Overall the county is looking at certified taxable values of $42,753,541,027 compared to last year's $36,012,619,008, said Brazoria County Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Marcel Pierel. This is causing several towns to look at their current property tax rates.Â
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SARGENT — A 32-year-old West Columbia woman who was charged with murder in the death of her 4-year-old son was using methamphetamines at the time of the incident, authorities said.
A tropical storm formed quickly in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and came ashore near Freeport, leading Brazoria County officials to warn of heavy rainfall that could cause flash flooding over the next couple days.
When a significant storm strikes, homeowners can be traumatized a second time by the often slow, cumbersome process of filing insurance claims and making repairs.
Felicha Jones' passion for improving the lives of children caused her to start her own nonprofit organization, the Smart Scholars Foundation.
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As Hurricane Harvey’s destructive rains barreled down on her house, Rita Ellerd remembers stepping onto her back porch and seeing her own reflection in the water as the lake rose higher and higher in her backyard. Two years later, she, like many, is still reeling from Harvey’s effects.
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Thanks to some weekend showers, Brazoria County is not among the 101 counties statewide whose residents are currently under a burn ban, county officials said.
Officials with the Toshiba America Nuclear Energy corporation — a U.S. wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba corporation — announced Thursday plans to withdraw from a project to build two additional advanced boiling water reactor units at the South Texas Project’s Matagorda County site.
Local U.S. missionary Kenneth Danforth, Jr. is still missing after a boat carrying him and five other men capsized off the coast of Tanzania more than a week ago.
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 As the Houston Astros crept closer to clinching their first World Series berth since 2005 with a Game 7 win Saturday night against the New York Yankees, fans began to arrive at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Lake Jackson.
Data compiled by the Associated Press show Texas governments and nonprofits should expect that FEMA will deny some of their reimbursement requests stemming from Hurricane Harvey.
BAY CITY — Police have charged three teenagers with murder in the death of 17-year-old Devin Lee Davalos, whose body was pulled from the Brazos River in Lake Jackson last week.
A dark day is coming for Brazoria County, but there's no need to worry. It's just a total solar eclipse, a celestial quirk that will block the sun and dim the day all across the width of the United States on Monday.
Officials at a Matagorda County power plant have taken immediate action to correct a low-level security violation, the man tasked with finding those violations said Thursday.
Calls handled by local law enforcement.
Most of Brazoria County experienced rain, tornado warnings and flood advisories throughout the day. The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office received a call about a funnel cloud touchdown near FM 2611 and CR 659, southwest of Jones Creek.
The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office started receiving calls about a possible tornado touching down at about 9 a.m. Tuesday, Lt. Varon Snelgrove said. Most of the damage occurred in the western part of the county, which included downed trees as well as harm to roofs and the siding of trailer homes.Â
House Speaker Joe Straus announced assignments to all House committees Thursday. In addition to Speaker Pro Tem and Ways and Means chairmanship, it will be the first time Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, will serve on the Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee which he hopes to use as a springboard to promote the community.
Local elected officials are remaining positive despite lawmakers having almost $3 billion less to spend in the upcoming biennium than they did two years ago.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is set to start construction sometime in April or May on the concrete bridge which will replace the pontoon swing bridge on FM 457 over the Gulf Intercostal Waterway (GIWW), Matagorda County Judge Nate McDonald said.
Images from National Night Out events across Brazoria County
It's that time of the year again — pumpkin spice everything is everywhere.
Sweeny Police Chief John Barnard said multiple men cashed fake payroll checks using fake identification cards at the Stewart’s Food Store in town about a month ago.
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