The cruise-ship industry is embracing a destination that might surprise you: Galveston, Texas. This island city of 53,000 people on the Gulf Coast may not be synonymous with luxury travel ...

Reginald F. Lewis, the visionary entrepreneur who orchestrated the largest offshore leveraged buyout in American history and became the first Black businessman to build a billion-dollar company ...

Reginald Adalbert Irvine, 79, beloved husband, brother, and friend to many, died suddenly on February 6, 2025, at home in Osprey, Florida, leaving behind his husband, Alan Marlor; sister, Denise ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Just days after a former Galveston Park Board employee pled guilty to theft, city leaders revealed the money issues could be much worse. During a special city council ...

Tributes have been paid to D-Day hero Reginald Pye after his death at 101. Reginald, from Burry Port in Carmarthenshire, was a Royal Engineer in 1944 and cleared mines during the landings.

In 2019, there were 361,744 people residing in Galveston County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Of those, 3.2 percent were foreign-born. That number, about 12,000, however, includes both ...

Following the federal government's potential overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education, a Texas lawmaker is seeking to eliminate the Texas Education Agency, responsible for overseeing public ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...

Galveston, thanks to a Family Gras celebration sponsored by Moody National Bank. Donations will benefit the Sunshine Kids and Shriners Hospitals for Children. Shriners Children’s Texas ...

The lane closures will start at 9 p.m. Friday and end at 5 a.m. Monday, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The closures will be around a two-mile stretch of road in the Dickinson ...

Emeri Grizzle serves guests at Basin Bistro, 13 Evia Main in Galveston, during a training session at the new restaurant Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. Island businessman Dennis Byrd is planning a Monday ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Could adding another cruise terminal be in the works for Galveston? It’s something the Galveston Wharves is considering as it prepares to update its 20-year strategic master ...