New Good Citizen Certificate program starts in Baytown
The Baytown Sun and Baytown GMC Buick launch a weekly Good Citizen Certificate program with Goose Creek CISD. Targeting kindergarten to third grade, the effort recognizes students for regular attendance and model behavior. First installments cover kindergarten, then first, second, and third grades with schools listed alphabetically from Alamo to Ashbel Smith.
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Highway 146 Northbound Closure Near Spur 330
Northbound lanes of Highway 146 closed at Spur 330 through Monday 5 a.m. Traffic diverted to the feeder road while work on the Spur 330 flyover proceeds. All southbound lanes stay open. Detour aims to connect Spur 330 to northbound 146.
Baytown Sun asks readers to pick top 10 stories of 2013
The Baytown Sun invites community members to submit their top local stories from 2013 by December 30. Eligible items include stories in the Baytown Sun or those affecting many residents. The paper will publish the readers' list on January 4.
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Farrell fills Barbers Hill ISD vacancy after tribute to Goss
Jef Farrell, 52, was sworn in by Chambers County Justice of the Peace Larry Cryer to the Barbers Hill ISD board to fill Carmena Goss’s seat. Farrell, former BHISD trustee, will serve until the next May election and potentially run to complete Goss’s term. A 313 deal with Enterprise Products was postponed to January.
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Crosby man arrested after theft in progress at Kohl's
Crosby man Christopher Thompson, 32, was charged with robbery and disarming a police officer after fighting officers during a theft incident at Kohl's in Baytown. He refused to exit a 1996 Oldsmobile, was tasered twice, and officers recovered $1,038.94 in stolen merchandise. He was jailed after medical clearance.
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Shoplifting crash suspect out on bond
Bobby Jo Hovis 28 of La Porte is free on a $30,000 bond after being charged with intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle in the Dec 15 death of Anita Benton in Pasadena. Benton’s 14-year-old daughter Winter Grasser was injured when Hovis, who had left a nearby Wal Mart after a shoplifting incident, allegedly ran a red light and struck Benton’s car. A witness saw Benton’s light green at the intersection and Hovis reportedly failed a field sobriety test with a 0.175 blood alcohol level.
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Chaplain and Santa Wed Homeless Couple in Houston
A Houston homeless couple wed outside the Harris County Sheriff's Office dispatch center after Chaplain Virginia Howell conducted the ceremony for free. Santa and dispatch staff served as witnesses as the pair, living in a shelter, avoided a $40 courthouse fee.
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