Harris County launches digital countdown for hurricane season
Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management deploys six digital and five traditional billboards to urge preparedness. Judge Ed Emmett emphasizes early readiness as Gulf storms can rapidly intensify. season starts June 1 with Arthur as the first name.
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Red River border dispute threads Texas political tempers
The long running Texas Oklahoma land dispute centers on the Red River boundary and shifting south bank. Courts, Congress and federal land plans touch 90,000 acres, while landowners seek clarity but fear politics will derail resolution.
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St Joseph Church thanks supporters for Feastival success
Rev Dwight Canizares thanks volunteers attendees and Baytown Sun for Feastival success at St Joseph Catholic Church. Funds raised will aid the church budget and St Joseph Regional Catholic School. He also urges Texas Senate to publish standardized test results and make tests diagnostic and prescriptive to benefit students.
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Nostalgic trip to Nacogdoches memories and tales
Wanda Orton recalls a 1940s Nacogdoches childhood visiting her grandfather’s lumber town home. She describes parlor conversations, multiple phones on PaPaw’s line, a wraparound porch with crape myrtle, a screened kitchen porch, a nearby commissary, fudge tokens, and nightly theater visits amid Redlands roads and city buses.
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May 7 History Highlights From Around The World
May 7 marks historic events from 1789 first inaugural ball for Washington to 1999 Dow surpassing 15,000. Notable items include Johns Hopkins Hospital opening in 1889, Lusitania sinking in 1915, Wainwright surrender message in 1942, Germany’s 1945 surrender in Rheims, Ford ending Vietnam era, and Agent Orange settlement in 1984. Also notes Munchkin death in 1989 and Dow above 15,000 in 2013. Thought for Today and an African proverb close the note.
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