Plan comes together for Operation Blue Remembrance work
Retired Baytown police Sgt. Bert Sims drives Operation Blue Remembrance to locate living and memorialize deceased Baytown officers. Meanwhile Bay Area Homeless Services signs a contract for a 2,000 square foot office at 1011 Polly Street as part of a five year plan to house staff and implement the shelter’s aims.
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Blue Remembrance Homeless Service
Matt Hollis
Baytown
Bert Sims
Sims
Bay Area
Bill Eckert
BAHS
Polly Street
COVID-19 admissions rise at Texas Medical Center
The Texas Medical Center reports continued COVID-19 infection growth linked to Christmas gatherings. On Wednesday the TMC dashboard shows 301 new admissions, up from a prior week average of 248 and a month-ago 168. Regular ICU capacity was filled, with 69 patients in other areas temporarily.
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Texas Medical Center
TMC
Petersen Zimmerman Nelson Corder Villanueva on Page 3A
Local notice page 3A highlights multiple individuals Rupetha Petersen Helen Zimmerman George H Nelson Jr Paul Ray Corder and Emilia Villanueva in briefs and notices across community listings. The itemized cards reference public notices and civic updates within the section.
Top Baytown stories of 2020 second half review
Editor's note previews part two of a look back at 2020. Baytown water parks opened late, closed briefly for COVID cases, with Calypso Cove reopening on a limited basis. Officer Nathanial Brown was terminated after an Internal Affairs probe. Goose Creek CISD postponed start to Sept 8 with online and hybrid options. Debates over Robert E. Lee name sparked community discussion. no action taken in July. NTSB blamed co pilot error for Trinity Bay cargo jet crash with three deaths. Debates continued over high school name.
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Goose Creek
Elvira Delgado
Baytown
Pirates Bay
Calypso Cove
BPD
Nathanial Brown
Robert E. Lee
NTSB
Trinity Bay
National Transportation Safety Board
August Charges Filed in Home Invasion Murder
In Baytown 2020 murders rose to double digits and a widely reported case involved Margarita Villalon, mother of 11, killed during a home invasion robbery. Another man was shot in an attempted robbery by the same suspects the same evening. Kain Lopez Josue Lopez Gregory Donnel and a 16 year old were arrested and charged. SEE REVIEW e PAGE 8A.
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Baytown
Houston
Margarita Villalon
Kain Lopez
Josue Lopez
Gregory Donnel
Harris County Transit hits 1 million boardings milestone
Harris County Transit Services reports 1 million fixed route passenger boardings as of December 16, with Baytown riders contributing 84 percent of the total. Baytown alone accounts for 847,217 boardings and the Baytown service has fallen only 5 percent while other routes declined more due to COVID-19. The agency notes the Baytown service is now recovering and exceeds last year’s numbers by about 10 percent.
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Harris County Transit
Baytown
David Jones
Harris County Transit Services
Jones
ExxonMobil to cut 722 jobs in Texas by Feb 2
ExxonMobil will lay off 677 workers at its Spring campus and 45 at its Hughes Landing site in Montgomery County by February 2, as part of a nationwide reduction of about 1,900 employees announced in October. The move aims to trim payroll amid declining oil demand even before the pandemic.
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ExxonMobil
Hughes Landing
Montgomery County
Texas Workforce Commission
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