Louis Prejean

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Flood insurance coverage has slipped in Galveston County since Hurricane Harvey

May 27, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

The number of people in Galveston County with flood insurance has decreased over the past five years, but residents and emergency management officials said coverage is especially important this year because the hurricane season has been projected to be more active than normal.
League City police warn residents of spam calls

May 24, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

LEAGUE CITYThe city’s police department in the last two weeks has been receiving reports from residents about a variety of spam calls, which officials said isn’t new, but the calls have become harder to detect where they’re coming from. kAm#6D:56?ED C646:G65 >6DD286D 2?5 A9@?6 42==D %9FCD52J 7C@> A6@A=6 4=2:>:?8 E@ 36 “42CE6= >6>36CD[” ~77:46C y@Dé ~CE682 D2:5] %96 42==6CD E9C62E6?65 C6D:56?ED E@ D6?5 E96> >@?6J E@ 2G@:5 E96 “42CE6=]” %9:D 7@==@HD 2? :?4:56?E |2J `_[ :?
League City retirement community dedicates wall to veterans

May 24, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

LEAGUE CITYWorkers at a continuing-care retirement community have been working for months to renovate a hallway in its building to honor military veterans who live there and show how the community has evolved in the last eight years. kAm%96 rC@DD:?8D[ 2 =:G:?8 4@>>F?:EJ :? {628F6 r:EJ E92E @A6?65 :? a_`e[ C646?E=J EC2?D7@C>65 2 =@H[ 52C< 2?5 F?564@C2E65 92==H2J :?E@ :ED =2E6DE “(2== @7 w@?@C[Q H9:49 :E 42==65 w6C:E286 w2==]k^AmkAm%96 92==H2J 762EFC6D 23@FE `__ 7C2>6D @?
Galveston County Health District releases first-ever progress report to public

May 23, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

The Galveston County's Health District this week released its first-ever report to raise awareness about what it does and highlight accomplishments, including reducing opioid overdoses. “Before Covid, the district had zero visibility, so we wanted to let people know what the department was doing,” Health district CEO Dr. Philip Keiser said. “A lot of people don’t know we run the Galveston Area Ambulance Authority and that the animal clinic is associated with us.
League City now prohibits feeding nuisance wildlife

May 22, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

LEAGUE CITYComplaints from residents feeling outnumbered by well-fed seagulls in their neighborhood led to a new city ordinance that prohibits feeding nuisance wildlife in residential areas, including in a person’s own yard. kAm|:C2?52 z@@A>2? 2?5 @E96CD 2=@?8 2 DEC66E :? %96 {2<6D :? q2J r@=@?J DF35:G:D:@? 8@E 4@?46C?65 23@FE 2 ?6:893@C’D D628F== 7665:?8[ H9:49 2EEC24E65 “9F?5C65D @7 3:C5D” :? |2C49 2?5 pAC:=[ D96 D2:5]k^AmkAm“%9:D :D D@>6E9:?8 E92E 92D 366? 8@:?8 @?
Barge crash sparks debate over replacing Pelican Island bridge

May 21, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

GALVESTONAmong the fallout of a barge strike that temporarily closed and further degraded the dilapidated Pelican Island bridge is finger pointing among members of long-running effort to replace the aged structure. kAmw@FCD 27E6C 2 7F6= 32C86 DECF4< E96 3C:586 |2J `d[ 4@F?EJ @77:4:2=D 2DD6CE65 E96 4:EJ @7 v2=G6DE@? 925 4@>A@F?565 E96 AC@3=6> 3J “5C288:?8 :ED 766E :? D:8?:?8 E96 28C66>6?ED” H:E9 E96 %6I2D s6A2CE>6?E @7 %C2?DA@CE2E:@?
Galveston County Health District, UTMB co-sponsor public health conference

May 20, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

The Galveston County Health District and the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Public & Population Health this week are hosting a conference about public health. The Texas Public Health Association’s 100th Annual Education Conference began Monday and will end Wednesday at the Galveston Island Convention Center, 5600 Seawall Blvd. kAm!F3=:4 962=E9 AC@76DD:@?2=D[ C6D62C496CD[ 65F42E@CD 2?5 25G@42E6D 92G6 E96 @AA@CEF?:EJ E@ 6I492?86 :562D 2?5 36DE AC24E:46D :?
Leaders changed in two large UTMB academic departments

May 20, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

GALVESTONThe University of Texas Medical Branch recently named interim leaders in the two largest academic departments in the John Sealy School of Medicine. kAmx? 2 A2:C @7 >@G6D E92E 7@==@H 2 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]82=G?6HD]4@>^?6HD^>65:42=\3C2?49\AC6D:56?E\2??@F?46D\=6256CD9:A\492?86D^2CE:4=607gc53_`4\g`hh\d767\26ab\dc34`4_2h7h6]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm>2;@C @C82?:K2E:@?2= D92<6FA :? a_abk^2m[ sC] $E6G6? (@=7[ G:46 492:C 2?5 2 AC@76DD@C :?
League City commission replaces ousted member

May 20, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

LEAGUE CITYThe city’s Planning and Zoning Commission has replaced a member who was removed from the commission at the May 14 meeting. kAm}2E92? yF?8 H2D DH@C? :? uC:52J 2D E96 ?6H >6>36C @7 E96 !=2??:?8 2?5 +@?:?8 r@>>:DD:@? 27E6C k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]82=G?6HD]4@>^?6HD^@FDE65\=628F6\4:EJ\4@>>:DD:@?\>6>36C\4:E6D\C6E2=:2E:@?^2CE:4=60ga5eh2_c\h472\d_2a\he6h\e`ca2`e_7adh]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm4@F?4:= >6>36CD G@E65 f\` E@ C6>@G6 y24BF6=:?6 xCH:?
League City's updated parks master plan receives green thumbs-up

May 17, 2024 | galvnews.com | Louis Prejean

LEAGUE CITYThe city in the next five years plans to invest more than $114 million in improving the city’s existing parks and trails and developing new ones. Council members on Tuesday unanimously approved the city’s update to the Parks, Trail and Open Space Master Plan, which outlined projects the city will prioritize from 2024-2029 and highlighted the city’s progress since its last update in 2017.