Galveston County Judge Mark Henry signed the order after the Keetch-Byram Drought Index averaged 395 on Monday, a level well below the thresholds associated with extreme fire danger. The index

Macaws have been removed from perched areas and will not be on exhibit in the Rainforest Pyramid, officials said in a Facebook post Wednesday. Participants in the Penguin encounter will be required to wear shoe coverings and masks.

Galveston County law enforcement agencies are expanding their partnership with ICE through the 287(g) program. The program allows trained local officers to perform certain immigration enforcement actions under federal supervision.

The upcoming vote on an "agreed order of suspension" regarding Fullen's peace officer license comes after allegations that he knowingly omitted information about his criminal history in statements submitted to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

No explosive devices had been found, but investigators warned the caller or callers could face multiple felony terroristic threat charges.

A municipal court judge for the cities of Hitchcock, Santa Fe, and Bayou Vista was arrested following allegations he sexually assaulted two children over a several year period starting in the early 2000s.

The fire erupted on Nov. 16 at the former PHR Peakers Plant on Texas Highway 146, causing five decommissioned water cooling towers at the site to collapse.