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SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
State officials say the Alamo is to benefit from $31.5 million for preservation and development of the downtown San Antonio shrine.
Land Commissioner George P. Bush has scheduled a Wednesday news conference at the Alamo with legislative members and top Bexar (BEAR) County and San Antonio officials to describe the state appropriation and the legislative support that made it possible.
The Legislature mandated establishing a museum for artifacts, including 200 pieces that musician Phil Collins gave Texas last year. The General Land Office took over management of the Alamo from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which had the responsibility for the former mission for more than a century.
The Alamo was the site of an 1836 battle that preceded the climactic battle for Texas independence.
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) —
A late-summer storm in Southeast Texas has flooded some streets in Galveston.
The National Weather Service says rainfall continued Wednesday in Galveston, where a chance of showers continues into the weekend.
Forecaster Kent Prochazka (pro-HAHS'-kuh) says Galveston since Tuesday received nearly 5 inches of rain. That includes more than 2 inches of rain Wednesday.
Emergency officials had no reports of injuries or major damage.
Tuesday's storm led to the accidental release of about 750,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater from a Galveston utility plant.
Galveston spokeswoman Kala McCain says no ground wells are within a-half mile of the spill site or potentially affected area. She says public drinking water is safe, but people who get their supplies from nearby wells should boil their drinking water, as a precaution.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) —
A sex offender who escaped from Texas earlier this month has been found dead in Myrtle Beach.
Authorities tell media outlets that 48-year-old Brent Allen Jozefkowicz was found dead on the beach in Myrtle Beach early Saturday morning. The coroner's office says he died of a gunshot wound and his death has been ruled a suicide.
He was listed on the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list and was considered armed and dangerous.
Authorities say he cut off his ankle monitor device Aug. 4 and escaped from the Fort Worth Transitional Center Halfway House.