EPA extends San Jacinto Waste Pits cleanup deadline to 2022
Residents near the San Jacinto River Waste Pits warn that 270 day and prior 160 day extensions to remedial design delay threaten health, with dioxin contamination linked to cancer and learning issues. Activists urge immediate action and full remediation amid flood and hurricane risks in eastern Harris County.
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Vegan ethics in Oscar winner My Octopus Teacher
Letter argues humans show bias toward pets over people, condemns harm to animals, and urges veganism as a universal, accessible ethic. The author, Byron Sawyer of Baytown, contends society misreads intelligence and moral duty toward non-human beings.
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Today in History highlights multiple landmark events
On this date Buck v. Bell upheld forced sterilization in 1927. In 2005 Lynndie England pleaded guilty to mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib. In 2019 Cheslie Kryst won Miss USA. Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. In 2020 Texas passed 1000 daily coronavirus cases for a third day as stay at home orders expired.
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Nicknames and their back stories in local lore
A Sun article traces how personal nicknames emerge from early life, jobs, and peers. It recounts cases like T-Bone Finley, Casinghead W.P. Smith, Bo Turner, Pelly Dittman, Rags Richards, Smokey Woods, and other local figures, ending with contact for Wanda Orton at The Sun.
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Smokey” Woods
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Baytown Sun memories mark 52 years since joined staff
Jim Finley recalls May 5 1969 as the day he joined The Baytown Sun, describing Baytown in that era with Texas Avenue bustling, Walter administrators, and notable local landmarks. He notes newsroom figures like Fred Hartman Bill Wadley Preston Pendergrass and Wanda Orton, plus Stallworth Stadium opening in 1970 and the rise of Baytown storefronts and era changes.
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Henke-Pillot
Safeway
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