Filing Opens for Goose Creek and Barbers Hill School Board
The filing period to run for school board spots at Goose Creek CISD and Barbers Hill ISD has begun with a Feb 12 deadline. Early voting runs April 19 to 27 and Election Day is May 1. Goose Creek trustees up for election include Howard Sampson District 1 Agustin Laredo III District 2 Richard Clem District 4 and Ben Pape District 5. Barbers Hill trustees up for election are Becky Tice Eric Davis and Fred Skinner with Skinner having filed to run again.
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Goose Creek
Barbers Hill
Ees
Howard Sampson
Agustin Laredo III
Richard Clem
Ben Pape Dis
Sampson
Susan Passmore
Barbers Hill Isd
Becky Tice
Eric Davis
Fred Skinner
Ner
Jami Navarre
BHISD
Gecisd
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
Interstate 10
Baytown
Gccisd
Noemi Garcia
Board of Trustees
P.O. Box
A.garcia
Bhisd School Board
Lesa Hall
P.O
Mont Belvieu
Shall
Bhisd.net
Missing Man Nathan Heathco After Car Crash
Nathan Heathco 22 disappeared after a crash on FM 1409 in South Liberty County. Security video shows him walking away toward a store then south on FM 1409. Texas EquuSearch and LCSO followed by 30 volunteers continue search. tips urged to the sheriff at (936) 336-4500.
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Nathan Allen Heathco
Liberty County
FM 1409
Heathco
ESD #3
LCSO
Texas EquuSearch
Texas EquaSearch
Nathan Heathco
Sheriff's Office
NRA Files Chapter 11 and Plans Texas Incorporation
The National Rifle Association filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Dallas and will relocate incorporation to Texas, forming Sea Girt LLC in 2020. New York AG had sued over alleged improper use of funds. NRA says it remains financially strong despite layoffs and canceled events.
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Austin
NRA
Dallas
Texas
Sea Girt LLC
McNair man dies in ATV crash near Harlem Street
Michael Bennett died in a noon Tuesday single vehicle ATV crash on Harlem Street in McNair. Sheriff’s report says he applied front brakes by mistake causing a rollover and he was thrown onto the roadway before being flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston where he died.
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Michael Bennett
Harlem Street
McNair
Sheriff’s Office
Bennett
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston
Robbery and theft incidents reported in Baytown area
A 22 year old Kobe Colbert is charged with robbery after allegedly assaulting a woman and taking her car during a dispute over gas money on a Baytown to Orange trip. A separate victim reports a masked man with a handgun challenging him near West James and North Commerce. Theft reports include four tires from I 10, three rifles, a 1994 Ford F 150, and two red tarps, all occurring Tuesday night.
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Baytown
Orange
Steve Dorris
Kobe Colbert
Colbert
Dorris
Interstate 10
Woodford Street
Ruger
North Alexander Drive
Bagland Island hotel plan advances with two-step RFQ process
City officials push a 200-key hotel and convention center on Bagland Island aiming for a February RFP cycle after MDD approval. Hyatt Regency branding discussed, project cost estimated at 42.5 million with 21.1 million city funding, bonds to back the rest. Groundbreaking eyed for spring, potential delays from bond market and vaccine rollout.
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Bagland Island
Horner
MDD
Brandon Capetillo
Monte Mercer
Hyatt Regency
Marriot
Rick Davis
CBRE
Davis
Baytown initiative boosts parks and engage programs
Baytown programs expand volunteer efforts with 100 plus volunteers in the Butterfly Garden clean up and Teen Round Table. Civic education podcasts Civics Academy and Baytown Engage webpage draw residents, with 8,000 plus visitors. Neighborhood Empowerment Grants offer up to 5,000 per project to 14 neighborhoods across beautification safety and connection goals.
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Martin
Baytown
ExxonMobil
Youth Advisory Commission
Round Table
Police Department
Civics Academy
Baytown Engage
Baytownengage.com
Baytownengage
Bayway
Heather Betancourth
Betancourth
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