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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 2015
Page
1
Baytown police investigate a fraud report after a caller posed as an Austin officer and then a Baytown officer. The suspect used spoofed numbers and demanded prepaid cards totaling 1500 dollars to cover supposed warrants. Police urge vigilance for calls from authorities and note this is the first time Baytown is named as the employer.
Baytown City Council plans to appoint Deputy City Manager Ron Bottoms as acting city manager effective March 1 while the search for a permanent replacement proceeds. Mayor Stephen DonCarlos says the transition follows City Manager Bob Leiper’s retirement after 37 years with the city.
Baytown residents spoke to the planning and zoning commission Tuesday urging preservation of Evergreen Point Golf Course amid concerns over potential closure and property value decline. They accused city leaders of underrepresentation while detailing meetings between owner Tim Hazelwood and city officials and noting the sale process and possible city options.
The Baytown Planning and Zoning Commission approved a 285 acre site for the Angel Brothers Industrial Park located west of Highway 99 along Kilgore Parkway. Angel Brothers aims to relocate HQ and operations from 5210 West Road to the new site as part of Chambers County Improvement District No. 3. The project includes a payment in lieu of taxes deal to avoid full city annexation.
A 137-foot truck will move through Baytown on Massey Tompkins Road toward the Chevon Phillips plant at I 10 and Sjolander causing street closures starting at 9 a m Thursday. The route avoids I 10 with a Crosby Cedar Bayou detour noted by city spokeswoman Patti Jett as the transport continues to the plant for a plant expansion project. Road closures will reopen as soon as the load passes.
Crosby ISD officials report Laura Figley, a Crosby kindergarten teacher, lost two sons in a fatal wreck last week. A bank account at Community Bank of Texas was opened to help her, with donations encouraged by district staff and the community.
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