Here are 15 of 2025's top Austin- and Texas-based stories spanning crime, weather, politics, business and entertainment.

A sixth person has been found dead after a Mexican Navy plane carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, leaving only two survivors and killing a ...

My husband and I left New York and spent two years living in an RV, going from place to place. Eventually, our travels took us back to Texas — specifically, the island city of Galveston. The laid-back ...

Norwegian Cruise Lines' Viva made a splashy maiden sailing from Galveston over the weekend, kicking off a seasonal schedule of one- and two-week cruises through April 2026 and again from October 2026 ...

The Norwegian Viva cruise ship has pulled into its new home in Galveston. Viva will offer Saturday departures for 7-day Caribbean cruises. Norwegian Cruise Line will share the newly renovated Terminal ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Galveston County sheriff has been officially disciplined by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, but according to the terms of an agreement he made, his job ...

The Houston Chronicle analyzed nine years of data on the city's bayou deaths to make sense of the rising trend that sparked ...