Mourning for Tornado Victims in Moore and Beyond
Eleska Aubespin, a Baytown Sun reporter and mother of three, shares a personal reflection on the Moore Oklahoma tornado tragedy. She contrasts tornadoes with hurricanes, questions prevention and safety measures, and expresses sorrow for families losing homes and loved ones while urging coexistence with nature and safer communities.
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St Pauls Lutheran Pantry Thanks Community for Stamp Out Hunger
St Pauls Lutheran Food Pantry in Baytown thanks the community and the United States Postal Service for donations gathered through the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. The generosity helps feed local families in need.
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Today in History highlights key events and births
Highlights for 2013 include Burr treason indictment in 1807 Truman Doctrine aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947 Carson last Tonight Show hosting in 1992 Joplin tornado death toll and home destruction in 2011 Notable births include Wagner Cassatt Conan Doyle Olivier Aznavour Morrissey Campbell Goodwin Ohno Today facts note the 1865 Pulaski founding of the Ku Klux Klan by Confederate veterans.
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Spindle Top memory and the Sun office spindles
Wanda Orton recalls Spindle Top, a metal desk spindle from The Sun backshop used to pin notes before hot metal typesetting. She recounts a newsroom accident involving Warren Edwards and the later push to discard the object, ending with memory over saleable nostalgia.
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Tentative Texas budget deal outlined by Senator Williams
Senator Williams describes a tentative multi billion plan to close the Texas budget and fund education with about 4 billion dollars in public education money and a 2 billion water fund inside the treasury to support water projects while awaiting House agreement and upcoming deadlines. He cites SJR 1 and HB 1025 as key steps and notes upcoming transport funding talks, CPRIT reforms, and calendar milestones through Sunday.
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