Baytown expands shoe drive honoring fallen Iraqi soldier
The Baytown area joins Houston and Mont Belvieu in a shoe collection drive started to honor Pfc. Wesley Riggs, who died in Iraq May 17. Coordinators say the effort honors his 20th birthday on August 16 and supports local children in his memory.
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Houston
Beach City
Iraq
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Sandra Wilson
Import Trade Services Inc
Pfc
Wesley Riggs
Wilson
Riggs
BP explosion at Texas City refinery sparks fire
An explosion and fire hit the BP plant in Texas City, the same site where 15 workers died in a previous blast. No injuries were reported, and BP officials said all employees were accounted for. Residents reported feeling the blast as emergency crews fought the flames.
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Texas City
Bruce Clawson
Office of Emergency Management
Clawson
Hugh Dopland
Texas
Baytown eyeing Texas Avenue redesign plan
City officials and residents reviewed design guidelines from H3 Studio for Baytown's Texas Avenue master plan. The plan aims to revive traditional storefronts, improve facades and streetscapes, and create a vibrant mixed use corridor linking neighborhoods to the north and south and Lee College.
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Texas Avenue
Baytown
John Heal
H3 Studio, Inc
Busi
Hao
H3 Studio
Lee College
Baytown Airing Pay Dispute Moves to Mediation
The City of Baytown and the firefighters union agreed to labor mediation over a 12 percent across the board raise sought to start Oct. Talks have stalled with no meeting date set. Mediator Steve Fischer, a Baytown resident and Goose Creek school board member, hopes to facilitate a settlement but a union leader remains doubtful about a breakthrough. See FIREFIGHTERS on Page 3.
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Baytown
Steve Fischer
Fischer
Firefighters Association
Fisher
Baytown approves fire protection agreement with Chambers District No. 1
Baytown City Council sanctioned a fire protection pact with Chambers County Improvement District No. 1. The deal has Baytown Fire Department cover Cedar Crossing Business Park fire service while District No. 1 pays 150000 dollars to hire three firefighters, supporting the area’s large industrial park.
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Baytown
Chambers County Improvement District No. 1
Cedar Crossing
City of
Gary Jackson
Cedar Crossing Business Park
Greater Houston
Beach City
Chambers County
Trinity Bay
Galveston Bay
Baytown council hears critique on city alcohol sales
Senior Pastor Brad Hoffman urged Baytown to avoid selling or serving alcohol at city events or facilities. He cited the Long Neck Wildlife Festival as a costly failure with seven thousand eight hundred sixty five dollars in beer revenue not offsetting taxpayer losses. The meeting noted a proposal to sell beer at Wayne Gray Sports Complex.
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Baytown
Memorial Baptist Church
Brad Hoffman
Hoffman
Mundinger
Wayne Gray
Exxon Mobil profits jump thirty two percent in Q2
Exxon Mobil Corp the largest publicly traded oil company reported a 32 percent rise in second quarter profits with net income at 7.64 billion dollars equating to 1.20 per share up from 5.79 billion and 0.88 per share a year earlier Revenue reached 88.57 billion dollars up 25 percent Excluding one time items earnings were 7.84 billion or 1.23 per share missing the 1.24 per share consensus per Thomson Financial.
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Irving
Texas
Exxon Mobil Corp
Exxon
Thomson Financial
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