Harris County prepares for floods as storms approach
Harris County officials mobilize crews for potential high water as a weather system moves across Southeast Texas. The National Weather Service issues a flash flood watch through Saturday. residents are urged to monitor updates and avoid floodwater. Goose Creek CISD cancels after school activities, while county crews calibrate gauges, move equipment, and open outlet gates to speed stormwater flow.
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National Weather Service
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Adrian Garcia
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Goose
Student Receives Certificate Through College Program
A Sun community student earned a certificate through a college program, marking a milestone in local education initiatives. The event highlighted student effort, college partnership, and ongoing access to higher learning in the area.
Faith Presbyterian installs new pastor
Faith Presbyterian Church welcomed a new pastor during a Sunday service, introducing leadership changes and upcoming plans for the congregation. The ceremony highlighted the transition and emphasized community outreach and spiritual guidance.
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Faith Presbyterian
Believers Embrace Gospel Amid Suffering in Thessalonica
In Thessalonica believers endured severe suffering yet welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit. They became models for all other believers, as described in 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7.
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Thessalonians
Connect Baytown Sun Social Pages
Baytown Sun invites readers to like its Facebook page and follow on Twitter at thebaytownsun for updates and news coverage.
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Weekend activities in Baytown offer dance drive and theatre
The Baytown Parks and Recreation Department hosts The Golden Groove Senior Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. at the community center for those 50 and older with Pitch Please performing. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive runs this Saturday with donations by 9 a.m. for distribution to local pantries. Baytown Little Theater presents On Golden Pond with 8 p.m. shows tonight and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. tickets at baytow littletheater.org or 281-424-7617. Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park hosts Simon and Garfunkel Live in Central Park tribute at 8 p.m. with Lee Lessak and Johnny Rodgers performing free. venue at 6000 Hermann Park.
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Golden Pond
Norman
Jeff Luchsinger
Chelsea
Tammy Calaway
Baytownlittletheater.org
Baytown
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Highlands
Chambers County
Memory Lane
Little Theater
Baytowlittletheater.org
Simon & Garfunkel
Central Park
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Lee Lessack
Johnny Rodgers
Hermann Park
Baytown Rotary Festival Postponed Amid Severe Weather
The Rotary Club of Baytown postpones the Shrimp and Catfish Festival set for Saturday at Houston Raceway Park due to severe weather. The raffle drawing moves to May 15 at noon at the Civic Center, with winners notified immediately after. A new date will be announced.
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Civic Center
Baytown Competing for $5.8B Chevron Phillips Plant
Phillips 66 and Chevron Corp explore Cedar Bayou Gulf Coast site for a $5.8 billion expansion to house a new chemical subsidiary. About $200 million this year funds preliminary planning and engineering as Cedar Bayou Sweeny and Orange counties are weighed. Cedar Bayou remains in consideration with a project team studying scope and options.
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Cedar Bayou
Phillips 66
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Gulf Coast
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Garland
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Sweeny
Orange
Employment scam nets four victims in Baytown
Baytown police say at least four people fell for an elaborate employment scam. An unidentified man rented a hotel conference room and held phony job interviews for work in Louisiana. Applicants who paid 500 dollars were promised jobs and given a report date and location. The scheme collapsed when a woman doubted the setup and found the business denied any connection to the alleged job.
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Baytown
Steve Dorris
Garth Road
Louisiana
Dorris
Memorial service set for Baytown officers and dogs
The Baytown Police Department invites the public to a memorial service at 11 am on Tuesday May 14 at Second Baptist Church 6227 N Main St. Twenty names will be read 16 officers and four police dogs None of the honored officers are from the immediate Baytown area Two Baytown officers Officer Stewart Beasley and Officer Johnny Almendarez who died last August will be remembered for the stresses of law enforcement See service page 10.
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Second Baptist Church
N. Main St
Stewart Beasley
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