Students study in damaged school building
Ashley Burleson studies on her own at the Galveston Alternative Education Center where a blue FEMA tarp separates the classroom from a room full of donated clothing and supplies in an old grocery store in Galveston.

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Judge Kent indicted on additional sex charges
HOUSTON — A grand jury has added additional sex charges to last year’s indictment of U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent.

Alternative school faces hardships, closure
GALVESTON — With no money, no prospects for ready cash and a heap of hurricane damage, Galveston Alternative Education School might be forced to close.

UTMB opens 200 beds
GALVESTON — After two false starts, John Sealy Hospital at the University of Texas Medical Branch quietly opened 200 beds to the general public Monday.

FEMA mobile home site may open by next month
BACLIFF — Construction on the county’s first Hurricane Ike mobile-home park could begin as early as next week, FEMA officials said Tuesday.

County to begin talks on hospital tax district
County commissioners will begin to discuss creating a hospital taxing district to pay for health care for some of the county’s working poor.

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