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Island writer nominated as Poet Laureate

GALVESTON — Jim Boone has garnered a nomination as U.S. Poet Laureate. He does not expect to be awarded the title, but he’ll gladly take the role of a footnote.

Jury gives 84 years
for killing grandmother

GALVESTON — A jury sentenced Cheretta Smith, 20, to 84 years in prison on Friday. Smith pleaded guilty to murder in the Feb. 12, 2010, slaying of her grandmother, Theretta Gayden Miller, 57, who was found dead in the Texas City home she shared with Smith. Smith admitted to stabbing her grandmother twice, although prosecutors say she hit her grandmother on the head with a candleholder three times and stabbed her four times in the stomach.
Published January 13, 2012
Tornado damage closes mall

Published January 09, 2012
Judges carry courtroom caroling
tradition

Published December 22, 2011
Cockfighting allegations lead to arrest

Published December 15, 2011
Police release video of armed robbery suspect

Published December 12, 2011
Broadway lights synchronized

Published December 12, 2011
League City teen releases Christmas tune

Published December 12, 2011
Video helps residents recognize city employees

Published December 05, 2011
Waterline rupture forms sinkhole

Published August 31, 2011
Police search for cigarette truck hijacker

Published August 30, 2011
Miss the outlet mall event? Watch this

Published August 30, 2011
Heat, drought buckles Seawall Blvd.

Published August 29, 2011
Historic railcars for sale

Published August 28, 2011
Van strikes man, sinks in canal

Published August 27, 2011
UTMB to build new Jennie Sealy hospital

Published August 25, 2011
Keeping Galveston beautiful

Published August 23, 2011
Crash sends car into law office

Published August 12, 2011
Jogger finds 55 pounds of cocaine

Published August 02, 2011
Army couple gets hitched by county judge

Published August 01, 2011
Snakebite victim rescued from manhole

Published July 25, 2011
Resident hurt in downtown loft fire

Published July 21, 2011
Protesters picket at Port of Galveston

Published July 21, 2011
Tanning bed catches salon on fire

Published July 20, 2011
Car flips off freeway into marsh

Published July 19, 2011
SUV crashes through motel room

Published July 18, 2011
Grandchildren remember historical home

Published July 14, 2011
Fire damages La Marque house

Published July 13, 2011
Video and more: Shuttle era nears end

Published July 08, 2011
Boy, 5, drowns at Texas City Dike

Published July 07, 2011
High-speed chase ends in crash

Published July 07, 2011
Putting it all on the line

Published July 05, 2011