Kemah
2 killed in rollover
LA MARQUE — Police said they suspect alcohol and speed contributed to a deadly crash in which a young couple was thrown from a pickup.
March 18, 2010 - La Marque
Stevens drops bid for LC council
LEAGUE CITY —Chris Stevens has dropped his bid for city council, endorsing Joanna Sharp Dawson for Position 7.
March 19, 2010 - League City
Web site lists hazardous train cargo in real time
SANTA FE — A Web-based system gives first responders real-time access to railroad manifests to learn whether derailed cars were hauling hazardous material.
March 14, 2010 - Santa Fe
Presidential honor for Deer Island project
TIKI ISLAND — A project to protect Deer Island, a bird nesting site, from erosion won a presidential environmental award.
December 03, 2009 - Tiki Island
3 jailed after high-speed chase to Houston
TEXAS CITY — What started out as an attempted car-jacking turned into a high-speed chase that ended in south Houston, police said.
March 18, 2010 - Texas City
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