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Galveston firefighters battled a blaze Friday at the city’s recycling center in the 700 block of 61st Street. Firefighters responed to the call at 11:27 a.m. and quickly brought it under control. The fire started in a pile of discarded appliances and metal. There were n

Galveston firefighters battled a blaze Friday at the city’s recycling center in the 700 block of 61st Street. Firefighters responed to the call at 11:27 a.m. and quickly brought it under control. The fire started in a pile of discarded appliances and metal. There were n facebook....

facebook.comSep 18, 2026

Texas City Commission finalizes hiring of police chief

The vote came during the commission’s Wednesday meeting at the Charles T. Doyle Convention Center. Pope’s employment agreement takes effect Saturday and provides an initial annual salary of $168,000....

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 17, 2026

Texas City tightens license plate reader access

Interim Police Chief James Patterson ordered an extensive review of the technology earlier this summer, according to the department. The review resulted in disciplinary action against a civilian employee for a policy violation and an ongoing investigation into possible misuse…...

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 17, 2026

Gold scams continue, Friendswood police fight back

Friendswood police traveled to California on Sept. 9 to execute warrants for Daman Preet Singh, 35, of Riverside, California, who was arrested that day, and Mandeep Singh, 40, of Los Angeles, who was arrested Thursday, police said Tuesday. Both were…...

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 15, 2026

False gunpoint report draws Galveston police response, felony charge

Officers were dispatched about 6:54 a.m. to the 2200 block of 71st Street after receiving a call from a woman who reported that a man was holding her at gunpoint, police spokesman Kurt Koopmann said. The caller then hung up,…...

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 14, 2026

Facing a deficit, Dickinson OKs budget with many cuts

With less than a month until the start of the next fiscal year, council members agreed to cut six public works positions, reduce a proposed raise for police and dispatch employees, funded only six months of animal services and killed…...

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 11, 2026

College of the Mainland opens public safety training

The college’s new more than 50,000-square-foot complex houses an outdoor training tower and pad, storage bays for emergency response training vehicles and a 50-yard indoor shooting range. The project was funded as part of a $250 million bond package voters…...

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 10, 2026

Houston man gets 10 years after puppy was hung by neck in animal cruelty case

A Houston man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to animal cruelty in a case involving an undernourished puppy that was hung by its neck, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 1. Carrick Green, 44, was arrested in 2025 after deputies said he hu...

Click2Houston KPRC2Sep 9, 2026

Grand jury to review fatal shooting at Memorial Hermann hospital ER

A Harris County grand jury will decide whether a Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital security guard faces charges in the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man inside the emergency room over the weekend. RELATED: Man shot by hospital security officer after pulling knife at Memor...

Click2Houston KPRC2Sep 8, 2026

Former Texas City police captain selected as city’s next chief

Clayton Pope, who spent more than 18 years with the Texas City Police Department before joining the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, has been selected for the position, city officials announced Tuesday....

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 8, 2026

Fifth Circuit grants police immunity in Santa Fe fire-ant case

Civil rights attorney Randall Kallinen, who represents Taylor Rogers, told reporters Friday outside a federal courthouse on Rusk Street that the Fifth Circuit’s decision was an out-of-touch ruling against the public....

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 4, 2026

Amazon driver wellness check turns into chase

At about 8 p.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to Boddeker Road on the island’s east end after police were notified that an Amazon employee hadn’t returned to the facility, Chief Doug Balli told The Daily News....

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 1, 2026

Death of woman found on seawall was suicide, police said

The Galveston Police Department received a report of a body at 8:55 a.m., prompting officers to respond to Seawall Boulevard at 75th Street. Police closed all three eastbound lanes of Seawall Boulevard while they investigated....

Galveston County Daily NewsSep 1, 2026

Past police data misuse shapes Galveston Flock debate

The officers’ terminations came up during an Aug. 27 Galveston City Council meeting about Flock Safety cameras, when Police Chief Doug Balli cited the misuse to illustrate what his department is trying to prevent with the camera system....

Galveston County Daily NewsAug 31, 2026

Bacliff postal employee charged with mail theft in League City

Officers arrested Richard Ybanez, 46, about 3:20 p.m. in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 1600 block of West League City Parkway. He was being held at the League City Jail on a $5,000 bond as of…...

Galveston County Daily NewsAug 20, 2026

Fentanyl-laced pills seized in drug raid near Texas City schools

Jahml Eugene McDonald was arrested after members of the Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force executed a search warrant Tuesday at a home in the 1200 block of Appomattox Drive, near College of the Mainland and local schools....

Galveston County Daily NewsAug 20, 2026

Texas Gulf Seafood building in Galveston still smoldering

Galveston Fire Department arrived at the smoking ruins on Pier Seven in Port of Galveston about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, but piles of twisted metal limited firefighters’ ability to knock down the fire’s remnants, Chief Mike Varela said....

Galveston County Daily NewsAug 19, 2026