Persiani sworn in as Beach City mayor amid transition
Guido Persiani was sworn in as Beach City mayor replacing Rusty Senac who served a decade. The former Bayer Polychemicals engineering consultant won the May 15 election over Jay Eshbach, with Doug Walker and Geanie Ballard also sworn in as council members. Rita Standridge became mayor pro tem. Senac said he felt great about leaving power, and Persiani pledged a Rusty Senac voice but with his own. Joe Monk reported on the TSP Development bankruptcy case linked to a 797-acre waste dump plan near the city.
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Doug Walker
Exxon Mobil
Geanie Ballard
Lakewood Church of Christ
Rita Standridge
Jok
Ingly
Senac
Joe Monk
Informed Citizens United
Council
TSP
Kingwood
Persiani
Cedar Bayou Navigation District
Stolen Boat And Other Local Incidents In Baytown
A Baytown man reports his 1960 flat bottom boat worth 5000 stolen from Cedar Bayou behind his home in the 7100 block of Baron Ridge Drive between 6 am Saturday and 6 pm Sunday. No leads or suspects. Also, a 9 mm pistol worth 400 was stolen from beneath a bed at a Sunset Drive home between May 17 and Tuesday, with no forced entry and no suspects. CenterPoint Energy shut off electricity to an apartment on Northwood Drive for nonpayment. a resident was later seen reconnecting the meter causing 600 in damage and was arrested on criminal mischief with a 5000 bond.
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Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Baron Ridge Drive
Aman
Sunset Drive
CenterPoint Energy
Northwood Drive
Missing Baytown theft suspect Sandra Thompson sought by police
Sandra Thompson, a Baytown woman named a theft suspect after $4000 was stolen from a local bowling league, remains missing after her daughter reported her. Detective Ernie Yznaga said Thompson called a relative from an unknown location saying she was safe. Police logged 155 calls in 24 hours from 6 am Tuesday to 6 am Wednesday, including 12 alarms, one assault, three criminal mischief reports, eight disturbances, one forgery, three shets, two major accidents and three minor accidents.
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Sandra Thompson
Baytown
Ernie Yznaga
Thompson
Fatigue eyed in casino bus crash near Houston
A Coach USA casino bus returning from Louisiana to Houston collided with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 10 near Anahuac. One woman died and more than two dozen passengers were injured as investigators probe driver sleep fatigue and await drug and alcohol test results.
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Interstate 10
Anahuac
Beaumont
Chambers County
Highwaysight
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Vasser
National Safety Transportation Safety Board
First Baptist Church
Eldorado
Interstate 20
Tallulah
Kerry Accepts Nomination At Boston Democratic Convention
John Kerry announced he will accept the Democratic presidential nomination on July 29 in Boston, ending weeks of controversy over delaying the formal process. He now faces a $75 million public financing limit for the general election and shifted to a donations drive to fund campaigns. Boston officials and Democrats welcomed the decision amid Republican derision.
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John Kerry
Buish
Boston
America
Kerry
Paign
Bush
Associated Press
Thomas Menino
CNN
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
David Smith
Power outages hit Eva Maud area after crashes and fire
CenterPoint reported two separate outages in the Eva Maud subdivision and nearby areas. A vehicle struck a light pole on North Alexander 2800 block, prompting a 10 minute circuit shutdown for LifeFlight landing. About 2,094 homes lost power. later a Ward Kilgore transformer fire caused more outages and restoration to 1,655 homes by 2:24 p.m.
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Eva Maud
CenterPoint
Energy
David Baker
North Alexander
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston
Baker
Power
Ward
Kilgore
Baytown
Texas to distribute over 20 million in homeland security grants
Gov. Rick Perry announced that more than 20 million dollars in federal funds will be distributed to 433 Texas jurisdictions under the 2004 Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program. Funds will support planning, intelligence sharing, equipment, and training based on population and critical infrastructure needs. Local prevention is emphasized as key to homeland security.
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Austin
Texas
Rick Perry
Judge denies class action for Gladney suit
A North Texas state district judge refused to compel release of medical and psychological records for about 4,000 Gladney Center adoptions dating from 1975 to 1989. The ruling pressed that each adoption is highly individualized and would not suit a class action, citing confidential birth mother promises and the risk of opening a Pandora’s box.
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Fort Worth
North Texas
Gladney Center For Adoption
Lee
Carolyn Williams
Tyammarah
Gladney
Bonnie Sudderth
Associated Press
Houston to host Russia consulate general in June
Russia plans a fourth consulate general in Houston with six diplomats and office staff to boost energy and aerospace ties. Consul General Nikolay Sofinskiy says the goal is to enhance U S business relations as Houston and Russia share strong energy profiles and aerospace links, with cosmonauts training here.
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Houston
Russia
United States
Nikolay Sofinskiy
Houston Chronicle
NASA
Johnson Space
Council weighs rule changes to curb meetings outside agenda
The council considers trimming open meetings to three members to avoid OMA issues and approves a revamped rule draft. The 1986 plan, amended years earlier, now requires the city attorney at meetings and gives the manager power to discipline staff. It also bans cell phones, sets decorum rules, and limits citizen disturbances. Council meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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Ignacio Ramirez
City Hall
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