Galveston County Daily News
Daily News Mardi Gras Zany Golf Cart and Art Car Parade
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- Daily News Mardi Gras Zany Golf Cart and Art Car Parade
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- On Saturday, The Galveston County Daily News sponsored the Zany Golf Cart and Art Car parade as part of Mardi Gras Galveston 2014.
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- Video: Recap of Mardi Gras Galveston's first night
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Part 3 - Feb. 13 Galveston County Daily News forum
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- 1:01:41
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The candidates for County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 participated in a forum hosted by The Daily News. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/galveston-county
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- Part 1 Feb. 13 - Galveston County Daily News Forum
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- 33:12
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Candidates for Galveston County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 and County Commissioner Precinct 2 participated in the forum on Feb. 13 held at Santa fe High School. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/galveston-county
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- Part 2 - Feb. 13 Galveston County Daily News Forum
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- 53:07
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Candidates for Galveston County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 and County Commissioner Precinct 2 participated in the forum on Feb. 13 held at Santa fe High School. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/galveston-county
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- Galveston County Candidate Forum County Court 2 and County Court 3
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- 1:02:05
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- On Feb. 6, the Galveston County Daily News held a forum featuring the candidates for Galveston County Court No. 2 and County Court No. 3. Video courtesy of The City of League City. For more on the race go to http://www.galvestondailynews.com/
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- Galveston County Daily News Candidate Forum - County Judge
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- 53:43
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- On Feb. 6, the Galveston County Daily News held a forum featuring the candidates for Galveston County Judge Mark Henry — the incumbent — and his challenger Michelle Hatmaker. Both are seeking the Republican nomination for the office. Video courtesy of The City of League City. For more on the race go to http://www.galvestondailynews.com/
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- Clear Springs opens 2014 playoffs with a win
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Clear Springs beat Fort Bend Travis 82-51 in the bi-district round of the girls basketball 5A playoffs Tuesday in Pearland. Coach Pam Crawford talked about the victory after the game.
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- Galveston County Daily News Feb. 10 Forum Part 1
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- 3:00:00
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- On Feb. 10 the Galveston County Daily News hosted a forum featuring the candidates running for Justice of the Peace Pct. 1, Galveston County District Attorney and State Representative District 23. This is part 1 of the video. Read more about the forum and get to know the candidates at galvnews.com.
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- Galveston County Daily News Political Forum Part 2
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- 6:45
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- On Feb. 10 the Galveston County Daily News hosted a forum featuring the candidates running for Justice of the Peace Pct. 1, Galveston County District Attorney and State Representative District 23. This is part 2 of the video. Read more about the forum and get to know the candidates at galvnews.com.
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- Family escapes house fire — The Daily News
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A family of three escaped their burning, waterfront home during a late Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, fire that destroyed their canal home in Bayou Vista. A police officer helped the homeowner safely evacuate his dogs from the house, a fire official said. There were no injuries reported.
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- Fire damages pleasure craft — The Daily News
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Firefighters made quick work of a Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, blaze that damaged a roughly 25-foot pleasure craft docked at Payco Marine in Galveston. Firefighters reported no injuries. The cause remained under investigation.
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- Fire destroys resale shop — The Daily News
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A raging fire destroyed a resale shop in La Marque on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze at 505 Vauthier St. No injuries were reported.
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- Crews repair water main rupture — The Daily News
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Galveston's Public Works Department employees worked through the night to repair a ruptured water main in an alley near the 800 block of 13th Street on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Employee Phillip Sonnier, of Texas City, braved the cold water and dug his way to the shut-off valve, preventing crews from disrupting water service to the area and limiting it to just one residence. The crew remained on scene trying to return service to the affected residence.
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- Four tossed from Jeep on beach — The Daily News
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Four young adults were thrown from an open-top Jeep Wrangler while out for a joyride on an Galveston beach on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. None wore a seat belt, but they all escaped life threatening injuries, Galveston police said. Ambulances took the four occupants to the hospital.
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- Oil rig repair sparks fire — The Daily News
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Crews repairing an oil rig on Pelican Island cut through some electrical wires and sparked a blaze that sent smoke billowing from the rig on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. A strong wind from the north carried the smoke south, creating a thin haze over parts of downtown Galveston. Firefighters were attempting to extinguish the blaze. No injuries were reported and the fire was out Monday night.
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- Shrimp boat catches fire — The Daily News
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Galveston firefighters were called about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, to a report of a shrimp boat fire in the area of 18th Street at the bayside docks. They arrived to find the roughly 35-foot boat fully engulfed and made quick work of the blaze. Firefighters reported no injuries and that the cause of the blaze remained under investigation Wednesday evening.
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- Tenants displaced from fire — The Daily News
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Tenants escaped unscathed from a fire that damaged a single-story house in Galveston's East End. No injuries were reported from the early Wednesday morning blaze. One of the tenants attempted to put out the fire as Galveston firefighters were summoned. That tenant told The Daily News that wires were burning on the rear of the home. The cause of the blaze remained under investigation, a spokeswoman for the city of Galveston said.
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- Person trapped in I 45 wreck — The Daily News
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Firefighters rescued one person trapped in an SUV that crashed on Interstate 45 in Galveston on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 10, 2013, coming to rest somehow between the median guardrails. The injuries didn't appear life threatening. Police blocked traffic until the tow truck driver flipped the sport utility vehicle on the roadway and cleared the scene.
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- House goes up in flames — The Daily News
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Firefighters were busy Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2013, trying to extinguish a two-story blaze that mostly destroyed the abandoned structure in the 3200 block of Avenue L in Galveston.
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- 2013 Glamour for Grammar Fashion Show
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- 4:46
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The Galveston County Daily News 2013 Glamour for Grammar Fashion Show Supporting Newspapers in Education program
Sponsors DSW Homes - Kemah Boardwalk - College of the Mainland - Sign Quick- Aran Franklin Engineering
Filmed by: Huzu Production Edited by: Juan Lazo
www.glamourforgrammar.com
www.galvnews.com/nie
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- Bait camp owner offers reward for dog
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- The owner of Aunt Margie's bait camp in Galveston offered $500 for the safe return of his friendly pit bull, whose Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, disappearances was captured on the camp's video surveillance.
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- Traffic stop — The Daily News
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- 4:00
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Galveston police stopped a car Jan. 18, 2013, and charged the driver with first-time felony drug possession. A special prosecutor dismissed the case without a plea deal and without sending it to a grand jury; an opportunity the district attorney's office said would not be afforded others.
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- Fish kill litters beach — The Daily News
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Hundreds of dead fish lined a few spots of beachfront in Galveston on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, but the fish kill apparently subsided by late morning. Officials spent the morning hours removing dead Gulf menhaden from the shoreline at 61st and 37th streets. The cause of the fish kill was unknown, but it could be from low dissolved oxygen levels, an official said.
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- Residents escape apartment fire — The Daily News
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A woman and her boyfriend alerted their neighbors to a raging apartment fire, helping everyone escape unharmed. The Wednesday Sept. 4, 2013, blaze damaged eight units in one building, but electricity was cut to all seven buildings at Gulf Breeze apartments, 1727 Main St. in La Marque. Firefighters were investigating what caused the fire.
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- Man dies, 4 rescued from apartment fire — The Daily News
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- One man died, and firefighters and police helped rescued four people and two pets during an early Friday morning apartment fire in the 500 block of 21st Street in downtown Galveston. Firefighters contained the blaze to one apartment, and residents anticipated returning home later today. The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
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- Fatal plane crash — The Daily News
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A 67-year-old man from Santa Fe, Texas, died after his single-seat, ultralight plane crashed into a pond embankment in an open field on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, authorities said. It is unknown what caused the crash.
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- Search for missing boater — The Daily News
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Authorities on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, continued searching for a Houston boater presumed missing in Galveston's West Bay, after a good Samaritan on Wednesday found the man's boat going in circles with only his belongings and dog aboard.
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- Riflemen demonstrate on seawall — The Daily News
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Shawn from Galveston and Ethan from Santa Fe marched Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, along Galveston's Seawall Boulevard with AR-15 rifles strapped to their backs in support of the right to openly carry firearms. They would like to see more lenient open-carry laws and plan a march Aug. 25 in downtown Galveston. See more at www.galvnews.com. Come and take it on Facebook.
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- Tanker truck fire — The Daily News
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A tanker truck hauling molten sulfur caught fire Thursday, June 27, 2013, and stopped just south of the Galveston Causeway bridge. The truck was on the frontage road, but the thick, black smoke forced authorities to briefly close all six lanes of traffic until firefighters quickly put out the blaze. No injuries were reported. See www.galvnews.com for more.
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- Family escapes house fire — The Daily News
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A family of 10 escaped a fire that severely damaged their home Thursday, May 23, 2013. When firefighters arrived in the 3400 block of Ball Street, they found flames engulfing the home. No injuries were reported. Firefighters also worked to save adjoining structures.
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- Judge bonds out of jail — The Daily News
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Judge Christopher Dupuy, of Galveston County Court at Law No. 3, was arrested Wednesday, May 22, 2013, on two felony and six misdemeanor charges of obstruction or retaliation, official oppression and abuse of official capacity. He posted a $19,000 bond and was released from the county jail. A lawsuit was also filed Wednesday seeking his removal from the bench.
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- Why the Citizens for Space Exploration go to DC
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- David Braun with the Citizens for Space Exploration talks about the group's 22nd annual trip to Washington to advocate for NASA funding.
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- The star of NASA Johnson Style video
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- 4:14
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Eric Sim is a student from North Carolina State University. He has worked as a co-op student at Johnson Space Center but is famous for something else. Go to galvnews.com/space to learn more.
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- Fire damages home — The Daily News
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A kitchen fire, possibly started from a coffee pot, severely damaged a house Thursday night in Galveston. A resident told The Daily News she came home from the grocery store and started a pot of decaf. She left but returned shortly thereafter, finding thick, black smoke throughout the home. A Galveston fire official reported three people were displaced, but no one was injured. A pet cat, however, remained missing.
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- 2013 Police Memorial — The Daily News
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Law enforcement officers from across Galveston County gathered at Dickinson City Hall to honor the 29 police officers killed while on duty since 1873.
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- Amber Alert cancelled — The Daily News
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Galveston police on Thursday night, May 2, found two teenage girls safe after they were the subject of an Amber Alert issued in Llano County. Police had two men detained at a Seawall Boulevard motel Thursday night. The girls were to be taken to a hospital for an evaluation, police said.
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- Relative reacts to verdict — The Daily News
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Deborah Ray Holst reacts Tuesday, April 30, 2013, to the capital murder conviction of Bartholomew Granger, who faces either life in prison without parole or the death penalty in the March 14, 2012, shootings outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont, Texas. Minnie Ray Sebolt, Holst's mother, died in a hail of gunfire.
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- Girl rescued from Gulf — The Daily News
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A nurse from Lawrence, Kan., was on vacation and fishing in Galveston when she heard a teenage girl screaming for help in the surf beneath the 61st St. pier. The nurse and the girl's relative used a lifesaver ring and rope to help hoist the teen out of the water and onto the pier. The girl, a Canadian, was apparently swimming with her brother when the current carried them against a rock groin. The boy suffered only cuts while climbing out on the rocks.
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- Robbery caught on camera
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Galveston police asked for help identifying four men, who were caught on camera and accused of robbing a store, 2203 45th St., and pistol-whipping the clerk about 11:50 p.m. Tue., April 23, 2013.
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- Courthouse shooting trial
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Defendant Bartholomew Granger enters the Galveston Justice Center courtroom on Monday ahead of day-one of testimony in Granger's capital murder trial in which prosecutors seek the death penalty in connection with the March 14, 2012, deadly shooting outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. The trial was moved to Galveston. Granger pleaded not guilty before the jury.
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- Courthouse shooting trial
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Defendant Bartholomew Granger and his attorneys enter the Galveston Justice Center courtroom on Monday ahead of day-one of testimony in Granger's capital murder trial in which prosecutors seek the death penalty in connection with the March 14, 2012, deadly shooting outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. The trial was moved to Galveston. Granger pleaded not guilty before the jury.
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- Curtis Stone at Tanger Outlets
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Celeb chef Curtis Stone at Tanger Outlets in Texas City.
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- Shooting turns fatal
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- La Marque police officers investigate a Saturday, April 13, 2013, shooting that turned fatal.
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- Police pull man from roof
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Galveston police went to the roof of a cotton warehouse to detain a shirtless, shoeless man who was dangling his legs from a scupper. The man was apparently not charged.
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- Woman dies in fiery crash
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- A woman was killed in a fiery, two-car collision that also injured two others and damaged two parked cars.
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- Pardon sought for Jack Johnson
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- 3:02
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- A relative of Jack Johnson, a Galveston native and the first African-American heavyweight boxing champ, celebrated Sunday what would have been her great, great uncle's 135th birthday at the park bearing his statue and named in his honor. The celebration urged U.S. President Barack Obama to grant Johnson a posthumous pardon for his 1912 arrest and conviction under the Mann Act.
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- USS Stewart artifacts
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- 3:20
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Two graduate students from Texas Tech University are cataloging artifacts aboard the USS Stewart, a destroyer escort available for tours at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas. The artifacts could one day be housed in a museum in honor of those who served on the U.S. Navy ship during World War II.
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- Sam's Club opens in La Marque, TX.
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- A 136,000-sq. foot Sam's Club opened in La Marque on March 21. Hundreds of people showed up to check out the new store. Read more at http://www.galvnews.com.
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- Infant in Amber Alert found safe
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- 3:18
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- An infant girl, who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued March 19, 2013, in Houston, was found safe in the bed of a Galveston motel room, and police say they've arrested a suspect in the case.
