Smith seeks recount in tight Texas House race
Incumbent Wayne Smith asks for a recount after losing the runoff by 23 votes to Deer Park attorney Briscoe Cain in Texas State Representative District 128. Baytown resident Smith, 14-year veteran, plans to proceed under Texas Election Code guidelines. general election opponent is Libertarian Ken Lowder, with no Democratic challenger.
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Texas
Wayne Smith
Smit
Deer Park
Briscoe Cain
Smith
Baytown
Ken Lowder
Obituaries: Genoveva Gonzales Lawrence Cooper Jr and Millie Scott
Genoveva Gonzales and Lawrence Cooper Jr among the obituary notices on page 3A, with details on services and remembrance plans for Millie Scott. Communities honor long-time residents with brief memorials and dates of funeral gatherings.
Remarkable day inspires awe and praise to God
Onlookers expressed astonishment and praised God, declaring they had witnessed remarkable events and were filled with awe by today’s occurrences.
San Jacinto Waste Pits Faces Awaited Remedy Update
Community members crowded Highlands Community Center to hear EPA remedial project manager Gary Miller discuss sampling at the San Jacinto River Waste Pits. He noted ongoing lab analyses to determine if the cap contains 17,000 truckloads of dioxin and if contamination is moving beneath the site near I-10 between Highlands and Channelview.
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Highlands Community Center
Environmental Protection Agency
San Jacinto River
Gary Miller
EPA
Miller
Highlands
Channelview
Memorial Day Service set for Baytown Bicentennial Park
Baytown City Manager announced Memorial Day events at 11 a.m. Monday at Veterans Memorial Plaza. Tom Willing will speak, with Baytown citizens' names read and wreaths laid. In case of rain the ceremony moves to the Baytown Community Center.
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Rick Davis
Davis
Veterans Memorial Plaza
Bicentennial Park
Market Street
Conroe
Tom Willing
ExxonMobil
Jerry Johnson
VFW
Johnson
Baytown
Terry Sain
Argosy opens two bayou barge fleets in Houston area
Argosy Transportation Group plans two new fleeting facilities adding 70 barge slots within a month. Finger Lakes at Cedar Bayou holds about 50 barges, Greens Bayou at Industrial Road holds 20. Barges are 195 by 35 feet, mostly empty to serve refineries and chemical firms.
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Houston
Argosy Transportation Group
Finger Lakes
Cedar Bayou
West Bay Road
Greens Bayou
Industrial Road
David Rogers
ATG
Rogers
Port of Houston
BPD to add more supervisor spots in Baytown
Baytown Police Department will create additional supervisor positions to improve span of control and efficiency. Police Chief Keith Dougherty says the changes are mainly titles, with a detective sergeant already supervising 20 detectives and another sergeant added to investigations. He notes the sworn strength remains the same and outlines new supervisory lines for special operations, narcotics, investigations, and support.
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Baytown
Keith Dougherty
Essen
Tially
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Millie Scott
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Thebaytownsun
San Jacinto
Ana
Donald
Goose Creek Cisd
Ross S. Sterling High School
Crystal Mokhtari
Emily Patrick
Mokhtari
Bonnie P. Hopper
Patrick
Impact Early College
Sterling Municipal Library
Bergeron Park
Central Heights Park
McElroy Park
Pelly Park
Jenkins Park
Roseland Park
Unidad Park
BY Christopher James
Nada
American Legion
David Nickerson
America Legion
John Saenz
Nickerson
Butch Forest
Gil Sosa
Veterans County Service
NCUA
The
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