Tribute to Carver athlete and coach
Local historian J Warren Singleton profiles Leon Carr, Carver High School standout quarterback and three sport star who became a long time La Marque ISD administrator. Carr earned Prairie View Hall of Honor in 1999 and PVIL Coaches Association Hall of Honor in 2006, with a career spanning teaching coaching and administration after a near NFL tryout.
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Leon Carr
Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of
Baytown
Carver High School
Carr
la Marque Isd
Carver
Leon
Johnny Peoples
Buccaneers
Coach Carr
Jefferson, Texas
Hazel Haggerty
Homer Carr
George Washington Carver High School
Bill McMurry
Houston Chronicle
Carver School
Prairie View A & M College of Texas
Prairie View A&m
Panthers
Prairie View A & M
San Diego Chargers
Lincoln High School
la Marque
Prairie View
Audrey Ford
Lincoln High
Cougars
Tom Williams
Lincoln
la Marque High
Jessie Darling
Lee College launches online Texas real estate licensing programs
Lee College partners with The CE Shop to offer fully online real estate licensing and CEU courses. Programs prepare students for Texas licensing exams and careers as sales agents, brokers, or home inspectors, with self paced study and expert instruction.
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Lee College
Texas
CE Shop, Inc
Marsha Tuha
Center For Workforce and Community Development
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lee.edu
Workforce
COVID-19 case counts rise across district pickups and counties
For the week of Jan. 4 10 Goose Creek CISD student infections 28 staff infections Anahuac ISD 1 staff case Barbers Hill ISD 35 student 8 staff Crosby ISD no report Since Dec 30 25 student 9 staff Deer Park ISD 2 staff Harris County 278312 cases 2745 deaths Baytown area 5008 cases 58 deaths Highlands ZIP 77562 413 cases 7 deaths Crosby ZIP 77532 1814 cases 24 deaths Chambers County 3430 cases 31 deaths
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Goose Creek Cisc
Texas Department of State Health Services
Anahuac Isd
Barbers Hill Isd
Crosby Isd
Deer Park Isd
Harris County Public Health
Harris County
Baytown
Highlands-area
Crosby-area
Chambers County
Harris County jail overcrowding prompts bond review
The Harris County jail faces 9,087 inmates with nearly 7,900 awaiting trial, and only 68 beds available. Officials blame court backlogs from the pandemic, rising staff absences due to COVID-19, and recent infections. Rosenthal urged bond reductions for about 1,151 low level felony inmates and reviewed further groups for release amid ongoing debates with legal and defense teams. Texas reports surge in cases and deaths as the pandemic continues.
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Rosenthal
Harris County Sheriff’s Office
Patrick Dougherty
Sheriff's Office
Elizabeth Rossi
Civil Rights Corps
Greg Abbott
Abbott
Harris
Harris County
Kim Ogg
Public Defender’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Ogg
Texas
WAC reshapes by shedding football after long history
The Western Athletic Conference plans a football exodus as Southland adds members and Big Sky loses Southern Utah. With New Orleans and Texas A&M Corpus Christi not playing football, the conference seeks new regional partners while the Big Sky reduces to 11 members.
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Southland
New Orleans
Texas A&m Corpus Christi
Tom Burnett
Burnett
Big Sky
Southern Utah
WAC
BYU
Hawaii
Oklahoma
Mountain West
Hypocrisy Prompt in a Butter Container Tale
A chaplain recounts finding spaghettiOs inside a butter container mislabeled on the outside. He cites Jesus words against hypocrisy describing outward show versus inner intent. The note names Danny R. Biddy of CCSO and Fellowship of Christian Cowboys.
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Jesus
Danny R. Biddy
Ccso & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys
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Education
Navarre Funeral Home
PD Davis & Associates
Susan Jones
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