Beach City official loses home to fire
Beach City Alderman Dana Colquitt’s home burned Tuesday afternoon with her family listed as residents. No injuries reported as the dogs were safe and the family vacated the house. The family is staying in a motel while insurance is settled and donations have begun arriving locally.
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Haise speaks at chamber awards honoring volunteers
Fred Haise, Apollo 13 pilot, spoke at the West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce Tower Club night honoring community volunteers and businesses. He recalled the mission, showed space footage, and compared reality with the Ron Howard film while noting how cold it got in the LEM.
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Goose Creek CISD Seeks Candidate for Board Vacancy
A second person joins the race to fill the Goose Creek CISD board seat left by Bryan Graham. Michael N. Deakle, a former May 2013 opponent, seeks appointment, along with Vicky Melo. Applications with resumes due by 5 p.m. Friday. term lasts until May 2015.
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Baytown to hear public on Goose Creek drilling plan
Baytown Council hosts a 6:30 p.m. public hearing at City Hall to review amendments in the Unified Land Development Code and Chapter 62 Natural Resources. Proposals include a Goose Creek drilling overlay district allowing certain operations without a special permit and a heavy industrial zoning requirement for other drilling sites.
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ExxonMobil Baytown worker hospitalized after incident
An ExxonMobil contract worker was hospitalized after an incident at the Baytown Complex. The worker was flown by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann hospital for evaluation. Fire crews extricated the worker, who was alert with no evident injuries during the lengthy operation.
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