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LAKE JACKSON — Brazoria County showed its pride with a family-friendly festival filled with bouncy houses, food, animals, family and, of course, rainbows, all celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.
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The Danbury and Freeport 9U all-stars played in the loser's bracket of the District 18 Little League baseball tournament Saturday at Farmer Field in West Columbia. Danbury won, 15-2.
Freeport building issues, Lake Jackson contract renewals and Oyster Creek game room permit will come before elected officials this week.
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Freeport building issues, Lake Jackson contract renewals and Oyster Creek game room permit will come before elected officials this week.
Approximately 6,000 to 7,000 people were on Surfside Beach during the Kappa Beach Party, Police Chief William Moncier said, leaving property damage, multiple traffic accidents and a life flight ambulance call in their wake.
A warning about a “mass gathering” on Facebook from the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office has drawn a lot of attention, causing some locals to brace for possible traffic issues, business disruptions and even violence.
People came en masse Saturday to start Memorial Day weekend to take advantage of what the Surfside beaches had to offer. Beachgoers were lined up side to side all down the beach for fishing, sunbathing or just playing in the water.
The BCFA Auto and Bike Show Swap Meet brought classic, modern and custom rides Saturday to the Brazoria County Fairgrounds in Angleton. The free event supporting the fair association had a car show, live music and food trucks.
The Brazos Brick Club wrapped up its History in Bricks event Saturday at the Brazoria County Historical Museum. Guests could come and view historical Lego re-creations, build their own masterpieces and take a Lego building class.
Cancer is a relentless enemy. Even with recent advances we have seen in oncology treatments, over 600,000 Americans will die of it this year. And more than 41,000 of those deaths — more than double the population of Plainview, to put it in perspective — will occur in Texas. The evidence tell…
FREEPORT — Football has been a part of Mark Kanipes’ life for more than a half-century. Now, the coach is looking to hang up his headset.
This year’s Facts’ superlatives built on their previous seasons to be the best in their positions for the 2022 football season.
This year’s Facts’ first-team offensive selections will feature 12 players, 11 on offense and a special teams specialist. Eleven of the 12 selections are seniors, with Iowa Colony sophomore Jacody Miles being the lone underclassman.
West Columbia 9U Little League played Boling in a District 18 tournament game Saturday at Galloway Field in West Columbia. The maroon and white team beat Boling, 7-5.
Danbury and Sweeny 9U baseball teams competed Friday to open the District 18 tournament at Farmer Field in West Columbia. Sweeny won the game, 14-1.
We count and measure lots of things these days by the dozen. Walking along the isles of our grocery store, there is a cooler filled with boxes of 12 eggs, and the florist, looking for something to please your sweety on one of her many special days, a bouquet of 12 beautiful red roses all wrapped and ready to take home.
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Wanting to vamp up a piece of their building, the Manvel Public Library recruited eight Manvel High School art students to paint a colorful mural filled with whimsical creatures.
The Texas coast is mostly without natural forest cover. Where it is not cultivated, it is largely coastal prairie with fresh and brackish marshes in the lower areas. Most remaining coastal prairie is used to graze cattle. This open terrain is broken only by groves dominated by coastal live oak.
As it turned out, both orders intended for Col. James Walker Fannin were to arrive much too late to make any difference in the outcome. On the day before either of them was written, Fannin had withdrawn his troops to Goliad, where he would spend most of the time until March 19, occupied by reinforcing the old Spanish fort there.
Clifford Michael Fletcher, 65, of Lake Jackson passed away peacefully on Monday, May 29, 2023, in Houston, Texas.
ames McLaren II was born January 24, 1949, and went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 25, 2023, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with Pancreatic cancer.
Scott Bradley Patterson, 53, of Richwood, Texas passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in his home.
Kay Bandy Koneschik Scarcella, 82, of Danbury, Texas, went to her heavenly home on May 30, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones.
John Travis “Jacko” Garrett Jr., peacefully left this earth on May 30, 2023, to join his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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