Tragic holiday boating death of 12-year-old Tarkington girl
A 12-year-old Tarkington girl, Sammi Butler, died when a boat in Trinity Bay struck an underwater dredge pipe near the mouth of the Trinity River. Her father and three other passengers, including his son and grandson, were aboard. authorities said the deadly impact caused severe trauma and the father located his daughter's body after the crash. The tragedy occurred just before 11 a.m. with the boat near a submerged piping hazard.
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Justice of the Peace
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Free FAFSA help at LC EOC this summer
Lee College Educational Opportunity Center offers free counseling on completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Sessions run Tuesdays in room 209 of the Advance Technology Center through August 16 from 3 p.m. to about five.
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Kellye Cates
Jessica Ray
Highlands
Lee College
Moler Hall
Ray
Melissa Wade
Lee College Educational Opportunity Center
Lee College Advance Technology Center
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Channelview bond projects accelerate toward fall opening
Channelview Independent School District moves its 111 million bond program rapidly, targeting a fall start for many facilities. Crenshaw De Zavala and McMullan additions ready for first day. Harvey Brown gym completed. Channelview High band hall due mid August. athletic dressing rooms and Allen Hall Fairgrounds work advancing. Endeavor campus enclosure underway. Early Childhood Center steel frames up. Education SEE PROJECTS PAGE 2.
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Channelview Independent School District
Crenshaw
de Zavala
McMullan
Harvey Brown Elementary
Channelview High School
Allen Hall Fairgrounds
Anahuac asks for voluntary conservation
The Anahuac City Council on Tuesday unanimously initiated Stage 1 of its drought contingency plan as a precautionary, voluntary water conservation effort. Officials stressed the action is not due to a water shortage, and relies on resident cooperation to keep usage under 700,000 gallons per day for three consecutive days. The plan was approved in 2000 and may escalate if usage rises.
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Anahuac
Trinity Bay Conservation District
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Sue Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Texas drought shatters record books and tops drought metrics
Texas researchers report a historic drought from February through June with statewide rainfall averaging 4.26 inches, the driest since records began in 1895. March to June and January to June also set records, while the Palmer Drought Severity Index sits at -6.37. Officials gather in Austin for a Southern U.S. Drought workshop as La Nina drives conditions.
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Texas A&m University
Don Conlee
Brent McRoberts
John Nielsen-Gammon
Austin
U.S
Conlee
Texans
Palmer
National Climatic Data Center
Pacific
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