Contract Awarded for North Main Phase 2 Work
A Baytown council approved a $530,750 contract with Interstate Improvements Inc for North Main Street Pavement Restoration. The scope includes dowel bar retrofits and cross stitching to prevent panel movement, plus diamond grinding to improve ride quality, with total project cost under $2.2 million and under budget. See project page 9A.
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Frank Simoneaux
Baytown
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Simoneaux
Rollingbrook Drive
Tragedy Near Barbers Hill High School After I 10 Crash
A fatal early morning crash on an Interstate 10 service road near Barbers Hill claims the life of a student from the district. Two students aged 16 and 11 were aboard the vehicle en route to school when the driver overcorrected, lost control, and the vehicle overturned. The incident occurred west of Highway 565 amid active construction. The DPS-led probe is ongoing with officials citing driver inexperience as a factor.
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Mont Belvieu
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Chambers County
Brian Hawthorne
Department of Public Safety
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Baytown City Runoffs See 1000+ Early Votes Cast
Early voting for Baytown City Council runoff elections ended with over 1,000 ballots cast in person or by mail. Election Day is Saturday December 12 with polls open 7 am to 7 pm in Harris and Chambers counties at Lee College workforce center De Zavala Elementary Baytown James Bowie Elementary School and other sites.
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Baytown
Harrisvotes.com
Harris
Chambers
Lee College Center For Workforce and Community Development
Phyllis Davis
Decker Drive
Beginning Word Verse The Word With God
A biblical verse opens with In the beginning was the Word and states the Word was with God and was God. It affirms creation through the Word and that all things were made through him.
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John
Follow us on Twitter at The Baytown Sun
A clipped social media note invites readers to follow the Baytown Sun on Twitter, highlighting the newspaper’s online presence and encouraging engagement with updates and stories.
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Longtime Methodist pastor Newsome to retire at Baytown church
John Newsome will retire after nearly 30 years in ministry at Cedar Bayou Grace United Methodist Church in Baytown. Supporter Johnnie Jennings Jr. recalls an eventful 7 1/2 years overseeing floods, a new building, and the pandemic as the church, one of the state's oldest, marks the end of an era with its relocation to higher ground. Sam Houston is said to have visited the church during a summer stay.
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Cedar Bayou Grace United Methodist Church
John Newsome
Johnnie Jennings Jr
Newsome
Baytown
Cedar Bayou Grace
Jennings
Sam Houston
Houston Methodist CEO touts vaccine optimism
Houston Methodist system CEO Marc L Bloom shared hopeful notes on the COVID 19 vaccine during an online town hall while urging continued precautions. Cardiologist Dr William A Zoghbi described COVID 19 heart damage risks including myocardial injury and rare cases of heart attack or failure, especially in hospitalized patients. The discussion warned vaccines will roll out over months and that masking and social distancing remain essential.
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Houston Methodist System
Marc L. Boom
William A Zoghbi
Department of Cardiology
Texas closeto 24000 virus deaths as hospitalizations top 9000
Texas nears 24 000 reported coronavirus deaths with 9 109 Texans hospitalized. Johns Hopkins records 23 913 deaths since the pandemic began and notes the state has the second highest death toll nationwide. Over two weeks the rolling daily death average rose from 149 to about 189. The surge also pushed new cases up by 675, about 6 percent.
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Texas Department of State Health Services
Johns Hopkins University
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