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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 2009
Page
1
Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick could share the field this season as the Philadelphia Eagles pursue dynamic options. The potential duo would shape offense plans and compete for snaps as training camp progresses.
The State of Texas runs a tax free weekend Friday to Sunday offering a sales tax break on clothing and footwear and backpacks and school supplies under $100 for Texas families.
Baytown police arrested four people Sunday for selling counterfeit movies at local truck stops and seized more than 1,600 films including pornography. A man and woman in a white Chevy S-10 were observed selling DVDs from containers while officers investigated tips of competitors. The suspect in custody hinted that rivals in a black Dodge truck were involved as police examined another truck stop in the area.
A man jailed for threatening to stab his wife was back in custody after a Sunday attack on a different victim. The victim was life-flighted to Houston with three abdominal stab wounds. Police say Jesse Anthony Lackey, 51, argued with his wife, threatened her, and was released on bond, then allegedly stabbed another person near Goose Creek Park.
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District will not raise property taxes this year. The board will use about 5 million dollars of unused 2005 bond funds to cover the Interest and Sinking shortfall, keeping the tax rate at 1.28 per 100 of assessed value.
The 1983 Hurricane Alicia remains the costliest Texas storm, with Baytown hit hard by 96 mph winds and a 1 foot storm surge. About 21 people died, 63,000 sought Red Cross shelter, and Baytown suffered 62 million dollars in damage including schools and industrial facilities. See Alicia page 3A.
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