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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 2017
Page
3
Joe Araujo age 79 of Baytown Texas died March 7 2017. He was born November 25 1937 in Baytown and attended Robert E Lee High School. He worked as a laborer and custodian and retired from the University of Houston. Joe enjoyed going to the
The obituary notes the death of a Baytown resident connected to St. Joseph Catholic Church. Survived by brothers Albert and Cayo Araujo and sister Mary Araujo, plus numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation March 13, 2017, at Earthman Funeral Home with a March 14 Mass at St. Joseph Church. Interment Memory Gardens Cemetery. Donations to St. Joseph Regional Catholic School. Funeral arrangements Earthman Funeral Home Baytown.
Bobby Lynn Reynolds 81 died March 2 2017 in Houston Texas. He founded City Sites on East Texas Avenue Baytown in August 1987 and sold the business in 2003. A celebration of life will be held Sunday March 19 from 2 to 4 pm at City Sites 421 East Texas Avenue Baytown with a balloon release at 4 pm.
AP reports 77 year old author Robert James Waller died at his Fredericksburg Texas home after a battle with multiple myeloma. He wrote The Bridges of Madison County a best selling romance about photographer Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson during a four day trip.
Jonathan Tran, 26, of Milpitas California, allegedly jumped the fence and approached a south entrance to the White House while President Trump was inside. Secret Service arrested him, found mace two cans and personal items including a passport an Apple laptop and a Trump book in his possession. Trump called the incident a sad situation and praised the Secret Service for a fantastic job.
Baytown resident Roland Castellanos urged City Council to alter the San Jacinto Boulevard and West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg intersection design. He warned the Kimley Horn plan would seize over three quarters of an acre and force his father Alfonso from the property, urging a 90 degree layout and more frontage. The mayor asked engineers to review the proposal. The council granted a variance for the Carson and Barnes Circus shows on March 21 and 22 at the Baytown Youth Fairgrounds and accepted a 12 acre land donation from the Scott family for municipal use next to City Hall near Highway 146.
Faith Family Church of Baytown won a petition to voluntarily annex about 16 acres at the N Main and Hunt Road intersection. The church meets at Ross S Sterling High School and aims to build a dedicated church building on the newly annexed land.
Council approved a 378,390 contract with Kraftsman to remove the asphalt parking area at the Bayland Park Buddy McBride Boat Ramp. Subgrade will be leveled, compacted, and replaced with a 6 inch concrete slab funded by the San Jacinto Waste Pits grant.
Baytown continues a road closure at the Crosby-Cedar Bayou and Massey Tompkins intersection beginning Saturday and lasting until March 20 for road maintenance. Spokeswoman Patti Jett cites detours on Hardin Road off Massey Tompkins eastbound and McKinney Road to Bob Smith Road westbound, with local traffic limited to Crosby-Cedar Bayou north and south of the intersection.
Police traced a lashed pair of vehicles after a girl was approached by two men in a van offering candy near Decker Drive. Joshua Mixon confronted the occupants, fired four shots into the El Camino tires, and fled. Mixon, jailed on warrants, is charged as a felon in possession of a firearm. Aldaberto Lopez, 30, of Baytown, was booked on local warrants.
Police say the shooting occurred in the 3100 block of Illinois Street. Detectives found narcotics and weapons inside the residence, suggesting a drug-related motive. The conscious victim was hospitalized in Houston and is expected to recover. Investigators seek public tips via Baytown Crimestoppers for identifying suspects.
Multiple thefts and burglaries reported in Baytown numbers include a 900 block N Circle Drive Chevrolet Lumina valued at 777 stolen, a gray Nissan Versa on Interstate 10, tools worth 523 stolen, electronics from a Sage Street home, clothing and food thefts, and a bar theft of a key phone and CD player. Call Baytown Crime Stoppers at 281-427 TIPS for anonymous information.
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