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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 2017
Page
1
Goose Creek CISD Teacher Officiates at State Tournament
A Goose Creek Independent School District teacher served as an official at the state basketball tournament. The veteran official worked multiple games, bringing district experience to the high level event and supporting student athletes across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
Obituaries Of Alma Bickley Callaway Stephens and Bertha Collins
Alma Lois Bickley Betty Jane Callaway Joy Stephens Robert Donaldson Bertha Thomas Collins Kathleen Van Benthuysen are listed on page 3A in the obituary notices. The brief item names five or six individuals with dates and local context for community readers.
Bible Verse About God Watching Over You
A devotional line notes that God will not let your foot slip and cares for you, never slumbering. It emphasizes divine protection and constant watchfulness.
ExxonMobil fined 19.9 million for Baytown pollution
U S District Judge David Hittner fined Exxon Mobil 19.9 million dollars for Clean Air Act violations in a Baytown complex case. Environment Texas and the Sierra Club pursued a citizen suit, alleging 8 million pounds of pollutants released from non routine incidents. The ruling underscores citizen enforcement of federal pollution laws with funds directed to the U S Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
David Hittner
ExxonMobil
Envi
Ronment Texas
The
Sierra Club
Federal
Houston
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Texas
EPA
Baytown
David Nicholas
U.S. Treasury
Council to vote on $5.3 million water pump upgrade
Baytown council plans to approve a $5.3 million contract with Allce for the High Service Pump Station Improvements at BAWA. Four 500 HP pumps installed in 1983 sit at the treatment facility risking water pressure and fire protection if they fail. The upgrade aims to improve efficiency and integrate with city monitoring. Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber 2401 Market St. Watch live on TV or online.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Area
Bawa
Davis
Council Chamber
Market St
Baytown
City
Kindness From Baytown After Flat Tire Save Kilgore Family
Kilgore couple from Gardendale Alabama drive monthly to MD Anderson for appendix cancer treatment. A tire failure near Wallisville led to help from a local man and a state trooper guiding them to Discount Tire on Garth Road, prompting a grateful Baytown letter from Frances Wilson thanking the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardendale
Alabama
Houston
David
Marie Kilgore
Marie
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Baytown
Frances Wilson
Warrior
Texas
Army Corps of Engineers
Wallisville
Garth Road
Barbers Hill students push for a community college
Barbers Hill High School seniors Kade Davis Neely Venters and Blake Lee testified at a Texas House hearing April 19 in favor of a Barbers Hill Community College. Lee College board members including President Dennis Brown supported the bill filed by Rep Wayne Faircloth, with a companion in the Senate by Sen Brandon Creighton. Lee described Mont Belvieu growth and high out of district tuition, urging taxpayers to decide how funds are used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbers Hill High School
Lee College
Dennis Brown
Texas
House of Representatives Higher Education Committee
Wayne Faircloth
Brandon Creighton
Texas Senate
Blake Lee
Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill
Lee
Kade Davis
Neely Venters
Barbers Hill Community College
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