Teen killed in wreck near Mont Belvieu
A 15 year old Barbers Hill student Kameron Nicole Skinner died at the scene when a 2007 Peterbilt dump truck slammed into the back of a car on FM 3180 two miles south of Mont Belvieu. Aaron Campise 17 and Nicol Campise 44 were hospitalized with severe injuries. The crash is under investigation by Texas DPS. Baytown Concrete owned the dump truck.
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Barbers Hill
Kameron Nicole Skinner
Cove
Department of Public Safety
Stephen Woodard
Aaron Campise
Nicol Campise
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston
Campise
Texana Drive
Woodard
Baytown Concrete
Chambers County
Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill Isd
Kameron
BHISD
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery manager moves to new role
Steve Cope, after more than four years as plant manager, leaves ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery to take on other responsibilities within the company. He notes Baytown's community and staff have shaped his career, reflecting on his long association with the site since the 1990s and return in 2006.
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Steve Cope
ExxonMobil
Baytown
Fter
Cope
Americas Engineering Office
City and firefighters negotiate over pay raise and stipulations
Baytown officials and Professional Firefighters Local 1173 have met weekly for months to delay a decision on a 6 percent pay raise while considering stipulations that would affect non civil service city employees. The city offers 6 percent with six firefighters added to the fourth ambulance and flexibility to distribute the raise. Firefighters demand at least 10 percent to match police, and propose the 6 percent with conditions to raise non civil service pay to market. Additional topics include raising hazmat assignment pay from 50 to 75 dollars and determining hazmat certification supplemental staff.
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Baytown
Bob Leiper
Mark Medrano
Medrano
Leiper
Goose Creek CISD board members respond after Monday meeting
Board members Howard Sampson and Ken Martin issued brief remarks through the district spokesperson. Superintendent Salvador Cavazos faced a largely critical crowd at the Monday night Goose Creek CISD meeting and defended district goals while pledging to address concerns.
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Salvador Cavazos
Goose Creek
Baytown
Highlands
Howard Sampson
Ken Martin
Gulf of Mexico
Martin
Goose Creek CISD Eyes August School Rating Update
Assistant Superintendent Melissa Duarte briefed the Goose Creek CISD board on expected state accountability ratings due in August under TEA's two-tier system Met Standard and Improvement Required. All Goose Creek schools and the district earned Met Standard. TEA distinctions recognize high achievement with multiple campuses earning mathematics and student progress designations. Duarte noted high schools are measured against a statewide group of similar schools and must rank in the top quartile across several measures including attendance and AP course completion.
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Melissa Duarte
Goose Creek
CISD
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Impact Early College
Lee High School
Duarte
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