🌱 How Texas City’s award-winning videos boosted police recruitment and recognition
Texas City, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Texas City! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Texas City’s award-winning videos boosted police recruitment and recognition
- How investigators finally tied a Texas City man to a 1981 murder
Also on today's calendar: Peli Con - 3 Day Pass and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 89 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 87, low: 75.
- Friday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 83 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Texas City wins prestigious international awards for communications (thepostnewspaper.net) — Texas City’s Communications Department just brought home four international Communicator Awards, including the top Award of Excellence for a police recruitment video that boosted exam turnout. The city also earned three Awards of Distinction for a press release honoring heroic residents and two popular video series, standing out among thousands of global entries from major brands. 
• Texas City man identified by Galveston police as suspect in 1981 murder before dying of natural causes (khou.com) — Texas City residents are learning that Galveston police have identified a longtime Texas City resident, now deceased, as the suspect in a 1981 Galveston murder using modern fingerprint and DNA analysis. Investigators say the man died of natural causes last month, but they’ve now formally cleared the case after decades of work with help from state crime labs and multiple Texas agencies.
📸 Around Texas City
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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GCDP Monthly Meeting →
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 2509 FM 2004, Texas City
7:00 pm
Thursday May 14
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Other local events
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GT Showcase
Bay Colony El Dickinson, TX 77539
10:00 am -
KG Graduation
Jake Silbernagel El Dickinson, TX 77539
2:00 pm -
SENIOR TRIP
Dickinson Continuation Center Dickinson, TX 77539 -
Peli Con - 3 Day Pass →
Doyle Convention Center, 2010 5th Ave N, Texas City
10:00 am -
PeliCon 2026 →
Doyle Convention Center, 2010 5th Ave N, Texas City
10:00 am -
Armed Forces Day
Bay Colony El Dickinson, TX 77539 -
Peli Con - Saturday →
Doyle Convention Center, 2010 5th Ave N, Texas City
10:00 am
Thursday May 14
Friday May 15
Saturday May 16
📣 Texas City Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Monthly Meeting & Luncheon - May 2026 →
The Hidden Palms, 3706 Avenue E 1/2, Santa Fe
11:30 am -
Lectures at The Bryan: Guns & Whiskey →
The Bryan Museum, 1315 21st St, Galveston
5:30 pm -
Live Music at B Jigger’s: Karaoke →
B. Jiggers Lounge, 5002 Seawall Blvd, Galveston
7:00 pm -
GT Showcase
Bay Colony El Dickinson, TX 77539
10:00 am
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL SERVICES INC posted a job opening for Janitorial Services Attendant in Texas City. Apply here.
- Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Texas City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Texas City here.
🗞 Nearby News
La Marque
- Struggling (thepostnewspaper.net)
Dickinson
- Lady Gator relay team's state run rooted in faith, chemistry (galvnews.com)
Galveston
- Galveston tourism leaders discuss workforce shortages, off-season tourism at industry summit (galvnews.com)
- Rawlins and Niebuhr square off in Galveston's District 5 runoff (galvnews.com)
- Why Galveston is positioned to take in hantavirus patients (khou.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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