Baytown Student Attends National Leadership Forum
Vollman, the sole Baytown student chosen for the conference, participated in group discussions and workshops, meeting former representatives George Nethercutt and David Skaggs. She toured Washington monuments, Gettysburg, and the Saudi embassy, and aims to become a congresswoman or lawyer. She was inducted into NHS and may visit Greece or Alaska this summer.
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Vollman
Beth Pohn
Baytown
George Nethercutt
Washington
David Skaggs
Colorado
Scaggs
Nethercutt
Washington Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Penn
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Washington, D.C
Woliman
National Honor Society
NHS
Greece
Alaska
Baytown shooting follows tense street protest scene
A gun battle in a Baytown garage left Harrison shot multiple times by officers Glenn Shaven and William Nelson as they confronted him during a robbery. The couple were unharmed and the shooting is under review by the Harris County District Attorney's police integrity division. Both officers were placed on leave and later returned to duty. Residents described the scene as tense with a crowd blocking traffic while chanting. one neighbor called the march peaceful.
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Baytown
Bill
City Hall
Harrison
Glenn Shaven
William Nelson
John
Betty May Thomas
John Thomas
Thomas
Liv
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office
Shaven
Nelson
Department
Houston
Taft Foley
Highlands Junior project faces budget overages and options
McGowen outlined an aggressive bond timetable and higher costs from changes in Owner Controlled Insurance Program credits, strict construction standards, and revised estimates. The district weighs keeping scope, reducing scope, or lowering standards, while stakeholders urge staying the original plan and communicating honestly about overages.
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Gulf Coast
McGowen
Jacobs Engineering
Highlands
Citizens Bond Advisory Committee
Steve Herring
Highlands Junior
Steve Fischer
Fischer
Memories of Miss Avera and family in San Antonio
Retired Finley moved to San Antonio to help her mother Grandma Avera. Banks Avera and the family cared for her in Harlandale until Grandma Avera died in 1970 at age 73. The author corrects a previous claim about Miss Avera’s house, noting the residence still stands and expresses remorse and gratitude to Jan and her husband George.
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San Antonio
Grandma Avera
Banks Avera
Harlandale
Miss Avera
West Columbia
Jan
George
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District 5
Clarence Albus
Weston Cotton
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Kevin Horn
James Pyle
Mark Franklin
Metho List
Garth Rd
Sanjacintomethodist.com
M.D
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Crawley
Tri-City Beach Road
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