Texas voucher bill heads to full Senate debate
A Republican backed plan by Sen. Larry Taylor would create education savings accounts and offer business tax credits to sponsor private schooling. The proposal, approved 7-3 by the Senate Education Committee, moves toward a Senate floor vote but faces a likely House defeat.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Larry Taylor
Senate
House
Taylor
Friendswood
Senate Education Committee
My School Color Run to Benefit Ross S Sterling Graduation
Ross S Sterling Project Graduation hosts a fun untimed My School Color Run on April 29 at 9 a.m. at Jenkins Park Baytown. Pre-registrants by April 14 receive a T-shirt race bib and color packet. register at rossMSCR.eventbrite.com or via paper form.
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Ross S. Sterling
Jenkins Park
Baytown
Crosby Cedar Bayou Road
Rossmscr
Dani Lamb
Anahuac ISD approves savings on stadium project
At the board meeting, Anahuac ISD reported the new football field and track complex remains on schedule with a $400,000 savings thanks to FieldTurf USA using alternative fill. Superintendent James Hopper noted the field house pad is ready and dirt work is underway. The district may host Night to Shine for special needs prom next year, after a resident proposed the event and presented facility plans.
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Anahuac Isd Board of Trustees
James Hopper
Hopper
FieldTurf USA
Anahuac
Tim Tebow
Anahuac Isd
Anahuac ISD approves 115 band uniforms order
The Anahuac ISD board of trustees approved purchasing 115 new band uniforms for just under 50 thousand dollars. Band director Hopper noted 12 to 13 year old uniforms prompted the need, and the purchase was placed on the spring agenda due to production times. The district will receive the uniforms next year with a supplier option to provide extra uniforms for up to 10 years if needed.
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Anahuac Isu Board of Trustees
Hopper
Anahuac Isd
Man dies in single car crash on Interstate 10 in Chambers County
Anthony Reina, 48, died after his 2002 Toyota Camry left its lane on eastbound I 10 in the 15500 block. A chain link fence pole penetrated the windshield and struck him in the head. Rosa Martinez-Carrico, front right passenger, was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. The incident is under investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Division.
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Chambers County
Harris County Sheriff’s Office
Anthony Reina
Interstate 10
Reina
HCSC
Toyota
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Rosa Martinez-Carrico
Ben Taub Hospital
HCSO
Lillie Mae Broussard Born in Baytown Texas in 1933
Lillie Mae Broussard was born to John and Ezora Broussard in Baytown Texas on March 5, 1933, the eldest of eight children. The fragmented notice notes family details and birth origin.
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Lillie Mae Bought Was
John and
Ezora Broussard
Baytown, Texas
Lillie Mae Bought obituary at Crosby Texas 2017
Lillie Mae Bought born in Baytown moved to Argo Illinois then Crosby Texas. She married Ernest Bought on May 26 1951 and had two daughters and a son. She joined New Life in the Word Ministries and died March 20 2017. Funeral Saturday March 25 2017 at 11 a.m. Walker Funeral Home Crosby TX.
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Lillie Mae
Ernest Bought
Baytown
Argo
Illinois
Crosby
Texas
New Life In the Word, Ministries
Barbara Barrett
Roderick
Stephanie Hickembottom
Charles
Inlaw
Brenda Bought
Shirley Armster
Carolyn Green
Marie Ardion
Bernice Broussard
Walker Funeral Home
Crosby, TX
Don Benford Singletary obituary in Baytown Texas
Don Benford Singletary, born August 12 1937 in Houston, Texas, was a high school and University of Houston graduate, Army veteran, small business owner of Kwik Kopy Printing in Baytown, and longtime Cedar Bayou Grace United Methodist Church member. He died after a life of coaching, golf, and family devotion. visitation March 25 2017 and service at Navarre Funeral Home with burial at Cedarcrest Cemetery. Married to Marsha Cole since 1957, he is survived by his wife, three sons Gregory Charles, Jeffrey Don, and Robert Scott, five grandchildren, two daughters-in-law, and his siblings Gary and Diane.
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Don Benford Singletary
Houston
Texas
Thelma and
Benford Singletary
John H. Reagan
University of Houston
Cougar
U. S. Army
Kwik Kopy Printing
Baytown
Marsha
Don
Cedar Bayou Grace
Catherine
Caroline
Jensen Peyton
Ruby Kate
Inlaw
Jennifer
Jeff
Jessica
Scott
Navarre Funeral Home
Rollingbrook Drive
Cedarcrest
Navarre Funeralhome Com
Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Services
Rollingbrook Dr
Etta Mae Detwiler Dies at 90 in Baytown Delaware Roots Noted
Etta Mae Ross Detwiler, longtime Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach resident, died in Baytown Texas on March 22 2017 after a short illness. She was 90, born July 11 1926 in Woodhawk Delaware to Leland and Esther Ross. She earned an associate degree from Wilmington College and was married June 19 1945 to Robert Malone Detwiler. Survived by sons Robert Jr of Newark Delaware and Richard of Baytown Texas. Public service private per her wishes.
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Etta Mae Ross Detwiler
Wilmington
Rehoboth Beach
Delaware
Baytown
Texas
Woodhawk
Leland
Esther Ross
Etta
Wilmington College
Robert Malone Detwiler
Robert Jr
Richard
Ronald
Newark
Gifts to Sterling Library Honor Local Donors in Recent Weeks
Memorials to Jennifer Lynn Sutton and Edward Williams Jr appear alongside honorarium for Mark Connesport Terminal Railroad. Donors include Keith Bartrip and Jenifer Muldrow for nature and health books and PEO Chapter AS for railroad safety programs. Hayato Onishi celebrated for reaching 1000 books before kindergarten with Penguin and Pinecone.
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Sterling Municipal Library
Jennifer Lynn Sutton
ABC
Olivia Saves
Keith
Karen
Michael
Julie Bartrip
Edward Williams, JR
Jennifer Muldrow
Mark Connesport Terminal Railroad
PEO
Baytown
Texas
Hayato Onishi
Penguin and
Pinecone
Cardinal Keeler Dies at 86 Led Baltimore Diocese
Cardinal William Keeler who steered the Archdiocese of Baltimore for 18 years and worked to ease Catholic Jewish tensions died at St. Martin's Home for the Aged in Catonsville at 86. Archbishop William Lori announced the death with no cause given and funeral plans to follow.
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Catonsville
William Keeler
U.S
William Lori
Keeler
St. Martin’s Home For
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Burglary and theft incidents reported in Baytown area
Police Beat details multiple incidents. A vehicle burglary on Kelly Lane yielded 300 dollars stolen. Garth Road theft involved wheels and tires valued at 3200 dollars. Beaumont Road house burglary reported 2050 dollars in electronics and clothes stolen. Decker Drive apartment burglary last month included an 800 dollar cell phone. A 35 year old woman arrested for felony theft near San Jacinto Mall Place, found with 866 dollars in tools. Citations about Baytown Police reports and Crime Stoppers rewards provided.
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Kelly Lane
Garth Road
Beaumont Road
Decker Drive
San Jacinto Mall
Baytown
Baytowns
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