Rifle found at Baytown day care playground shocks staff
Baytown police found a 1952 Chinese SKS rifle near the Little Hearts Child Care Center playground before recess. The gun, in poor upkeep with no ammunition, was not reported stolen and investigators seek its owner, while praising the day care staff for immediate reporting and safety procedures.
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Little Hearts Child Care Center
E. Republic
David Alford
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Sinodefence.com
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Red China
Alford
Witnesses Last Saw Woman Perched on Railing Before Fall
In Baytown Shawna Lambright 20 died after falling from a Baker Road bridge into Goose Creek. Vanessa Pequeno and Isidro Zuniga tried to pull her out as a Baytown officer and medics responded. Detectives cite no witness to the moment of the fall and the case remains under inquiry.
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Baytown
Shawna Lambright
Shawna
Billie Lambright
Lambright
Goose Creek
Baker Road
Vanessa Pequeno
Isidro Zuniga
Zuniga
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Deborah Patience
Chris Rymer
Baytown TOG Task Force Targets Local Crime
Baytown detectives form Target Offenders Group TOG to address niche crimes. They operate in plain clothes, rely on citizen tips, and pursue cases others miss. The two-officer unit has cracked prostitution gambling and vandalism cases, emphasizing reporting suspicious activity.
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Baytown
Coleman
TOG
Readiness Notes for Texas Chemical Plants Near Cities
A Congressional Research Service study estimates up to 29 Texas plants store large amounts of lethal chemicals near communities of at least one million people. ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery and other facilities say they implement multiple risk-based security, drills, and community emergency programs with local police and fire departments, including on-site fire chiefs and trained responders. The CRS release analyzes state by state plant proximity to dense populations.
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Congressional Research Service
Texas
Baytown
ExxonMobil
Chevron Phillips
Bayer
Decker Drive
Jeanne Miller
Miller
Environmental Protection Agency
West Sterling Ave to close for water line work
The City of Baytown will close West Sterling Avenue between North Pruett Street and Decker Drive from Thursday July 14 at 9 p.m. to Friday July 15 at 3 a.m. to connect two six inch water lines. Water service will be disrupted with some homes without water or reduced pressure. Traffic Division at 281 420 5399 for details.
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Baytown Sun
Erin Gage
Sterling Avenue
Pruett Street
Decker Drive
Whiting Street
Baytown
West Sterling Avenue
West Sterling
Fred Pack
Public Works
Traffic Division
Public Works Department
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