Open house on Grand Parkway toll plan near Baytown
TxDOT will host an open house July 27 at the Baytown Community Center about proposed changes to the SH 99 Grand Parkway link. The plan adds toll lanes from near the Fred Hartman Bridge to Fisher Road with free feeder roads and an overpass at Tri Cities Beach Road. Public input, maps, drawings, and comment forms will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. No homes or businesses are slated for displacement.
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Fisher Road
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Grand Parkway Association
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Tri-Cities Beach Road
Baytown
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Baytown ad actor decks Beaux Geste style for Pirates Bay
Donovan O'Connor a Baytown Parks & Recreation recreation specialist plays a Beau Geste like French Foreign Legionnaire in a Pirates Bay Water Park TV commercial. The spot promoting Pirates Bay at 5300 East Road has more than 5,000 YouTube hits and reaches tens of thousands of Houston area homes. O'Connor, 27, kept his blond hair long for the role and jokes about not shaving or cutting it for two weeks.
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Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Donovan O’connor
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department
Pirates Bay Water Park
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Comcast
Baytown City
Greater
Houston
Baytown
5300 East Road
Donovan
French Foreign Legion
Memorial visitation for Ashley Broussard held in Baytown
The family and friends of 21 year old Ashley Nicole Broussard will gather Friday for visitation and Saturday for a funeral after she died as the lone victim of a July weekend shooting spree in Baytown. Police arrested a suspect July 12. Enjoli Richardson, a long time friend, recalls Broussard’s faith and family devotion. She and Richardson were classmates from elementary to high school, graduating from Robert E. Lee High School in 2007. The two shared memories from childhood, including a fifth grade talent show performance. See Broussard page 3A.
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Ashley Nicole Broussard
Broussard
Baytown
Enjoli Richardson
Richardson
Robert E. Lee
Ashley
DeZavala Elementary
Christina Aguilera
Gibbs to Face Preliminary Hearing in Houston Killing
Joseph Gibbs charged with capital murder in the weekend death of 21 year old Ashley Broussard. He is set for a 9 a.m. preliminary in the 176th District Court in Houston. Police say Gibbs admitted to one of three non fatal shootings that occurred Saturday.
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Ashley Broussard
176Th District Court
Houston
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Broussard
BP caps Gulf spill end of long crisis
After 85 days and as much as 184 million gallons, BP halted the Gulf leak by a fitted cap. Officials hailed a potential turning point while cautioning that caps must hold and relief wells finish to declare a true end to the disaster.
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America
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