Arkema Crosby plant flood plan cited in CSB report
The CSB released its final investigation into the Arkema plant fire in Crosby after Hurricane Harvey. Unprecedented rainfall caused equipment to flood and fail, leading to chemical decomposition and smoke as fumes filled the air. CSB Chair Vanessa Allen Sutherland briefed reporters at the press conference.
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board
Arkema
Crosby
CSB
Vanessa Allen Sutherland
Man gets 99 years for brutal 2016 robbery
Houston man Terrence Dwayne Small, 49, was sentenced to 99 years after a three day trial for aggravated robbery and aggravated assault of a public servant. He threatened to burn a cashier alive and exchanged gunfire with Baytown police. Assistant District Attorney called the crime brutal and barbaric.
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Houston
Baytown
Trict
Joshua Ragger
Terrence Dwayne Small
Pirates Bay and Calypso Cove Open Memorial Day
City parks including Pirates Bay Waterpark will stay open on Memorial Day with hours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. City offices will be closed in observance, but spray parks Baytown Nature Center and skate parks remain open. Visit www.baytown.org for details.
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Pirates Bay
Calypso Cove
Baytown Nature Center
Baytown
Obituaries list of local figures and survivors
Obituary page notes the deaths of John Wallace Weaver James W Phinny Jr Kay LeCates Burnell Doris Jean Baldwin Ruth Ellen Parks Antonia Rodriguez Vernon Ray Gold among community members. The notices honor their lives and acknowledge families left behind with service details and memorial arrangements as reported on Page 3A.
Weather Update Highs Reach 88 Amid Spotty Tstorms
The forecast calls for a high near 88 degrees with scattered thunderstorms in spots. Areas may experience brief rain, gusty winds, and localized downpours as a cold front interacts with humid air across the region. Stay indoors during lightning, resume outdoor activities after storms pass.
Revelation prophecy trumpet scene proclaims divine reign
The seventh angel sounds the trumpet and voices in heaven declare that the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Messiah. He will reign for ever and ever, as described in this Revelation verse.
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Heaven
Baytown Sun Social Media Promo
The Baytown Sun invites readers to connect via Facebook and follow on Twitter with the handles facebook com BaytownSun and thebaytownsun for news updates and engagement.
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Facebook.com
BaytownSun
Thebaytownsun
NOAA predicts active Atlantic season with 10 to 16 named storms
NOAA forecasters expect an active Atlantic hurricane season with 10 to 16 named storms and five to nine hurricanes, including one to four major storms. Skip ahead notes a low-pressure system in the western Caribbean likely to become a subtropical or tropical low by weekend, moving northward from off the Yucatan.
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U.S
Gulf of Mexico
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gerry Bell
NOAA
Climate Prediction Center
National Hurricane Center
Caribbean
Yucatan Peninsula
Boy, 6, drowns in pool in Baytown incident
Baytown police probe the drowning of a 6-year-old boy at the Avalon Bay Apartment pool after two unsupervised children climbed over a fence and entered the deep end. An 8-year-old girl survived after bystanders pulled them from the water and conducted CPR. The boy died at Herman Hospital in Houston despite EMS intervention. detectives seek to determine why the children were unsupervised.
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Baytown
Avalon Bay
Steve Dorris
Herman Hospital
Houston
Doris
Dorris
Baytown Memorial Day Ceremony Honors Fallen Soldiers
Baytown marks Memorial Day with a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Plaza Bi centennial Park 1001 Market Street starting 11 a.m. Master of ceremonies Jerry Johnson notes the day honors those who died in action or remain missing. The program includes posting of the colors, a National Anthem performance, pledge, and invocation.
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United States
Baytown
Veterans Memorial Plaza
Bicentennial Park
Market Street
Jerry Johnson
Flags set to honor veterans at local cemeteries
Volunteers are sought to place hundreds of flags on veterans’ graves ahead of Memorial Day. At 8 a.m. Saturday, American Legion Post 323 and VFW Post 912 will lay 400 to 500 flags at Cedar Crest Cemetery on Ferry Road and at Earthman Memory Gardens on Garth Road. No RSVP required. anyone wishing to help may simply show up.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Ferry Road
Earthman
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BY Matt Hollis
Msun.com
Sunnews
John Wallace Weaver
James W. Phinny Jr
Kay LeCates Burnell
Doris Jean Baldwin
Ruth Ellen Parks
Antonia Rodriguez
Vernon Ray Gold
Community Resource
Crcu.org
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Julie Dasilva
Robert E. Lee
Ross S. Sterling
Goose Creek Memorial High
Paige Smith
Goose Creek Memorial
Kendall Haywood
Crockett Elementary
Boy
Christopher James
BY Christopher James
Lilly Morgan
Donald Cunningham
Tenerath
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