Haz mat team handles smoking sludge cargo on highway
Exxon Chemical haz mat unit assisted Baytown firefighters when a 20 yard roll off truck carrying industrial sludge heated and smoked on Highway 99 near SH 146. An 800 foot evacuation was set, traffic blocked, and foam applied as the tarp was removed then replaced. The load was later returned to Beaumont after incinerator refused it.
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Exxon Chemical
Baytown
Highway 146
Tri-City Beach Road
SH 99
Charlie Murrell
Beaumont
Deer Park
Murrell
Exxon Haz Mat
BFD
Texas lawmakers hear slot machine push for tracks
Racing industry officials told Texas legislators that legalizing slot machines at 13 tracks and three Indian reservations could revive the sector. Andrea Young of Sam Houston Race Park said regional competition hurts Texas as wagering declines 50 percent and attendance drops 30 percent over a decade. Proponents seek a constitutional amendment to allow slots and boost state revenue, with an estimated $1 billion annually.
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Austin
Texas
Louisiana
Andrea Young
Sam Houston Race Park
Houston
Young
Texans For Economic Development
Sewage Lift Station Cave-In Triggers Bypass Plan
City crews found a cave-in at a sewage lift station fed by a creek, water entering the line. A temporary surface bypass was nearly finished after an 8 a.m. council meeting, with a pump to arrive to complete the bypass and a replacement line to be installed away from the creek. The damaged segment will be abandoned and the leak reported to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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LeBlanc
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Lift Station Fails From Overload Thrown Emergency Alert
An overload condition triggers a lift station pump failure prompting an emergency alert. Officials caution residents of possible wastewater backup and advise precautions as crews work to restore service and prevent future overloads.
Baytown Photo Club postpones July meeting to July 12
The Baytown Photo Club postpones its regular meeting by one week due to the holiday. The July meeting will be on Monday the 12th at 6:30 p.m. in the Art Center at 110 W. Texas. The assignment is patriotic or red white and blue. attendees donate 1. Open to anyone interested in photography. more info on the Art League of Baytown site.
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Baytown Photo Club
Art Center
Texas
The
Art League of Baytown
Artleagueofbaytown.org
No serious injuries after mistaken wife's gunfire
A wife on E Wright Avenue fired at a man she mistook for a prowler grazing him near their home. The husband was grazed but refused treatment. Police say no charges were filed.
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E. Wright Avenue
Two Arrested After Liquor Store Crash in Nederland
Nederland men Travis Foret and Black Root were arrested and charged with public intoxication after their truck backed into Discount Tobacco and Liquor at 2814 N Main St Tue afternoon. Neither was charged with driving while intoxicated as drivers could not be identified.
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Nederland
N. Main St
Alan Cliburn
Travis Foret
Black Root
Interrupted burglary ends in arrest on Denby Street
A woman discovered another woman burglarizing her home in the 700 block of Denby Street around 3 30 p m. Sanji Leroy Williams lists an address in the 1000 block of Northwood
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Denby Street
Sanji Leroy Williams
Northwood
Baytown Woman Charged With Burglary of a Home
Police in Baytown report a woman was charged with burglary of a habitation. Her bond was set at $20,000 in the 209th District Court.
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Baytown
209Th District Court
Thefts and Burglaries Across City Incidents
Multiple thefts and burglaries reported from various blocks including Ponderosa Drive Mill Creek Drive Olive Street Village Lane Colonial Drive and Eastpoint Boulevard. Incidents involved televisions laptops a DVD player jewelry and two cell phones with time frames from Monday night to Tuesday afternoon. Baytown police logged 33 offense reports including one assault four burglaries four burglaries of motor vehicles two forgeries one sexual assault and six thefts along with two major crashes and seven minor crashes.
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Ponderosa Drive
Interstate 10
Mill Creek Drive
Chad Lane
Eastpoint Boulevard
Burnett Drive
Thompson Street
Olive Street
Village Lane
Colonial Drive
Baytown
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BPS
Lucille J. Brown
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