LA PORTE, TX (KTRK) -- Sylvan Beach remains closed Friday after a fisherman spotted an alligator swimming close to shore. Lifeguards are on duty as usual, but they are not watching people swim; they ...

Warm waters, toasty beaches, gawking seagulls and folks working on their tans. Wait, what? We're not talking about the beaches of Galveston? No, that description also applies to Sylvan Beach park in ...

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- Emergency officials are giving residents in the La Porte area a weather warning after a waterspout was spotted near Sylvan Beach. Several viewers sent Eyewitness News videos ...

Volunteers clean up plastic pellets known as nurdles at Sylvan Beach in La Porte. Texas Environmentalists want facilities that produce microplastics to stop releasing them into the environment.

LA PORTE, Texas — Members of the La Porte community touched by the story of three children who drowned off Sylvan Beach this week, are paying tribute to the children in a variety of ways. A memorial ...

Beach restoration and swimming are part of the long-term plans the city of La Porte made for Sylvan Beach when it entered into a project agreement with the Texas General Land Office. This agreement ...

LA PORTE, Texas — Harris County Sheriff’s deputies have recovered the bodies of three children who were overcome by waves Thursday evening at Sylvan Beach in La Porte. Deputies said four kids were ...