San Jacinto floods Highlands area and Banana Bend
Flooding along the San Jacinto River receded from streets in Highlands Banana Bend and Rio Villa after peak rises to 11.31 feet in September 2008 level with Ike. Harris County official notes flood warnings issued, and current stage around 8.3 feet as of 12 15 p.m. Water remains swift with some low lying streets still flooded while authorities monitor erosion and infrastructure damage.
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San Jacinto
Highlands
Banana Bend
Jeff Lindner
Harris County
National Weather Service
San Jacinto River
Lindner
Rio Villa
Liberty
Plum Grove
Tom Branch
Liberty County
Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Branch
Trinity River
Authority
Lake Livingston
Livingston Dam
Crockett
Jeremy Phillips
Precinct 2
Phillips
Grace Lane
Highland Shores
Wallisville Road
HCFCD
Baytown reports large sewer overflows after heavy rain
City officials quantify overflow totals from Cedar Bayou and Black Duck Bay areas totaling 609 500 and 348 125 and 149 220 gallons respectively. Overflows listed at Ward locations near Elton Missouri Mississippi Glen Burnett Garth Burnett and others. Cleanup under way with notices sent to officials and TCEQ regional office. Public advised to avoid contact with contaminated material and to bathe if exposed.
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Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Ward
Elton
Bayou
Pecan Manor
Kilgore
Greenwood
Black Duck Bay
Huggins
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Alexander
Glen
W. Hum
Garth Burnett Bay
TCEQ
Public Works
Frank Simoneaux
Burglary and Theft Reports Across City Blocks
Police logs detail multiple thefts and a vehicle burglary from blocks on Garth Road Highway 146 Alabama Street Decker Drive In testate North Alexander Drive and a grocery store parking lot. Items stolen include clothing purses jewelry cell phones and cash with values ranging from 50 to 800 on Saturday and Sunday.
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Garth Road
Highway 146
Alabama
Decker Drive
North Alexander Drive
EPA repairs cap on San Jacinto waste pits amid cancer concerns
A dive team found a roughly 25 by 22 foot trapezoidal damage on the armored cap installed in 2011 to cover 15 acres of the San Jacinto River waste pits. EPA repaired the hole but has not determined the damage’s cause. The pits, linked to Champion Paper Mill, contain PCBs and dioxins and were designated a Superfund site in 2008. Elevated cancer cases were found in eastern Harris County near the pits, including childhood eye and brain cancers and cervical cancer. Long-term cleanup is planned with an EPA remedy to be announced later this year.
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EPA
San Jacinto River
Texas Department of State Health Services
DSHS
Harris County
San Jacinto
Highlands
Interstate 10
Champion Paper Mill
Cumulis.epa. Gov
Gertrude Teter dies. longtime Baytown civic and Jewish community leader
Gertrude Teter, a devoted teacher ally to students and colleagues, served in Baytown civic life as an early Baytown League of Women Voters member and active Democrat. She aided the Texas Jewish Historical Society with her husband Don Teter, documenting cemeteries and Jewish heritage. Survived by daughter Joan Linares and other relatives, she supported Congregation K nesseth Israel Hadassah and Lee College Foundation. Donations honor her memory to these groups.
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Gertrude
Teter
Baytown League of Women Voters
Democrat Party
Jewish Women’s Organization
Hadassah
Congregation
Kenesseth Israel
Don Teter
Texas Jewish Historical Society
Barbara
Alfred
Bennie Moskowitz
Joe
Blanche Moskowitz
Joan
Ruben Linares
Dolly
Ed Golden
Jamie Linares Alexander
Ben Alexander
Leah Linares Abbate
Clinton Abbate
Alyssa Linares
Benjamin Reilly
Cheto Cerda
Congregation K’nesseth Israel
Baytown
Glenhaven
Lee College Foundation
Gertrude Teter
Baytown honors De Zavala school name with marker unveiling
The Baytown district built a three-room school in 1927, naming the senior high Robert E. Lee and the Mexican school Lorenzo De Zavala after a board vote. By 1930 new staff and utilities improved facilities, and in 1992 the De Zavala name was restored across town. A Texas Historical Marker will be unveiled March 29 at Tri-City Beach Road.
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Jessie Lee Pumphrey
Bertie Walker
Celeste Dashiell
S.M.N. Marrs
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Marrs
Robert FE. Lee
Lorenzo de Zavala
de Zavala
Baytown
Airhart
James West
Walker
Dashiell
Pumphey
Pumphrey
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Old Baytown
Tri-City Beach Road
Baytown Meat Market to Close After 50 Years
Marsha Daniels announced the closing of the Baytown barbecue restaurant Dan iel's Meat Market after 50 years. She thanked ExxonMobil Chevron Phillips and local workers for catering support and noted Jimmy Daniels’ recipes will not be published. The business will shut by March 31 and offers contact at 281 424 8612 for orders or purchase inquiries.
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Marsha Daniels
Jimmy Daniels
Daniel
Baytown
Jimmy
ExxonMobil
Chevron Phillips
Marsha
Meat Market
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N. Burnett
Decker
Ing
North Market Loop
Jamie Jones
Ann Rendon
Peruear
Autumn Ridge
Tompkins Green
Massey Tompkins Re
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