13 005 Pounds Collected In Stamp Out Hunger Drive
Baytown letter carriers collected 13 005 pounds of food on May 8 for local pantries and social service agencies in Baytown Highlands and West Chambers County. The drive supported Bay Area Homeless Services and coordinated with Baytown Resource and Assistance Center and Love INC. Faith Presbyterian Church hosted transfer, with co sponsors including Campbell Soup Kroger Feeding America United Way AFL CIO and the Houston Astros.
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National Association of Letter Carriers
Baytown Area
Highlands
West Chambers County
Bay Area
Love Inc
United Way of
Faith Presbyterian Church
Campbell Soup Company
Lyndsie Hennigan
BP's plan to stem Gulf oil flow with smaller tube
BP officials said they would thread a 6 inch tube into a jagged 21 inch riser pipe to siphon oil to the surface and keep gas water from mixing. The team aims to insert the tube deep enough to avoid debris and crystals that could clog it. A top hat containment option and junk shot are also considered. A two month relief well remains the long term fix.
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Washington
Gulf
Bill Salvin
Salvin
Louisiana
U.S
Congress
Obama
Second SD ex con executed in two days
A South Dakota parolee convicted of killing Army Major David Logie during a Texas robbery and beating was executed Thursday evening. The case tied to a cross-country crime spree that also saw his cellmate Kevin Varga die by lethal injection one day earlier.
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Galloway
Kevin Varga
Varga
State Briefs: prisoner executed this year in nation's most active death state
A concise state brief notes that a prisoner has been executed this year in the United States' leading death penalty state, reflecting ongoing capital punishment activity and regional justice debates.
No teaching certificate for ex charter school teacher in student beating
Sheri Lynn Davis a former science teacher at Jamie's House Charter School was fired after a cell phone video allegedly showing her beating a 13 year old student. Davis 40 taught there three years and was not required to hold a teaching certificate under Texas charter school rules. The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating. The boy victim and his mother plan to sue Davis and the school.
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Houston
Sheri Lynn Davis
Jamie
Ers
Davis
Harris County Sheriff's Office
Chip Lewis
Brant Stogner
UT Threatens to Drop Prison Care Contract
Officials overseeing the University of Texas Medical Branch threaten not to renew its contract to provide health care to more than 120000 state prison inmates unless lawmakers cover an 82 million budget shortfall. Local UTMB officials hope drastic measures aren’t needed and may pursue restructuring of how prison care is delivered.
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University of Texas Medical Branch
Medical Branch
Bay Area Briefs Refer to Plea Bargain Scheduling
Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk said a plea bargain with prosecutors last week never occurred. Court records show a pretrial hearing in the case was scheduled for July 23.
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Galveston County
Kurt Sistrunk
Court paper with weed leads to bust
Santa Fe police charged Mathew Ray Creel a 21 year old from La Porte with marijuana possession after an officer found about two ounces of cannabis wrapped in a court document during a traffic stop. Creel had a deferred adjudication for a prior marijuana case and was charged with possession less than two ounces and with a suspended license. Bond set at $2000.
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la Porte
Eric Bruss
Santa Fe
Robert Shores
Mathew
Ray Creel
FM 1764
Creel
Bruss
Robert Wood
Galveston County
Teen death ruled suicide after autopsy
Investigators said 18 year old Denshay Benson shot himself in his League City home after a Monday argument with his girlfriend. Benson had prior trouble including a 2009 confrontation with Mayor Toni Randall and was charged with deadly conduct with a vehicle and assault causing bodily injury.
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League City
Denshay
Benson
John Jordan
Toni Randall
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