Cheers and Jeers: Local honors and political punditry
Cheers to Deputy Sheriff Shane Detwiler for a Highway 99 memorial statue honoring his sacrifice. Cheers to National Night Out encouraging neighbor safety with 28 Baytown registrations. Cheers to Lee College Foundation Gala success raising funds and aiding scholarships. Cheers to Nick Woolery named assistant city manager overseeing a 122 million dollar budget and 300 employees. Jeers to Pastor Robert Jeffress for linking impeachment to Civil War and downplaying political rhetoric.
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Chambers County
Shane Detwiler
Detwiler
Baytown
Lee College Foundation
Sylvan Beach
la Porte
Miguel Lopez
Lopez
Nick Woolery
Woolery
Ron Bottoms
Top 10 Bay Town Sun most read week list
The Baytown Sun lists the top ten most-read articles for Sept 24 to Oct 1 by page views. Highlights include Bringing the battleship to Baytown, Two killed in crashes, Early morning murder, and a Lotto Texas jackpot win in Baytown.
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Baytownsun.com
Baytown
Crosby
Ditch
Chambers County
Lotto Texas
Villanueva
Lee College
Today in history highlights from the past decades
A compact rundown noting 1950 Peanuts syndicated to seven papers, 1971 Soul Train debut in national syndication, 1984 FBI agent espionage arrest of Richard W. Miller, 1985 Rock Hudson death from AIDS, 2002 DC sniper attacks began with three week manhunt, 2017 Tom Petty death, and a 2023 Times report on President Trump funding. Thought by Groucho Marx about honesty.
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Charles M. Schulz
Richard W. Miller
FBI
Miller
Rock Hudson
Beverly Hills
California
Washington, D.C
John Allen Muhammad
Lee Boyd Malvo
Muhammad
Malvo
Tom Petty
Los Angeles
Malibu
New York Times
Trump
The
Times
Groucho Marx
Lick Skillet to Crosby A Baytown History Sammended
Wanda Orton notes historic name changes around Baytown area cities. Lick Skillet became Crosby after a railroad founder, Highlands once Elena, and La Marque once Buttermilk Junction. Goose Creek name persisted into modern Baytown and local schools.
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Elena
Texas
Crosby
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Buttermilk Junction
Galveston
la Marque
Wallisville Road in Chambers County Texas History
The Houston and Wallisville public road evolved from 1859 ferry routes to a Third Class road by 1877 linking San Jacinto, Cedar Bayou, and Wallisville. It faced ferries, bridges, and reroutings through the 1880s to 1924 when ferries closed. Today only the name remains with Baytown historian Chuck Chandler noting Lyle Lovett’s song.
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Chambers County
Wallisville
Liberty County
Houston
Oates’ Ferry
Greens Bayou
Shell Point
San Jacinto River
Lynchburg
Liberty
Cedar Bayou
Lower Trinity
Robert Blalock
James McCracken
W. C. Scott
James Ellender
San Jacinto
Houston To Liberty Road
Green’s Bayou
McGee’s Ferry
Hunter’s Ferry
Bluff Gully
Needle Point
W. H. Epperson
Precinct No 11
Houston and
Harris County
Ferrand’s Branch
McGee Gully
Ilfrey
Shearn
Seth Carey
Cedar Bay
Oll
Commissioners Court
Krause & Busch
Ferry Crossing
Bayou Blvd
Archer Road
Stolander Road
Needlepoint Road
Cove
Dayton
Rufus Macomb
Lyle Lovett
Youtube
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