Baytown's first Councilwoman honored in funeral service
Velme Ansley-Nelson, Baytown’s pioneering 1960 City Council member, was remembered at Navarre Funeral Home as a trailblazer and beloved educator. Born Velma Jordan in 1925, she moved to Goose Creek in 1934, mentored generations as a secretary for Goose Creek CISD, and was active in Lakewood Church of Christ. She died just before turning 86, after a life of civic service and family.
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Navarre Funeral Home
Velme Ansley-Nelson
Baytown
Goose Creek Cisd
Ben Jordan
Ansley-Nelson
Liz Tulloch
Lakewood
Highway 146 connector opens with officials present
Congressmen Gene Green and Ted Poe attended the rib bon cutting for the new ramp linking southbound Highway 146 to westbound Spur 330. State and local officials joined TxDOT to celebrate the project completion funded through cooperation among Green, Poe, State Rep. Wayne Smith and the City of Baytown.
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Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Jeff Volk
Southeast Texas
Txdot
Brandon Schweitzer
Lone Star Construction
Gene Green
Stephen DonCarlos
Ted Poe
Brandon Capetillo
Terry Said
Lucio Ortiz
Poe
Delvin Dennes
Houston
Green
Texas Department of Transportation
Wayne Smith
Baytown
Woman Victim of PCH Sweepstakes Scam in Baytown
Baytown resident Mary Elkins, a longtime school teacher, received a call claiming she won 285,000 from Publisher's Clearing House. The caller pressured verification and promised a check from Lloyds TSB via Costa Rica, later involving a supposed Customs agent demanding 2000 to release a package, a classic escalation in a multi-step scam.
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Baytown
Mary Elkins
Elkins
Lloyd’s Tsb
Costa Rica
Lloyds
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency
Chase leads to shooting death of dog
Baytown resident Jim Bortner sat on his sofa when his dog Duke was shot and killed after a rapid sequence of events. Police statements conflicted on the details, but both accounts show the dog suffering for hours before action was taken.
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Chase
Baytown
Jim Bortner
Duke
Bortner
Bornier
Sterling grad to perform with Grand Opera
Baytown native Austin Dean, a 19 year old music education major at the University of Houston, will perform in the Houston Grand Opera production of Dead Man Walking less than two years after graduating from Ross S. Sterling High School. Dean, who has limited dramatic stage experience, was encouraged to audition by a university faculty member and earned a part, surprising him.
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Ross S. Sterling High School
Baytown
Austin Dean
Houston Grand Opera
Dean
the Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Sterling
Sterling High School
Moores Opera House
Houston
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