Baytown approves Pirates Bay expansion and fee hike
Baytown City Council awarded Cox Commercial Construction a contract not to exceed 6.7 million for the Pirates Bay Waterpark expansion including new rides and guest services. Officials said entry fees will rise for 2014 but not until next summer when phase one opens, with Mercedes Renteria absent. Memorial Day opening expected. project funded by park revenue.
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Anahuac High School Rockets Take Flight
Anahuac High School students from two teams joined 14 area high schools in a May rocket event. Students designed built and tested their own rockets as part of a STEM focused curriculum emphasized by teacher Kirk Moore.
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City and VFW Post 912 to hold Memorial Day service
The city of Baytown in conjunction with VFW Post 912 will host a Memorial Day service at 11 a.m. Monday at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in the City’s Bicon area. City officials urge residents to attend and honor fallen service members.
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Angry mother attacks officer during rescue in Baytown
Baytown police report an officer injured when a mother intervening in a suspect child abuse incident was struck at the 400 block of Forrest Avenue around 2 a.m. Friday. Officers attempted to intervene as the woman struck the 5-year-old, and she then attacked the officers.
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BPD officer aids Moore tornado rescue effort
Texas Task Force members from College Station arrived in Moore Oklahoma to assist in weather disaster search operations. Baytown detective Russell White said deployment began about 6 PM Monday, four hours after the tornado touched down, with teams sweeping streets to assess wreckage.
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