Newspaper publisher celebrates milestone birthday, memorable life
In 1994, Gilbert Hoffman and his wife Mei-ing bought the Highlands Star – Crosby Courier, fulfilling one of Gilbert’s lifelong dreams: to own a newspaper. This also marked …
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Campaign to move Battleship to Baytown
BAYTOWN – A grassroots citizen group is leading the effort to bring the Battleship Texas to a berth in Baytown, after it is repaired and restored. The group …
Star-Courier featured on ABC13+ program
TV Channel 13 featured a number of Crosby businesses on their ABC13+ segment, which airs on broadcast TV and also Facebook and Twitter. One of the segments featured …
TROPICAL STORM IMELDA FLOODING PARALYZES HOUSTON
20” of Rain in 24 hours; 1500 High Water Rescues By Gilbert Hoffman HARRIS COUNTY – Tropical Storm IMELDA never reached hurricane status, but it ended up doing …
Channel 13 plans program about Crosby
CROSBY – Television Station ABC13 has a recurring news program feature about neighborhoods around the city of Houston. They are now working on a program about Crosby, which …
County, City won’t support ICE raids
For several days last week, rumors were rampant that a national effort to round-up and deport immigrants without legal papers would include Houston and Harris County persons. The …
Performers set for Crosby Rodeo
Rodeo set for May 31 to June 8 CROSBY – The Crosby Fair & Rodeo has announced their line-up for performers this year. The Rodeo will start with …
Crosby celebrates mega M.A.G.A.
Trump greeted by thousands of fans CROSBY – In an area that enjoys a parade, the most attendance to date was to see the presidential motorcade last week …
Explosion, fire at KMCO plant in Crosby
CROSBY – Shortly after 11:00 a.m. Tuesday many thought their buildings had been struck by a car because they were jarred violently, but it was the third of …
Huge Deer Park tank blaze seen citywide
Fires in two oil facilities in East Harris County the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day took the shine off the green. Saturday there was a fire at the …