Baytown reports quiet New Year’s Eve amid fireworks and calm
Baytown celebrated a safe New Year’s Eve with widespread fireworks and champagne. Two violence incidents appeared unrelated to the holiday. A shooting occurred near Village Lane Apartments leaving a man wounded in the ankle and treated at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Police said no arrests yet and noted three DWI calls with no arrests. The jail held only warrants as officers urged safe driving. Sammy Mahan’s Tipsy Tows towed four vehicles during the night, offering free service to deter drunk driving.
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Racial gaps in ER narcotic prescribing persist study finds
An analysis of over 150 000 emergency room visits across 13 years shows whites receive narcotics for pain more often than minorities in urban and rural hospitals nationwide. Nigro differences persist despite a rise in overall narcotic prescribing from 23 to 37 percent between 1993 and 2005.
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Urgent message sought for Jennifer Nance contact plea
Jennifer Nance asks Tory Vinson or anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts to contact her brother Tommy Nance at 281-433-5757 to receive an urgent message.
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Back in the Day memories from Wanda Orton editor
Wanda Orton, longtime Baytown Sun aging editor, reflects on a decade of columns recalling July 11 attention, July 15 notes on Andrew J. Briscoe, and long-running subjects like Pelly Lorenzo de Zavala and David G. Burnet. She hints at more remembrances of things past in the new year.
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Harris County DA urged to resign over email scandal
Religious leaders from the Houston Area Pastor Council call on Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal to resign amid a scandal over emails with his secretary and a claimed past affair. The Harris County Republican Party asks him to withdraw from the March 4 GOP primary as he plans to run again.
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Baytown Police Beat Highlights Violent Incident and Thefts
A white female allegedly tried to run down a Baytown couple in the 800 block of North Alexander Drive, injuring them slightly and prompting aggravated assault charges. An employee used an elderly patient’s prescription to obtain drugs from Walmart on Garth Road after being fired as caretaker six months earlier. Graffiti reported at the Baytown Tax and Utility building on Market Street, with no suspects. A home-intrusion on Ferry Road led to a struggle. the homeowner restrained the suspect who fled with nothing taken. Police logged 26 offense reports in 24 hours including six assaults and multiple burglaries and crashes.
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