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The Brazosport Facts is the largest daily newspaper for Brazoria County, Texas, a part of the Greater Houston area. The newspaper is owned by Southern Newspapers Inc. , and began in 1913. [ 2 ]
Brazoria (/ b r ə ˈ z ɔːr i ə / brə-ZOR-ee-ə) is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, and is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the city population was 2,866.
Senator Phillips served in the Texas Senate from January 1947 until 1963. In 1953, he was elected by the other senators to serve as President Pro Tem of the Texas Senate. In his obituary, the newspaper wrote, "As a state senator, Jimmy was extremely cautious about spending the money paid into the state treasury by Texas citizens.
The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is the oldest law enforcement agency in the State of Texas, established by the Republic of Texas in March 1836. Among its duties include running the Brazoria County Jail, located at 3602 County Road 45 in unincorporated central Brazoria County, north of Angleton.
He was in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, and was thereafter again a Judge of the Brazoria County Court and a probate judge from 1865 to 1866. He was a Judge of the Texas District Court for Brazoria and Galveston Counties from 1871 to 1876.
Weber was a city councilman of Pearland, Texas, for six years.He also served as a Brazoria County Grand Jury Commissioner, a Brazoria County Redistricting Committee member, a Texas Republican Party Convention delegate, president of Brazoria County Cities Association, a Brazoria County Republican Party member, and chair of the Pearland Area Republican Party Headquarters.
Letters between James, his wife, and their son, Stephen, serve as significant records, frequently referenced as foundational in Texas history. [13] They were archived in the 1930s and housed at the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. [14] Perry's Landing, in Brazoria, Texas, is named for James Franklin Perry. [15]
The jail was issued a noncompliance notice from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to identification. Jail or Agency: Hunt County Criminal Justice Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 3/1/2016; Date of death: 6/13/2016; Age at death: 36; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.heraldbanner.com