Galveston Crime Log

More than 200 spectators lined the beach near 45th Street Thursday in Galveston to watch five sea turtles be released into the Gulf of Mexico.

Officers reported finding 12 grams of methamphetamine, 44 grams of marijuana and 4.2 grams of Xanax, authorities said.

The students were transported to a Galveston hospital with injuries that didn't appear to be life-threatening, officials said.

The arrest stems from a hit-and-run on Broadway in late February, police said.

An argument between two men escalated into a deadly stabbing, police allege.

Police secured a murder charge against Sean O’ Connor Fitzgerald, 29, shortly after his father, Craig Fitzgerald, 65, was found dead at a residence in the 8000 block of Seawall

Gino Jett Weedman-Sosa, 29, who earlier this year pleaded guilty to strangling a relative, was charged Saturday after being accused of dousing a woman with an unknown flammable liquid, police

The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office has tasked six investigators with determining how the crash happened when a Texas City officer responded to a call for assistance from the La Marque

Council Thursday will discuss the merits of dividing the redevelopment authority to better address the island's affordable-housing shortage.

The man jumped from a high structure over the water and hit his head, leaving him unconscious, according to reports.

A 72-year-old man died and a 31-year-old woman was critically injured in crash that occurred in La Marque involving a Texas City police vehicle.

The woman was taken to the University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy Hospital. Police Monday didn't have information about her condition.

The Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force executed warrants about 8 a.m. in 1000 block of 11 1/2 Street, seizing a wide array of drugs, authorities said.

The police department received a welfare check request about 9:30 a.m. Monday for a man who had not shown up for work, officials said.

Hot spots remaining from the first fire caused the reignition, Chief David Zacherl said.

State Sen. Mayes Middleton files a bill to eradicate the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and force private insurers to take its place.

People living near a $10 million construction project at the Galveston-Port Bolivar Ferry landing say they're being shaken and stirred.

On a cold and blustery St. Patrick’s Day, fourth-year medical students and their families packed into the Health Education Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on

The lawsuit asserts Lowry is the representative of an unknown number of La Marque residents who have been subject to “political discrimination” and also deserve damages, according to court records.

Community members and lighthouse advocates are devising a plan to bring a new lighthouse to the South Shore Harbour.