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The Daily News, [2] formerly the Galveston County Daily News and Galveston Daily News, is a newspaper published in Galveston, Texas, United States. It was first published April 11, 1842, making it the oldest newspaper in the U.S. state of Texas. The newspaper founded The Dallas Morning News on October 1, 1885, as a sister publication. [3]
Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. [1] The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls . Its flagship paper, the Galveston County Daily News is the oldest newspaper in Texas, founded in 1842.
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On August 4, 1971, Rhonda Johnson (born December 16, 1956, in Houston, Texas) and Sharon Shaw (born August 11, 1957, in Mobile, Alabama), both of Webster, Texas, spent the day on a Galveston beach, approximately one week before Shaw's fourteenth birthday. [1] [5] The girls were seen leaving the beach, but did not return home. [6]
Of those, 8 to 13 are forecast to become hurricanes.” A car sits submerged underwater after Tropical Storm Alberto hits the Gulf Coast area. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.
The impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill. The accident ...
In 1923 Moody purchased the Galveston Daily News, the oldest newspaper in Texas, from Alfred H. Belo. He later expanded his media interests by acquiring the Galveston Tribune. [3] In 1930, Moody founded the National Hotel Company. [1] His holdings at one time included the Galvez Hotel in Galveston and the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.