Prepare for icy temps across southeast Texas
The National Weather Service warns of a strong chance of winter precipitation and freezing temperatures from tonight through Friday across much of southeast Texas. Monitor local media and the NWS site for watches and latest conditions as the Arctic front brings sleet, freezing rain, and extended cold. Take steps to protect people, pets, pipes, and plants by staying indoors, layering clothes, securing heaters, sheltering animals, draining hoses, wrapping pipes, and bringing plants inside or covering outdoor foliage.
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Thank You to Baytown Firemen for Fire at Stolander Road
A reader thanks Baytown firefighters who responded quickly to a garage apartment fire at 6126 Stolander Road on January 15. They kept the main house safe after a three hour battle. the apartment and two cars were a total loss but no injuries or deaths occurred. Local contractor Ricky Green secured the home and cut utilities.
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Today in History and Births and Facts Card
History notes mark November dates with elections insulin first human use and Ukraine leader Viktor Yushchenko. Births include Hancock Stendhal Manet Eisenstein Kovacs Rivera Hauer Hargitay Thiessen Ortiz. Facts cite Chita Rivera Kennedy Center honors and Rock Hall class of 1986 inductees.
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Edouard Manet
Sergei Eisenstein
Ernie Kovacs
Chita Rivera
Rutger Hauer
Princess Caroline of Monaco
Mariska Hargitay
Tiffani Thiessen
Tito Ortiz
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
Stendah
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
James Brown
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
Fats Domino
the Everly Brothers
Buddy Holly
Jerry Lee Lewis
Elvis Presley
Frisbee memories spark Baytown disc golf boom
Jane Howard Lee recalls backyard Frisbee games and notes Baytown Jenkins Park now hosts an 18 hole disc golf course opened in 2013. Visitors from League City and beyond travel to play, with a course 6,852 feet long, front and back nine, and a practice basket building interest in the sport.
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Baytown
Aileen Harding
Bark Park
Jenkins Park
Houston
Aileen
League City
State of Union address reflections from a faith lens
Tim Edwards of First Baptist Church Highlands frames Barack Obama’s upcoming State of the Union as a moment to align personal unions with God’s agenda. The piece urges seek God, apply Isaiah 55 6 1, and act for joy and peace in society through faith and biblical principles.
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Highlands
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Viewpoints
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