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  • Galveston is revamping the island's east end following Hurricane Ike. The city is trying to lure more tourists back to the island
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  • After disrupting his trial several times with outbursts, Bartholomew Granger erupted in one final chaotic fit when a jury sentenced him to death
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  • A postal carrier discovered a homemade explosive device in a mailbox in Galveston, but no one was hurt
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  • Galveston police are investigating and believe they may be close to locating a suspect
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  • Bartholomew Granger called his case a "mockery of justice" and a "lynching" during a profanity-filled tirade that resulted in him being removed from court
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  • A policy change at a popular Galveston beach will mean swimmers and sunbathers will be allowed to use their own umbrellas
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  • Two men were arrested in Galveston Thursday night, accused of harboring two teenage girls from central Texas, which led to a statewide Amber Alert.
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  • A Houston man convicted of capital murder for a slaying during a shooting spree last year outside a Texas courthouse disrupted the punishment phase of his trial for the second straight day Thursday with an outburst
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  • Royal Caribbean International says it'll begin sailing seven-day western Caribbean cruises out of Galveston year-round.
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  • Bartholomew Granger erupted in a Galveston courtroom Wednesday morning, screaming, 'Where's the American justice for me!'
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  • A Houston man was convicted of capital murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a 79-year-old woman outside a Texas courthouse.
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  • Bartholomew Granger admitted Monday that he shot his daughter outside a Jefferson Co. courthouse, but he denied that he killed a bystander
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  • Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Bartholomew Granger, and his attorneys have not signaled how they plan to defend him
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  • Defense lawyers in the capital murder trial of a man charged with a fatal shooting outside a Southeast Texas courthouse last year will begin their case next week
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  • A former court clerk in Galveston who served time for assaulting his then-wife has been put on probation for threatening her with a gun.
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  • A U.S. sailor on Tuesday gave his two daughters a big surprise at a school in Galveston
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  • Petty Officer Sean Clare returned home after being away from his family for 8 months!
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  • Bartholomew Granger faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if he's convicted of capital murder in the killing of Minnie Ray Sebolt
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  • Bartholomew Granger, 42, testified in his own defense that he didnt shoot Minnie Ray Sebolt last March when he opened fire on his daughter outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in downtown Beaumont
  • Bartholomew Granger faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if he's convicted of capital murder in the killing of Minnie Ray Sebolt
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  • Our ABC13 Galveston Cam shot video of a shrimp boat that caught fire in the Galveston Ship Channel
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  • Three people have escaped from a shrimp boat that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico just off Galveston
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  • Galveston police said they knew the boat smashed against the rocks of a jetty and was taking on water, but the vessel's location was unknown
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  • Some of the hardest working athletes in the world were in Galveston this weekend for the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas Triathlon
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  • Clyde Hedrick
  • Detectives dug up the victim's body to confirm her case was a homicide. From there, the investigation led authorities to a suspect
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  • Clyde Hedrick
  • Detectives say he was always a suspect, but he was charged only after new forensic evidence revealed the victim's cause of death
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  • David M. Wieseckel and Linda S. Schwan
  • A Texas man and his wife have been arrested in Las Vegas amid allegations they forced his 9-year-old son at times to live in a locked wooden box
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  • Authorities were searching for a shipyard worker who was thrown into the water in strong winds that also tore a troubled Carnival cruise ship away from its mooring at an Alabama port.
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  • The crippled cruise ship whose sewage-filled breakdown in the Gulf of Mexico subjected thousands to horrendous conditions tore loose Wednesday from the dock where it's being repaired, lumbered downriver and crunched into a cargo ship
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  • Todd Nordahl
  • A man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy aboard a cruise ship remains in federal custody Wednesday
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  • Galveston plans to show the best of the strange stuff that washes up on its beaches.
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  • FEMA announced new rules that could have area residents seeing their flood insurance bills increase by as much as 25 percent
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  • FEMA announced new rules that could have area residents seeing their flood insurance bills increase by as much as 25 percent
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  • Aaron Rincon
  • A man is facing charges for allegedly driving his pickup on a Galveston causeway with a young boy in a car seat in the bed of the truck
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  • The vial contains a potentially deadly virus called Guanarito, but researchers say it doesn't pose a public health risk
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  • A vial containing a virus disappeared from a lab at UTMB last week and officials are trying to determine how it went missing.
  • A vial containing a virus disappeared from a lab at UTMB last week and officials are trying to determine how it went missing.
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  • Planning to go to the beach this summer? You may find you'll have to pay to park in Galveston
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  • Carnival has canceled 10 cruises out of Galveston, and vendors there say this will have a devastating effect on their businesses
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  • Carnival has canceled 10 cruises out of Galveston, and vendors there say this will have a devastating effect on their businesses
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  • A Southeast Texas library has asked the public for help in tracking the history of the first rail line to reach Galveston
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  • A popular tourist spot in Texas will get $58 million in upgrades including an interactive exhibit featuring cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants
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  • spring break is underway and for business owners on Galveston Island it's one of their busiest times of the year
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  • Spring Break is underway and for business owners on Galveston Island it's one of their busiest times of the year
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  • Months after a nine-year-old Galveston boy ran away from home, bringing allegations of abuse to light, charges have been filed in the case
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  • The USS Stewart was vandalized last month so they're cleaning the decommissioned Navy ship before its annual inspection
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  • Galveston police are warning residents of another scam targeting their city
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  • The USS Stewart was vandalized last month so they're cleaning the decommissioned Navy ship before its annual inspection on March 1
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  • A man who is a person of interest in the murder of a Galveston bakery owner faced a judge Tuesday, but not for that case
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  • Harold Norwood was identified as a person of interest in the murder of bakery owner Juan Navarro. He was arrested in Houston
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  • Now, those who were stuck on the crippled ship for days are talking about the horrific conditions they say they had to endure
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  • We spoke with passengers as they got off the ship Friday and others who had been on the Triumph on other recent voyages
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