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Galveston, Surfside Beach among coastal communities hit with high winds, rain, and flooding
ABC13 Houston· 16 hours agoSome Texas coastal communities are feeling the brunt of the Gulf storm, which has been officially...
Alberto, season's first named tropical storm, dumps rain on Texas and Mexico, which reports 3 deaths
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 hours agoTropical Storm Alberto formed Wednesday in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of...
Investigation underway after Galveston house balcony collapses, killing 'PR Fairy' Susan Farb Morris
ABC13 Houston· 2 days agoA beautiful beachfront view turned tragic after a balcony collapsed on Galveston's West End, killing...
Red flags fly across Galveston beaches as Gulf storm heads inland
ABC13 Houston· 1 day agoGalveston Island began to feel tropical impacts Tuesday, with conditions expected to get worse by...
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 11 hours agoWednesday marks exactly 159 years since the last enslaved people in the United States learned they...
Man who proclaimed all enslaved people were free is buried in Kentucky
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 4 hours agoUnited States Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger is the Union leader who read the order in Galveston, Texas,...
Houston's Susan Farb Morris dead after Galveston balcony collapse
KRIV via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHOUSTON - A well-known Houston PR leader tragically died after a balcony collapsed in Galveston on...
Crestview hosts 3rd annual Juneteenth Celebration
WJHG Panama City· 4 hours agoCommunities across the nation are celebrating Juneteenth today, marking the anniversary of Union soldiers arriving in Galveston, Texas, with news that...
Tropical downpours won't stop annual Juneteenth celebration at Ashton Villa in Galveston
ABC13 Houston· 16 hours agoTropical downpours weren't expected to stop the city of Galveston's annual Juneteenth celebration. ...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 17 hours agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after...