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Chambers County

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Pamela Leggett Used eBay to Make 122 Homemade Bombs

    A Chambers County woman has pleaded guilty to owning 122 illegal homemade bombs she assembled with ingredients bought on eBay, the U.S. Attorney's Office says. Pamela Leggett, 31, was arrested after a dramatic confrontation at her Anahuac home in which a cop was killed and her husband, who had done ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    KHOU's Brad Woodard Enjoys On-Air Cigarette While Covering Fire

    KHOU's Brad Woodard was covering a Chambers County wildfire oil fire Friday, and if there's one thing you need when you're in a smoke-infested atmosphere, it's a cigarette. So naturally he lit one up while waiting to do his live spot. He forgot one key thing, though: Get rid of the cig before the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Stephone Taylor: Mayor Steals Town's Lawnmower

    Mayor Stephone Taylor IS the lawnmower man​A former small-town Texas official's crime spree may have finally come to an end: Former Anahuac City Administrator Stephone Taylor, currently the mayor of Ringgold, Louisiana, has "pleaded no contest in Anahuac, Texas, to theft by a public servant." Cha ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Life, Post-Ike: The Comeback Kid

    Without as much to lose as Galveston, Bolivar surges ahead in its recovery.

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Life, Post-Ike

    One year later, Galveston residents like Marie Creasy have dug in for the long haul

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Searching for Hurricane Ike Victims

    Some may never be found.

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    The Search For Ike Victims In Galveston County Ends

    The job of looking for Ike victims in the debris piles and swamps of Galveston County -- a nasty, brutal job that drained the searchers both physically and emotionally -- is over.The county's second and final search for missing Ike victims ended recently with eight people from the Bolivar area still ... More >>

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    Hurricane Ike's Wake

    Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast struggle on in the storm's aftermath

  • Music

    December 25, 2008

    Santa Baby

    What a few musicians want under their trees this year

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Another One Done Gone: RIP Pete Mayes

    L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    The Pollution Hits Keep Coming

    L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Number Of "Missing" Ike Victims May Be Cut In Half

    L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Over the Weekend: Avant Garden, Silver Jews, High Island, Oak Island and Galveston

    L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2008

    Video of Oak Island After Hurricane Ike

    L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Chambers County Smacked by Hurricane Ike

    L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    It Turns Out Those Old Folks Won't Drown

    L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2006

    Gator Aid

    Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, alligators are everywhere in southeast Texas. So now the state is going to make it easier for you to shoot you one.

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Total Contempt

    He cheated a family out of $120,000. It took four years in jail to make him the victim.

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Attention Deficit

    Kristen Turner was supposed to have a better, safer life while in CPS custody, so how did the 14-year-old end up in the hospital?

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Screwed!

    Robert Casey told on Constable Perry Wooten. Wooten fired him. Now Casey and two other people are suing to get their jobs back.

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    Drug Money

    Narcotics task forces in Texas spend millions of dollars each year busting low-level users and dealers. Is it money well spent, or are officers just addicted to easy cash?

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Up To Date on '98

    Narcotics task forces in Texas spend millions of dollars each year busting low-level users and dealers. Is it money well spent, or are officers just addicted to easy cash?

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Semi-Safe

    Pasadena police wanted bad trucks off the road. Then big-rig politics wrecked their plans.

  • Music

    September 17, 1998

    Consummate Gentleman

    Pete Mayes, Houston blues' premier nice guy, finally gets busy

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    Waste Not, Want Not

    Local residents unite to fight the mountain of landfill trash headed their way

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

    Local residents unite to fight the mountain of landfill trash headed their way

  • Calendar

    October 17, 1996

    Press Picks

    Local residents unite to fight the mountain of landfill trash headed their way

  • Calendar

    January 5, 1995

    Press Picks

    Local residents unite to fight the mountain of landfill trash headed their way

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