Relay for Life turnout fair in Chambers Co
Anahuac residents braved wind and rain as 26 teams joined a 12 hour Relay for Life on the Fort Anahuac track. The event raised over 37000 dollars toward a 55000 dollar goal, with luminaries lining the track and 950 memorial candles honoring those affected by cancer.
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Relay For Life
Chambers Co
Anahuac
Chambers County
Fort Anahuac
American Cancer Society
Lynette Parsons
Park
Legion Hall
McNair Masonic Trail Ride Raises Juneteenth Funds
Edgar Johnson, Terry Follins and Bobby Arcenaux of the McNair Bounty Hunters led a ride around McNair as part of the McNair Masonic Family Trail Ride to fundraise for the lodge’s Juneteenth celebration. Despite rain delaying start to about 2 p.m., about 10 participants rode. The event, now in its third year, featured Nooney and the Zydeco Routers and offered free participation and scholarships.
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Edgar Johnson
Terry Follins
Bobby Arcenaux
McNair Bounty Hunters
McNair
Lung transplant hopeful Victoria Carnahan faces long road
Victoria Carnahan nears lung transplant after recurring disease. She must stay within two hours of a hospital and endure a 12 hour surgery. The story covers donor family decisions, costs, and LifeGift organ donation network efforts. Medical teams, family, and community groups support her journey toward a possible life extension.
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Carnahan
St Louis
Kelly Draeger
Draeger
Baytown
Carmahan
Catherine Burch Graham
LifeGift Organ Donation Center
Houston
Graham
United States
Fort Worth
LifeGift
National Transplant Assistance Fund
Lifegift.org
Texas
Victora
Washington Mutual Bank
Gift of Life Foundation
Victoria
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Barnes- Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Ryan’s Family
Victoria’s Wish Sparks Heartfelt Prayer for Mamaw
Victoria Draeger and her mother wrote a prayer asking God for healing for Mamaw, expressing a four year old’s wish to keep her grandmother with her. The message emphasizes love, tears, and the hope for new lungs to avoid saying goodbye.
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Draeger
Visteria
Carnahan
Teddie Bug
Victoria
Kelly Draeger
Mommy
Mamaw
Republicans Hold Hearings to Define Healthy Marriage
Senate Republicans plan a two week series of hearings across four committees to promote traditional marriage as a public good. Democrats condemn the move as election year politics and outside congressional scope. Senator Jeff Sessions will chair the initial Health subcommittee discussion titled Healthy Marriage What is it and why should we promote it. He says it could remind America of marriage as a cultural institution amid perceived decline. Democrats call the blitz political theater aimed at heterosexual married voters and dismiss it as silliness.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
GOP
Associated Press
America
Jeff Sessions
R-Ala
Michael Goldman
Burglary, car chase and assault reported by Baytown police
Baytown officers logged a burglary at a Garth Road building with about 10000 dollars in equipment stolen. A 49 year old Baytown man was arrested for a fictitious vehicle inspection sticker during a Saturday traffic stop. A burglary at Park and N Pruett left a back door hole and 2500 dollars stolen. a 20 year old Baytown man admitted burglary and was arrested. A 16 year old in a Ford Thunderbird chased by police for licenseless erratic driving. he was arrested for evading arrest and a passenger ticketed for curfew. A Baytown man allegedly choked his ex girlfriend over CDs. he faced a class C assault charge. Over 299 police calls were reported between Friday 6 a.m. and Sunday 6 a.m., including 24 alarms and multiple thefts, burglaries, and accidents.
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Baytown
Park and N. Pruett
Decker Drive
Baker Road
Thompson Road
Cedar Bay
Lynchburg Road
Northwood Drive
Beach City candidates discuss growth and landfill stance
Beach City residents hear from four City Council hopefuls Geanie Ballard Ted Krell Della Davis and Douglas Walker on growth plans the Grand Parkway highway impact and opposition to the TSP landfill Ballard advocates keeping the city’s rural feel while improving services Krell warns of traffic and service needs with highway 99 and Davis pushes road widening a walking trail and safer parks A mayoral and city council forum is set with early voting from April 28 to May 11 and Election Day May 15.
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Barbers Hill
Houston Business Roundtable
Cedar Bayou
Chambers County
Bayer
Perisani
Beach City
Persiani
TSP
Geanie Ballard
Ted Krell
Della Davis
Exxon Mobil
Douglas Walker
Ballard
Informed Citizens United
Krell
Davis
McCollum Park
Fisher Road Baptist Church
Barbers Hill Junior School
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The
Baytown Sun
Aristopner Banks
Lauren Sallee
Victoria Carnahan
Garth Road
Police
Baytown.org
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