Refinery evacuated after fire at BP Houston area plant
A fire and explosion at BP's Texas City refinery prompted evacuation of the plant Tuesday night. No injuries reported. workers accounted for. roads into the complex closed as precautions. College classes dismissed and a high school baseball game canceled. The fire was contained to a single unit at the plant, whose capacity is 435,000 barrels per day.
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Annie Smith
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Clawson
Jim Malm
Texas City Sun
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Donkey Steps In To Lead Easter Parade Scene
A donkey named Trigger, found after calls to local owners, will lead the Trimphal Entry reenactment for six Baytown churches along Bayway and Decker Drives. Durwood Whiddon owns Trigger who will carry Dwayne Bailey as Jesus in the 9:15 am Sunday procession kicking off Easter Alive week.
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Decker Drive
Baytown
Trigger
Say
Durwood Whiddon
Jesus
Tommy Meekins
Jerusalem
Dwayne Bailey
Jesus Christ
Bayway and
Charter review eyes 2007 election date shift
The charter committee proposed examining 16 of the first 25 sections and potential changes from housekeeping updates to term limits and pay for council members. They discussed involving Lee College and AP government students, possibly forming subcommittees with citizen members and avoiding council appointment. The council supported subcommittees but the committee paused further action.
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Lee College
Floyd
Sammy Mahan
Mahan
Runoff sheriff race sees early voting open Monday
Early voting for the April 13 Republican runoff for Chambers County Sheriff runs Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm at the Chambers County Courthouse and three branch locations. Incumbent Monroe Kreuzer Jr. faces challenger Hugh Sigers, a former Texas DPS trooper and supervisor, after a March primary where Kreuzer led with 42 percent.
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Monroe Kreuzer, Jr
Hugh Sigers
Texas Department of Public Safety
Kreuzer
Sigers
Fred Dodd
Mont Belvieu
Chambers County
Washington Ave
Anahuac
Braach
Justice of the Peace
Broadway Ave
Winnie
West Chambers
Eagle Drive
Mont Belvien
Cedar Bayou
Courtoom
Highway 146
Baytown
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