Mysterious Double Bayou death draws national help
Winnie resident Carrie Wilson recalls finding a body floating near the Oak Island Double Bayou area on April 28. The unidentified Hispanic man, about 30 to 38, had blunt head trauma, no ID, and hands bound. Chambers County authorities describe the case as horrific and an episode of America's Most Wanted is being produced to aid the investigation.
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Carrie Wilson
Double Bayou
Chambers County
Joe LaRive
Oak Island
Wilson
Exxon
Eagles in the rough: three Ross teens earn Eagle Scout rank
Brett Selensky Dalton Owens and Zack Holt of Ross Sterling will complete more than a decade in Scout Troop 93 to attain Eagle Scout ranks. The teens started in first grade and balanced Scouting with high school sports and activities while facing peer teasing and ongoing family support.
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Martin Sonnier
Boy Scouts Troop 93
Baytown
Christopher Toppeto
Brett Selensky
Dalton Owens
Zack Holt
Ross §. Sterling
Scout Troop 93
Boy Scouts of America
Holt
Owens
Selensky
Baytown to name new city engineer Jose Pastrana
Baytown officials are set to appoint Jose A. Pastrana as director of engineering after weeks of searching. If confirmed, he would start March 8, replacing Dick Carter who retired last January with Pete Lester serving in the interim. Pastrana, a Texas registered PE, has 22 years in civil engineering and county experience leading projects including the $65 million Ford Park Event Center.
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Baytown
Jose A. Pastrana
Garry Brumback
Pastrana
Dick Carter
Carter
Pete Lester
Louisiana
Jose
Brumback
Charity Stone remembered for decades of Baytown nursing
Charity Stone, a longtime Baytown nurse known across the community, died at 91 after moving to the area about fifty years ago when her husband Virgil joined Humble Oil. She began at Lillie Duke Hospital and cared for patients from the late 1940s through the 1970s, including aiding Texas City ship explosion victims in 1947.
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Baytown
Charity Stone
Stone
Virgil
Humble Oil & Refining Co
ExxonMobil
Lillie Duke Hospital
Texas City
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