NC murder suspects arrested in Baytown
A man and a woman sought in North Carolina for a Matthews motel homicide were stopped by a Texas DPS trooper near Interstate 10 and Stolander Road after their vehicle failed to stop. They were identified as Edward Sanchez and Emily Isaacs, 19 and 18, and are in Harris County Jail awaiting extradition.
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North Carolina
DPS
Richard Standifer
Interstate 10
Stolander Road
White Line
Edward Sanchez
Emily Ann Isaacs
Baytown City
Eric Freed
Baytown
Harris County
Houston
Tim Aycock
Matthews
Micromotel
Aycock
Lawyer Weston Cotten seeks Lee College Regent seat
Local attorney Weston Cotten filed to run for a six year term on the Lee College Board of Regents joining five other candidates. Cotten, Baytown lawyer since 1982 and former Goose Creek ISD board member 1990 to 2008, cites collaboration and shared facilities as goals. He notes Lee College has tradition in his family and reflects on community ties.
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Weston Cotten
Lee College Board of Regents
Cotten
Baytown
Stephen F. Austin State University
South Texas College of Law
Goose Creek
Lee College
26th Annual Gator Ride at Baytown YMCA
The Baytown Family YMCA hosts the 26th annual Gator Ride on Lee College Campus with on-site registration $50 Saturday and $40 today. Riders must be 12 or older, wear helmets, and cannot use child bike carriers. About 500 registered, with expected turnout near 1,000 as last-minute signups surge.
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Baytown Family Ymca
Lee Brillhart
Lee College
Judge to rule next week on Redus wrongful death case
A Texas district court judge will decide next week whether to dismiss the wrongful death suit filed by Baytown parents Mickey and Valerie Redus on behalf of their slain son, Robert Cameron Redus. UIW asks dismissal, arguing the university and police are immune as licensed governmental units. Redus family counters they are private and not a government agency. The judge scheduled to rule on March 5 after arguments from both sides.
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Baytown
Mickey
Valerie Redus
Robert Cameron Redus
Cathleen Stryker
Redus
University of the Incarnate Word
University
Cpl
Christopher Carter
Carter
USW
Alamo Heights
UIW
San Antonio
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement
Houston
Brent Perry
Perry
Stryker
UFW
Black History Month on The Education of McNair’s Children
This piece surveys Goose Creek public schools and the evolution of Black education in Baytown area, highlighting the Goose Creek School for Coloreds in Pelly, the establishment of George Washington Carver High School in 1921, early leadership, the 1922 construction contract, expansion to nine classrooms by 1927, and later accreditations and programs up to 1941.
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McNair
Goose Creek
Humble Oil Refinery Co
Goose Creek Independent
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
la Porte
Pelly
George Washington Carver High School
Mt. Rose Baptist Church
Tillie Brown
DePuy & Ramsey
Oak Street
Annie B. Edwards
Helen Stafford
Edwards
Stafford
Eartha Davis
Ernest
E. A.) Archia
Carver
G. W. Carver
Housing Authority of
City of
Humble Oil and Refining
J. W. Bateson
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