Fire raged in the unincorporated town of Demi-John Sunday, as two houses were almost entirely reduced to ash and a third was consumed until only about half of it remained, hanging open over Bastrop Bayou.
Meetings scheduled for this week include regular sessions for Angleton City Council and Brazoria County commissioners, and special sessions for Jones Creek, Sweeny, West Columbia and Columbia-Brazoria ISD.Â
Some police departments across the United States say that they’re having to reduce services and patrols due to fuel prices. Locally, departments are saying that they do not have any plans to do so in their communities.
A mandated training for elementary teachers became appealing with the offer of a $500 stipend for finishing a 12-month Reading Academy.
FREEPORT — Ray Garivey’s resignation as Freeport police chief on Wednesday followed a complaint from The Facts that he had acted unprofessionally toward a non-city employee on multiple occasions.
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The Sienna Villas apartment complex received a ribbon-cutting event as members of the General Land Office, the company behind the property and city officials gathered to celebrate what they see as a significant improvement in the availability of housing in Freeport.
The Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce invites people to shop til they drop this week with their new Shop Local Program.
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Freeport LNG exempts cyber issues as the cause for the recent explosion although no verifiable reasons are given.
 Almost 200 years of history will be presented at the second annual Fort Velasco Day by the Freeport Historical Museum.
 Fire departments are still in the process of controlling the fire from Seabreeze Landfill almost a day after it started.
Police Chief Ray Garivey was the subject of a closed-door executive session with the Freeport City Council Monday night and has now turned in a letter of resignation.
The priesthood can sometimes be quite a nomadic life, but Father James F. Lynes Jr. of St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in Clute found the calling to stay right where he belonged.
Seabreeze Landfill remained operational after the early morning fire that took multiple fire departments over nine hours to fight.
After over 30 years at BASF, the Sr. Vice President, Chris Witte will retire and he’s already named his successor.
Public hearing granted on Bastrop Bayou plan
Public Meeting Updates 06-22-22
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With a focus on archeology, the site is re-opening to not just inform people who want to learn about the history of Texas, but to have opportunities for those who want to get in the mix and take to the field.Â
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 Brazoswood's Rocket Team, the Goddard, is hoping to blast off as they travel to launch their rocket for the first time later this week.
The CDC figures show a case rate of 226.85 per 100,000 people in the population with a 1.3 percent average for hospital admissions. Only 1.8 percent of staffed inpatient beds currently show as being used by patients with confirmed COVID-19.
FREEPORT — The City Council had a lengthy public hearing about an ordinance on commercial building inspections, with the crux of the discussion hinging on two things — the timeframe and circumstances that would trigger an inspection and whether local business owners had been given proper tim…
As temperatures reach over 100 degrees, four community service organizations have collaborated for citizens of Brazoria County to have cooling stations.
After the elections of early May, the makeup of the Brazosport ISD Board of Trustees will look awfully familiar to the people of the school district.
ANGLETON — More than 10 fire departments were called out to an early morning fire at the Seabreeze Landfill.
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Last week marked the return of Bird Camp, the Gulf Coast Observatory’s annual summer program that educates young Brazoria County residents ages eight to eleven about the nature that surrounds them.
SWEENY — A San Bernard River bridge is being prepared for closure, leaving residents having to detour the long way around.
An interlocal agreement between Angleton, Clute and Freeport for an animal service facility may be on the horizon.
Two boaters were saved by the Coast Guard over the weekend after their boat was disabled and floated adrift.
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