Cost to raise today’s child tops 245 thousand dollars
The USDA report estimates a middle income family will spend about 245 340 dollars to raise a child born in 2013 until adulthood. Housing remains the largest cost around 30 percent with childcare and education second at 18 percent, and food at 16 percent. Costs rise with inflation and vary by region.
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United Way promotes annual campaign in Baytown area
Holly Liechty and United Way officials urged community support at the Highlands Lynchburg Chamber luncheon. The effort focuses on early development through programs like Parents and Teachers and a Baytown learning trail with interactive stations guiding preschool and school aged growth.
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Highlands-Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce
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MB recreation center and golf course plan capital upgrades
Mont Belvieu City Council reviewed Eagle Pointe Recreation Center and Golf Course budgets. The center requests 2.26 million with an extra 200000 for a weight room mezzanine and 204000 to modernize the indoor pool dehumidification system. The golf course budget is 2.25 million, down 6.77 percent, with an enclosed pavilion renovation and 88 added parking spaces slated for completion by fall.
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Baytown man charged after machete threat in family incident
Police responded to a 1600 block Harvard Street family violence call Saturday where Ernest Hernandez retrieved a machete and threatened wife and friends as she ends a 10 year marriage amid abuse and drug use. Officers seized under a gram of amphetamines during arrest. Later Sunday another aggravated assault with bodily injuries left a man jumped by several people in the 500 block of West Narro Street.
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Sunday assault in Decker Drive family violence case
At 1 p.m. Sunday an assault related to family violence occurred in the 7500 block of Decker Drive.
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Burglar Steals Four TV Screens From BK Dining Area
Burglars struck Burger King at 2207 N Alexander Drive on a Sunday night, taking four television screens from the dining area. Police are investigating the burglary and reviewing surveillance footage.
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N. Alexander Drive
Burglary Targets Illinois Street Garage Apartment
Police investigated a burglary in the 3200 block of Illinois Street where a garage apartment was entered between 7 p.m. Saturday and 9:10 a.m. Sunday, with about $180 in goods taken including two window air conditioners. Surveillance shows a man entering a locked grocery store at the 3500 block of North Main Street and taking $4,720 in cash from a cash-checking site at 7:53 a.m. Sunday.
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Cocaine Found After Abandoned Narcotics Found
Police confiscated less than a gram of cocaine after a store employee found the abandoned narcotics in a gas station on 4300 North Main Street at 2 40 p m Sunday.
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