Fire destroys 60 condos at Galveston, Texas, beachfront development damaged by Hurricane Ike

September 14th, 2009 Texas announces $135.4M coastal protection planHOUSTON — Texas announced Monday that it was embarking on the biggest coastal protection effort in state history to fight beach erosion and defend against future hurricanes. The $135.4 million plan comes just a year after Hurricane Ike's powerful storm surge damaged thousands of homes in Galveston, the neighboring Bolivar Peninsula and other communities across southeast Texas.

September 13th, 2009 Texas city ravaged by Ike marks 1 year anniversaryGALVESTON, Texas — Hurricane Ike will be remembered for the destruction it wrought on the Texas island city of Galveston, but also for how it brought the community closer together, a preacher said Sunday at a sunrise memorial service to mark the storm's anniversary. About 100 people gathered at one of the city's historic beach hotels to listen to preachers of different faiths.

September 13th, 2009 Texas city marks anniversary of Hurricane IkeGALVESTON, Texas — Mymi Freedman's memories of Hurricane Ike's immediate aftermath still linger, especially in one sense. "The smell — everything was rotten," she said Sunday, sitting in her garage with her husband Sergio and reflecting on the year that has passed since Ike damaged thousands of homes, including her own, on the Texas island city of Galveston.

September 1st, 2009 Wildfire destroys 53 homes in LA CountyLOS ANGELES — Fire officials say a deadly wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry forest around Los Angeles has destroyed a total of 53 homes and threatens thousands more. The fire has scorched 164 square miles of brush since it broke out last Wednesday.

September 1st, 2009 Police: Standoff at Texas home ends with 3 deadGALVESTON, Texas — Police in Galveston, Texas say three people died in an apparent double-murder suicide after an eight-hour, overnight standoff with authorities. Galveston Police Lt.

July 3rd, 2009 Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm treesGALVESTON, Texas — Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months. "What we've got on our hands, a serial tree arsonist, I've never seen before," said Galveston Fire Marshal Gilbert Robinson.

June 23rd, 2009 GURGAON - The Adidas factory on Delhi-Gurgaon National Highway-8 was gutted in a fire Tuesday. There were no casualties, a fire official said.

June 22nd, 2009 Texas teen charged in shooting death of sisterGALVESTON, Texas — A 16-year-old Texas girl faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in what investigators say was the accidental shooting death of her 12-year-old sister. Galveston police say the teenager was playing with a gun Sunday morning at home when it accidentally fired, striking her sister in her upper torso.

June 17th, 2009 Texas woman stole, sold Hurricane Rita trailerBEAUMONT, Texas — A Texas woman who stole a Hurricane Rita travel trailer and resold it has pleaded guilty to theft of government property. The U.S. Attorney's office in Beaumont on Tuesday announced the plea by 44-year-old Shelley Jerie Dewitt of Vidor (VY'-dor).

June 5th, 2009 Memories of Ike weigh on Texas beach city's summerGALVESTON, Texas — Another hurricane season is the last thing Galveston wants to think about after last year's devastation from Hurricane Ike. "Hurricane season got here a lot quicker than I thought it would.

June 4th, 2009 Suits over deadly Rita bus fire settled for $80MHOUSTON — The families of 23 nursing home patients who died in a bus explosion as they fled Hurricane Rita have reached settlements totaling $80 million. The victims were residents of Brighton Gardens, a Houston-area assisted living community that bused residents north as Rita approached the Texas coast in 2005.

June 3rd, 2009 Ike-damaged Galveston condo development in flamesGALVESTON, Texas — Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at a waterfront condo development that was damaged last year when Hurricane Ike struck Galveston, Texas. The fire started in a corner of the Maravilla Condos early Wednesday afternoon.

May 12th, 2009 Hurricane Ike: A perfect storm for making babies?HOUSTON — It's taking a while for one consequence of Hurricane Ike to become clear — nine months, to be exact. Several obstetrical practices associated with one of Texas' biggest hospitals for births say they're expecting a mini baby boom apparently connected to the storm that slammed into southeast Texas on Sept.

May 2nd, 2009 Judge rules Texas city's schools integratedGALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge has ruled that the Galveston public school system is desegregated, ending a civil rights lawsuit that was initiated in 1959. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of Houston issued the ruling Friday, saying the district's history of compliance with a 1969 desegregation plan showed that the schools had fully integrated.

May 2nd, 2009 Judge rules Galveston schools integratedGALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Galveston school district is desegregated, ending a civil rights lawsuit initiated in 1959. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of Houston issued the ruling Friday.