Mosquito Trouble Continues Across Chambers County
Chambers County Mosquito Control received over 20 calls for area spraying on Wednesday as heavy rains swell swamp and marsh populations. Baytown sprays weekly, now twice in recent weeks. worst areas include Smith Paint, Beach City, and North Wallisville. Officials note Culex mosquitoes carry West Nile, though no local positives. Residents urged to wear long sleeves and use DEET repellents, with Baytown deploying new storm drain spray gear.
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Chambers Country
Lester
Baytown
Lawrence Lewis
Chambers County Mosquito Control Division
Mont Beivieu
Chambers County
Smith Paint
Beach City
Wallisville
Lewis
Sandy Kachu
Harris County Health Department
Harris County
West Nile
Baytown to vote on TIRZ guidelines and annexation hearings
Baytown City Council schedules a 5:10 p.m. workshop to set guidelines for tax increment reinvestment zones and public hearings for the annexation of Natural Gas Colonizing Inc. The panel will also review a law firm update on repairs at the Municipal Court and Jail facilities amid prior disputes over an Industrial District Agreement. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at Baytown City Hall.
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Baytown
Lewis Foley
Commonwealth Housing Corp
Foley
Natural Gas Colonizing Inc
Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee
Baytown City Hall
Market Street
Hallam
NGO
Gary Smith
Steve Hannah
Hallum
City Hall
Council
Baytown officers under probe in taser incident
Autin accused Aldred of assault, prompting a taser discharge that struck her chest after she refused to drop a brick. The taser malfunctioned, investigators assess the sequence, and internal affairs probe weighs excessive force claims while witnesses offer conflicting views.
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Alford
Autin
Aldred
Pam Erikson
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Baytown
KPRC
Matthew Freeman
Hoffman
Sergio Vasquez
Vasquez
Harris County District Attorney's Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
District Attorney's Office
Robert Stanley
Houston
KHOU
Edgar Elizondo
Stanley
Ward Road
Baytown slaying trial ties prison gangs to case
In the punishment phase, testimony linked defendant Mike Mendoza to the Texas Syndicate. Sam Alvarez testified he led gang operations in Baytown and recorded Mendoza admitting to stabbing Benavides Alvarez. Prosecutors played an audiotape where Mendoza admits to stabbing Jaime Prieto Herrera in December 2002. Investigators described the gang’s structure and warned witnesses of possible hits. Closed testimony showed threats against witnesses. Mendoza’s brother Josue received deferred adjudication for his role.
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Anderson
Mendoza
Texas
Sam Alvarez
Baytown
Alvarez
Benavides Alvarez
Harris County
Vanessa Velasquez
Jaime Prieto Herrera
Herrera
Chris Zuka
Benavides
Enrique Muniz
Texas Department of Public Safety
Special Crimes
Texas Syndicate
Muniz
Sillon
Josue Mendoza
Mike Mendoza
Rotary notes season plans and cast for upcoming theater shows
Rotary notes spotlight cast members Warford West Manchaca Wagstaff and Brock singing favorites from shows. The 43rd season opens Sept 26 with Who Was That Lady I Saw You With, followed by Planet of the Perfectly Awful People on Oct 17 and Same Time Next Year on Dec 5. 2004 brings Rebecca and Take Me Along with plans for A Little Night Music. Annie Get Your Gun runs Aug 3 10 17 matinees and Aug 12 14 15 16 evenings. tickets 15 10 6. call 281-424-7617.
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Chris Warford
Kristen West
Celbi Manchaca
Lauren West
Kyra Wagstaff
Jake Brock
Pam Warford
Rebecca
Jim Wadzinski
Baytown weighs regional hazmat aid and annexation talks
Baytown officials discuss joining a regional hazmat response plan funded by federal dollars, citing local threats and a 10 of 12 homeland security risk rating. The council also weighs an annexation service plan connected to Occidental NGO’s Baytown plant amid talks of an industrial agreement renewal.
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Baytown
Dale Palmer
Feds
Palmer
Office of Homeland Security
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Luis Torres
U.S. Department of Justice
Eva Benavides
United Concerned Citizens of
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Rotary
HGAC
Occidental Chemical Corp
ExxonMobil
Wes Jackson
Jackson
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