Package of meth washes up on Bolivar beach
Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports about 2.6 pounds of methamphetamine found along the Bolivar beach in the Gulf of Mexico. The drug, worth an estimated $20,500, was carried to shore by waves and turned in by beachgoers who warned others not to touch it.
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Chambers County
Brian Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Gulf of Mexico
China
Mexico
U.S
Chambers County Sheriff’s Office
Angela Hale
ExxonMobil profits slide amid gas prices hit revenue drop
ExxonMobil posted 69 billion in Q2 revenue, down from 73.5 billion a year earlier, as rising crude prices offset by a 24 percent fall in natural gas prices. Profit fell 21 percent to 3.1 billion or 0.73 per share, beating FactSet estimates. Oil output reached 3.9 million barrels per day with Permian Basin investments up 8.1 billion and Permian production up about 90 percent year over year.
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ExxonMobil
FactSet
Darren Woods
Exxon
Permian Basin
Permian
Exxon's Baytown plant suit details burn injury account
A Baytown Olefins Plant worker, Coronel, recounts second and third degree burns after an incident near the fire and his ambu lanced treatment. He questions the clinic's assessment and says ExxonMobil staff helped him to a facility, with ongoing pain and concern over return-to-work clearance. ExxonMobil says all evaluated workers were cleared to return and urges claims to a helpline.
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Baytown
Exxon
Coronel
Deer Park
Spencer Highway
Center Street
Bop
Retired editor Finley recalls humorous newsroom moment
Jim Finley recounts a playful incident on page 4A when a photo assignment led to Barbara's witty retort about butts. The future President almost paused, laughter shaking him as Finley teased the scene. Finley is a former managing editor of The Sun. Contact: Baytown Sun.
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United States
Barbara
Jim Finley
the Sun
Baytownsun.com
El Paso shooting at Walmart leaves 20 dead and 26 injured
Governor Abbott and El Paso police report 20 killed and 26 wounded at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas. A Dallas-area man, 21, named Patrick Crusius, is in custody. Most victims were at a Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall during back to school chaos. Witnesses describe chaos and blood drives. Police say the suspect used a rifle and was arrested without incident.
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Texas
Greg Abbott
Patrick Crusius
Associated Press
Cielo Vis
Cielo Vista
Robert Gomez
Gomez
Austin Johnson
Fort Bliss
Adriana Quezada
Walmart
Quezada
Teen charged in knife threat during chores dispute
A 12-year-old girl was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after grabbing a steak knife and threatening her mother during a chores argument at about 3 40 p m. She was turned over to Harris County Juvenile Probation. Charges are pending against a 27 year old Baytown man who al-
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Harris County Juvenile Probation
Baytown
Man faces charges after rock attack on mother
A man allegedly injured his mother by throwing rocks at a kennel after 1030 p m Thursday causing a neck injury requiring medical care. Police found him gone but anticipate aggravated assault family member charges. Burglary reported at a fitness center on Garth Road. A blue 2001 Ford F-150 was stolen on Lobit Avenue and a black guitar from a business on Garth Road.
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Lobit Avenue
Baytown Firefighter Cancer Case Advances in Court
The City of Baytown pursues a lawsuit against Patrick Mahoney over thyroid cancer alleged to be work related. Suliburk testifies the 6.3 cm thyroid mass and a 4 mm lesion were not identifiable preop and the cancer may not be linked to firefighting. The judge granted summary judgment on the firefighter presumption while Mahoney seeks expert input and the trial schedule remains in flux.
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Baytown
Roth
Suliburk
Saliburk
Brandi Prejean
Thornton Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra
Firefighters’ Union
Thy
American Thyroid Association
Baytown Fire Department
Associated Press
Texas
Texas Department of Insurance
Mary Ann Perez
Briscoe Cain
Texas State Association of Fire Fighters
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