Baytown Council Approves Stonehenge Traffic Signal
Baytown voters approved a traffic signal at Bush Road and Stonehenge Drive following resident requests tied to Phase II of San Jacinto Boulevard. The project, the Planning and Zoning Commission’s April 16 recommendation, and a $161,463.63 bid by Traffic Systems Constructions were noted.
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Bush Road
Stonehenge Drive
San Jacinto Boulevard
Charles Johnson
Council
Planning and Zoning Commission
Traffic Systems Constructions
Community Center Activities Schedule in Baytown
Bingo for seniors runs 11 30 to 2 at the Community Center 2407 Market. Bridge Dome games begin 11 30 at Highlands Community Center 604 Highland Woods. Call Mary Snellings at 281 427 9028. TOPS weigh-in 9 30 10 15, meeting 10 15 11 in Bluebonnet Room at 2407 Market. First meeting free.
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J.D. Avant
Art Center
Baytown
the Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods
Call Mary Snellings
TOPS
Bluebonnet
Baytown Community Center
Market
Annexation Hearing Held For Baytown Land Near I 10
The first of two voluntary annexation hearings occurred for 0.47 acres along I 10 east frontage road near Thompson Road. No speakers appeared. Baytown planner Chris Chavis noted the land is in an unincorporated area and owner Jorge A Valencia seeks city annexation to develop it commercially. A service agreement with Valencia was approved prior to the hearing.
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Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg
Tiffany Foster
Foster
Bob Hoskins
Council
Thompson Road
Chris Chavis
Baytown
Jorge A. Valencia
Valencia
Suspect Flees After Traffic Stop in Baytown Pursuit
A Black man in his mid 20s fled from a police officer during a traffic stop at Harrison and Ellis School Road around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, leading officers on a neighborhood pursuit before stopping at Fayle and Harrison and fleeing again on foot. The vehicle had been stolen in Baytown. A separate Walmart incident on Garth Road near noon Sunday led to arrests: Timika Monroe, 38, Houston, charged with evading. Rashell McNeil, 48, Houston, charged with parking in a fire lane after staff pointed to a getaway vehicle.
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Aman
Harrison and
Ellis School Road
Fayle
Harrison
Baytown
Ing
Steve Dorris
Timika Monroe
Houston
Monroe
Rashell McNeil
Dorris
Baptiste escapes police after public intoxication arrest
Michelin Baptiste 20 of Baytown faced public intoxication charges after defying officers during a disturbance in a North Alexander Drive parking lot. He briefly escaped custody from a police car before being recaptured. Separate report notes more than $500 in property stolen from a vehicle in the 6300 block of Garth Road Saturday afternoon.
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North Alexander Drive
Dorris
Michelin Baptiste
Baytown
Baptiste
Garth Road
Motorcycle Stolen On Oak Hollow Street In 43800 Block
A 2016 gray Yamaha R3 with Tex plate 16 T3 was reported stolen Saturday in the 43800 block of Oak Hollow Street. The incident involves a motorcycle theft reported by local authorities with no further details available.
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Oak Hollow Street
Harris County urges sign up for flood alert alerts upgrade
Officials from Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Baytown Fire Department Emergency Management Division promote the new automated alerts system. Residents can sign up at fwsalerts.org to receive real time gauge readings and rainfall rates for Goose Creek and Cedar Bayou while noting limited Chambers County gauges.
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Fwsalerts
Jeff Lindner
Flood Control District
Harris County Flood Control District
Harris County Office of Homeland Security
Baytown Fire Department Emergency Management Division
HCFC
Jamie Galloway
Baytown
Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Chambers County
Ryan Holzaepfel
Photographer Witnesses Courthouse Shootout and Suspect’s Death
SHooter News photographer Tom Fox filmed the gunman outside the federal building as he opened fire after retrieving a dropped magazine. The suspect wore a balaclava and heavy vest with a rifle, and magazines of 30 rounds were visible. Police closed nearby blocks. the gunman died at a hospital. Clyde DeSimone Clyde served in the Army from 2015 to 2017 and recently earned an associate degree in non destructive testing technology from Del Mar College.
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News
Tom Fox
Fox
NBC Nightly News
Federal
Clyde
DeSarno
Army
Corpus Christi
del Mar College
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Free Ladies Fitness
Rollingbrook Fellowship
Rollingbrook
Shirley
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
N. Main
Rotary
Rotary Club
Tops Club
Sarrow
Trinity Bay
Walmart
Nolasco Carpentry
Mol
Me Ae Conmmunity Hospice LLC
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LegacyCommunityHealth.org
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