Chris Gray

1 week ago | chron.com | Chris Gray

Galveston Park Board of Trustees chairman Jason Hardcastle said last week that the investigation into Galveston Island Beach Patrol Chief Peter Davis, who was suspended last March, is nearing an end. Visit GalvestonMemorial Day weekend brought a promising start to Galveston's summer tourist season, with hotels, restaurants, and rental operators all sounding upbeat after a disappointing 2024. One popular Seawall restaurant was a "madhouse," its manager told the Galveston County Daily News.

2 weeks ago | chron.com | Chris Gray

The Port of Galveston's thriving cruise industry will get even busier when Disney Cruise Lines begins sailing from the island year-round in 2027, the port's CEO said at a meeting with the city this week. Port of GalvestonMemorial Day weekend marks a high tide for the cruise industry, and the Port of Galveston is well-positioned to capitalize on cruise lines' ongoing expansion across the Western Caribbean, Port Director and CEO Rodger Rees told a gathering of city officials earlier this week.

2 weeks ago | galvnews.com | Chris Gray

House of Cards: Longhorn legends Ricky Williams and Vince Young, plus former Houston Rockets firebrand Vernon Maxwell, will be the marquee guests at the first-ever Third Coast Card Show all weekend at the Galveston Island Convention Center, 5600 Seawall Blvd. More than 350 tables will fan out across the hall, plus on-site appraisers from Beckett Grading Services and a special trading night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Prices are $10 for the day and $25 for the weekend.

2 weeks ago | chron.com | Chris Gray

A diver found a rare discovery on a recent trip off the Gulf Coast of Florida. A six-inch megalodon tooth could be worth $1,000 or more because of its uniqueness. Erin Westgate/Getty ImagesA Gulf Coast woman joined an exclusive marine-paleontology club last week when she discovered the tooth of a megalodon, the gargantuan ancestor of modern sharks that vanished from the world's oceans at least 2.6 million years ago.

3 weeks ago | chron.com | Chris Gray

The city-produced podcast "Texas City Tells: Unsolved" grew out of the popular community affairs program "Texas City Tells."halbergman/Getty Images/iStockphotoJean Britt was an elderly but active Texas City woman, well-known in the community as a "neighborhood watchdog." Neighbors would spy the octogenarian mowing her lawn or working on her roof. In June 2010, family members who hadn't heard from her in a few days found Britt dead inside her home.