Bay area briefs Trees reused for art and restoration
Galveston officials will send most hurricane Ike trees to the landfill but all wood is spoken for. One hundred year old live oaks will be repurposed for Mystic Seaport in Connecticut to restore the Charles W Morgan. Spanish shipbuilders seek wood for the Galveztown brig. Moody Memorial Church plans a lectern.
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Island
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Spain
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Voters May Demand Election On Rollback Tax Rate
If taxes on the average residence homestead rise over eight percent qualified voters of the district by petition can force an election to decide reducing the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback rate under Water Code Section 49.236(d).
County Eyes Buyout of 560 Homes After Ike Damage
Galveston County commissioners plan to decide within a month whether to proceed with buyouts of about 560 homes or properties mostly on the Bolivar Peninsula that were destroyed or severely damaged by Hurricane Ike.
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Galveston County
Bolivar Peninsula
Highway 146 Segment Closed for 30-Day Bridge Project
A two mile stretch of Highway 146 in La Marque will be closed today as state road crews start a 30 day bridge project. The closure runs from FM 519 to the Texas City Wye and traffic will resume Wednesday morning.
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LA Marque
Texas City Wye
Houston killer Derrick Jackson loses appeal in double murder case
A federal appeals court denied Derrick Jackson's petition, moving him closer to execution for the 1988 stabbing deaths of Houston Grand Opera tenors Richard Wrotenberg and Forrest Henderson during a burglary. Fingerprints tied Jackson to the scene. he was jailed earlier for armed robberies.
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Jackson
Missouri City
Fisherman’s body found near Freeport as search continues
The Coast Guard recovered the body of a fisherman swept into the Gulf near Freeport while wade fishing. A second fisherman remains missing, with search operations resuming for him near the Brazos River mouth, after Freeport police reported their disappearance late Sunday morning.
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Woman detained after train collision in San Antonio
San Antonio police detained a driver after her car struck a slow moving freight train on railroad tracks early Monday. Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the incident.
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San Antonio
Oprah Tapes Show At State Fair Of Texas
Oprah Winfrey saluted winners of cooking contests during a State Fair of Texas visit as she taped her television show at the fairgrounds in Dallas. She thanked Dallas for the warm welcome while wearing a brown cowboy hat.
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Oprah Winfrey
State Fair of
Texas
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Winfrey
Cell phones seized in Texas prisons
Texas prison officials credit tougher enforcement as 995 cell phones were confiscated through August this year and 1,226 in 2008. Delivery of 480000 dollars worth of devices to locate signals is expected by February. Senator Whitmire questions what other contraband enters, noting a 2008 death row lockdown found 22 phones.
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Austin American- Statesman
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