Chambers County Jail fails state inspection again
Chambers County Jail was found out of compliance with state jail standards after a March 31 inspection. Two violations cited including an improper 1 to 48 inmate ratio and tuberculosis tests delayed by understaffing. Commissioners voted to hire two more jailers to meet standards as the jail averages 120 inmates with three personnel on duty.
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Anahuac
Chambers County
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
Terry Julian
The
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Sterling High Student Lays Life to Save Others
Baytown student Timothy Stuart, 17, in critical condition after a Sunday afternoon two car crash. He is brain-dead but remains on life support as his family donates his organs to help others, continuing his history as an Unsung Hero cited by The Baytown Sun.
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Baytown
Sterling High School
Timothy Stuart
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Memorial Hermann Hospital
Goose Creek
Kathy Clausen
Baytown Sun
Kathy Stuart
Ruling expected in Open Records suit over Eagle Pointe payroll
The Baytown Sun sues Mont Belvieu and Strong Sports Management over payroll data from Eagle Pointe Golf Club. Hearings before Judge Carroll E. William Jr. in Anahuac addressed whether city funds make payrolls public. A May 21 AG letter denied records, with no final ruling yet.
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Baytown Sun
City of
Mont Belvieu
Strong Sports Management Inc
Eagle Pointe Golf Club and Recreation
Texas Public Information Act
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Grady Randle
Wilborn
Eugenia Heard
Randle
Charles Daughtry
SSMI
Gregg Rosenberg
Daughtry
Rosenberg
Attorney General
Mary Green
Green
The
Sun
Barbers Hill to expand random drug testing for activity students
Barbers Hill school board discussed two items affecting extracurricular participants. Administrators voted to modify the drug testing program, increasing random testing for all students involved in outside activities. The district also considered paying meals for traveling students after spending 22,500 dollars with Pinnacle Employee Testing Services.
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Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill
Pinnacle Employee Testing Services of
Houston
Mont Belvieu approves second paid EMS worker
Jed City Council approves 42,000 for five months to hire a second paid emergency position in Mont Belvieu. Bruce Oliphant, director of emergency services, notes eight volunteers out of 18 and a stressed system handling nearly 650 calls yearly. The added position will cover one shift for 24 hours this fiscal year, easing Oliphant’s 70 hour weeks and vacation lapse.
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Mont Belvieu
Mont Belvieu Emergency Services
Jed
Bruce Oliphant
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