The Alvin Sun & Advertiser

The Alvin Sun & Advertiser Founded since August 8, 1890 "Brazoria County's Oldest Newspaper"
Serving Alvin, Manvel, Liverpool, R

Now in its 133rd year, a newspaper originally called The Alvin News was established on August 8, 1890. Brazoria County's oldest paper, the News was published as a weekly until 1961 when it became a semi-weekly. In 1978, the now daily paper was a single sheet, printed on both sides. The current name, The Alvin Sun was adopted in 1890, and was delivered by paperboys throughout the community on a wee

kly basis. The purchase of the Alvin Advertiser in 1979 increased the ability of the paper to cover a bigger area three times a week. The paper has covered major catastrophes: the killing Hurricane of 1900, a major freeze in 1911, a fire in 1997 that totally destroyed the building that had become the newspaper's home in the 1980s, yet it lives on. In 2008, when Hurricane Ike struck the Texas Gulf Coast area, the paper was able to continue to cover news almost immediately after the storm struck. We continue to provide market advertising coverage reaching over 10,500 homes. Today, The Alvin Sun and The Alvin Advertiser provide news and advertising services to Alvin, Manvel and the surrounding areas.

Editor's Note: Brazoria County Oldest Newspaper, The Alvin Sun, celebrates its 135th Anniversary in August. To commemora...
07/14/2025

Editor's Note: Brazoria County Oldest Newspaper, The Alvin Sun, celebrates its 135th Anniversary in August. To commemorate this special event, the newspaper will look back at memories over its history in each edition. In part three of our series, the newspaper looks back at the career of Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan. Above is the Alvin Sun's first ever photo taken of Ryan in a Major League uniform when the "Alvin Express" pitched for the New York Mets in 1968 prior to a start in the Houston Astrodome on April 14. Ryan later captured his first ever MLB win. The Sun went on to cover several milestones in the legendary Ryan's HOF career, which culminated with Sports Editor Stephen Collins and photographer Debbie Wilson traveling to Cooperstown, New York in July of 1999 for Ryan's induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
(File photo)

Kerr County Flood Relief Fund to help local response and relief and recovery efforts
07/10/2025

Kerr County Flood Relief Fund to help local response and relief and recovery efforts

Online giving: https://tinyurl.com/KerrFloodRelief
www.communityfoundation.net
Mail checks to: The Community Foundation, 241 Earl Garrett St., Kerrville, TX 78028
To Volunteer: Contact the Salvation Army Kroc Center
830-315-5762

Editor's Note: Brazoria County Oldest Newspaper, The Alvin Sun, celebrates its 135th Anniversary in August. To commemora...
07/09/2025

Editor's Note: Brazoria County Oldest Newspaper, The Alvin Sun, celebrates its 135th Anniversary in August. To commemorate this special event, the newspaper will look back at memories over its history in each edition. In the November 29, 1940 edition of the Alvin Sun, the newspaper celebrated its 50th Golden Anniversary with a special congratulatory letter from President Franklin Roosevelt. The letter was published on the front page of the special 58-page edition with an above headline reading "Greetings from the President."
(Photo courtesy of Portal to Texas History archives)

Alvin High School collecting relief items for flood victims in Central Texas
07/07/2025

Alvin High School collecting relief items for flood victims in Central Texas

07/07/2025
Freelance sports photographer position still open.
07/02/2025

Freelance sports photographer position still open.

The Alvin Sun and Advertiser is looking for a freelance photographer to cover Alvin ISD and Alvin Community College Sports for the 2025-26 school year.

Editor's Note: Brazoria County Oldest Newspaper, The Alvin Sun, celebrates its 135th Anniversary in August. To commemora...
07/02/2025

Editor's Note: Brazoria County Oldest Newspaper, The Alvin Sun, celebrates its 135th Anniversary in August. To commemorate this special event, the newspaper will look back at memories over its history in each edition. In the June 1st 1965 edition of the Alvin Sun, the paper announces the hiring of new sports editor/reporter Charles Moser. Moser covered several Alvin sports, including the 1965 Alvin HS Baseball State Finals team with Nolan Ryan. Moser went on to have a long and successful newspaper career and was inducted into the Texas Newspaper Foundation's Hall of Fame in 2021. Moser's son and owner of Moser Community Media, Jim Moser also purchased the Alvin Sun from Hartman Newspapers this January.

06/30/2025

Starting this week, the Alvin Sun and Advertiser will have new office hours, which are 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Congrats to Former Yellowjackets' hurler Cooper Williams. Williams played a vital role in helping LSU advance to the Men...
06/23/2025

Congrats to Former Yellowjackets' hurler Cooper Williams. Williams played a vital role in helping LSU advance to the Men's College World Series with a clutch relief outing in the Super Regional round.

The LSU Tigers won their 8th College World Series title today!

Congratulations to all the players, especially Alvin ISD alum Cooper Williams!

06/12/2025

Alvin really got hit by the storm this morning. Please post your storm or flood photos from today on FB Messenger.

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Storm clouds rolling in at the Alvin Sun / Advertiser ….What does it look look like at your place?Share your photos
06/11/2025

Storm clouds rolling in at the Alvin Sun / Advertiser ….
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