Celebration Key has five themed portals that offer island-style fun, relaxation and adventures. It's home to a mile-long white sand beach and freshwater lagoons.

The Battleship Texas Foundation and the Port of Galveston have reached a critical, though unglamorous, stage in securing the World War I-era vessel’s long-term berth at Pier 15. The saga has now been going on for going on for almost three years, but its final chapter could begin as soon as next week.

At age 19, Purdy was given a less than 2 percent chance of survival after contracting meningococcal meningitis, a rare and life-threatening bacterial infection. She spent weeks in a medically

Travelers sailing out Galveston will soon have a new tropical getaway option for their itinerary as Carnival Cruise Line open its own private island in the Bahamas.

A little further south, the Independence Day flooding in the Hill Country spurred unpleasant flashbacks for residents of Dickinson, who in August 2017 saw some of the Houston area's worst flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Mayor Travis Magliolo said watching what happened along the Guadalupe River had reawakened "old scars" for many residents.

A Bacliff man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after shooting a man during an altercation in the parking lot of a bar last year.