Misspelled Mont Belvieu Sign Heads To Correction Lab
TXDOT will replace a sign at FM 2100 and FM 1942 after a Mount Belview spelling error appeared on a Mont Belvieu city entry. Officials say the mishap is not common and the correction will take a few days.
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Baytown Sun
Lauren Sailee
Crosby
Highlands
Mont Belvieu
Texas Department of Transportation
Baytown
Oops
TXDOT
Mount Belview
Mont Belview
Highway Department
Quincy Allen
Allen
Bryan Easum
YMCA Partners drive underwrites scholarships in Baytown
Baytown Family YMCA joins the Houston area in the annual YMCA Partners campaign to fund youth, family and community programs. Donations support preschool, child care, afterschool care, swimming lessons, summer camp and youth sports. Last year Houston area YMCAs raised over 4 million dollars. Baytown aims for 155000 with contact 281 427 1797.
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Baytown Family Ymca
YMCA
Greater Houston
Ymca Partners
Organiza
Tion
Carrie Gaskamp
Benefit for local man's family held at Old River
A barbecue benefit for Tony Russell's widow and daughter is set for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Old River Community Building 4818 FM 565 Old River Wintree. Russell, 34, died Jan 14 of sudden heart failure. Donations help his wife Liz and daughter Britney. Tickets by Courtney 281-576-2072 or Trina 221-471-2426. Plate $7.50 with brisket sausage and sides. A raffle is planned.
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Tony Russell
Old River
Old River Wintree
Russell
Barbers Fill High School
Amy
NASA
Liz
Britney
Courtney
Trina
Chamblin case hinges on motive in capital murder trial
Magee noted Chamblin has refused a psychological evaluation after a three hour standoff when he surrendered to Baytown police. Prosecutors weigh mitigating factors from his medical and work history and custody behavior while considering death penalty eligibility. If convicted and given life, he would face at least 40 years before parole. Chamblin admitted shooting his wife and child during a 911 call and in the home, saying he did not know why.
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Magee
Chamblin
Lakewood
Jerome Godiich
Baytown
Baytown Police Investigate Hit and Run and Rock Throwing
A Baytown man fled after driving a 2002 Pontiac Firebird into two light poles on Park Street around midnight, later returning with friends. The driver was arrested for failing to stop and give information, while the passenger, a Channelview resident, faced multiple outstanding warrants. Another report notes a rock struck a Ford Explorer on Craigmont Boulevard around 2:30 pm. the suspect is not yet questioned.
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Baytown
Park Street
Channelview
Pasadena
Craigmont Boulevard
Baytown Bond Jumper Arrested in Garth Road Apt Raid
A Liberty Bonding hunter alerted Baytown police to a bond jumper with a Harris County theft warrant. Officers arrested the man at his apartment in the 3200 block of Garth Road. Between 6 a.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday Baytown police answered 123 calls including 10 alarms, two assaults, two auto thefts, two burglaries, thefts, disturbances, a robbery, shots fired, and several accidents. Crime Stoppers offers cash tips at 281-427-TIPS.
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Liberty Bonding
Baytown
Harris County
Garth Road
Police
Charter review debate shifts timeline for city charter changes
The seven member committee, appointed Jan. 22, asks to delay full charter revisions for about 30 months. Rifts over a partial update versus comprehensive overhaul surface as officials push to align with federal deadlines and local election changes.
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Mahar
US Justice Department
Mahan
Lawrence Wallace
Fourman
Cauley
Trustees Propose Adding Industrial Technology to Electives
The Baytown district weighs keeping skills for living classes at two junior schools while adding industrial technology to electives. Trustees debate funding two extra teachers, with Fischer urging focus on disadvantaged students and community needs. The board approves an 8 period junior school schedule next year and raises TAKS math requirements for graduation.
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Beverly Walker
Steve Fischer
Baytown
Horace Mann
Fischer
Baytown Sun
Rosa Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Clarence Albus
Fischers
Weston Cotten
Jepp Busch
Albus, Rodriguez
Phelilla Barnes
James Lewis
Buckeye Considers New Tower Rules and Fiber Overlay
Tower plans to build an 80-foot communications tower contingent on engineers ensuring it lands within Buckeye property. An ordinance to speed antenna tower permits passes, with officials stressing fall on land, not neighboring properties. Also approved a universal pipeline replacement for Equistar, plus talks on a city fiber optic overlay to improve Internet service.
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Trator
Bryan Easum
Council
Mike Pomykal
Darrell Richardson
Buckeye
Cecil Parker
Universal Ensco, Inc
Equistar Chemicals, LP
Equistar
Steve Lowe
Cobridge Cable
Classic Cable
Lowe
Goose Creek school board election May 15 details
Goerge Burg, a 30 year Exxon Mobil veteran, seeks a Goose Creek district board seat in the May 15 election. He urges benchmarking with other districts, notes the $1.50 tax cap, and pushes facility plans for high schools while favoring keeping sixth graders in middle or junior high wings. He has served on facilities and bond oversight committees since 1998.
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Galena Park
Pheliria Barnes
Bares
Exxon Mobil
Burg
Goose Creek
Rick Perry
Goose
Baytown
Lee
Sterling
Highlands
Fire at Woodcreek Apartments Contained. No Injuries Reported
Firefighters contained a blaze at Woodcreek Apartments within 20 minutes with no injuries to civilians or crews. Lt. Darrell Davis said the cause appeared accidental possibly due to welding by plumbers earlier. The unit likely must be demolished as the complex, long in disrepair, is under renovation and owes back taxes.
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Darrell Davis
Davis
Woodcreek
California
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