Rain Digs into Bowie Area and City Projects
Rainy weather disrupts Lake Bowie area drainage and delays portions of Baytown street and sewer work under the 2001 six million bond. Officials say completion dates may shift for the Newman Drive repair while other projects dry out. Harris County water district reports a 165 gallon wastewater spill at White Lake after power loss, contained in 55 minutes. residents told to avoid swimming and test wells.
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McGowen
Baytown
Gary Jackson
Newman Drive
District 2
Jackson
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
Highlands
White Lake
Balloon Release Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and National Mammography Day the San Jacinto Methodist Cancer Program invites the community to join their fourth annual balloon release Friday at noon in the Plaza II lobby at 4301 Garth Road.
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San Jacinto
Two Baytown burglaries and thefts report
Police Beat items show a toolbox stolen from a Humble Avenue porch and $47 in coolers taken from Alford Avenue between Thursday night and Monday. A Baytown man’s black Dodge Durango was stolen at San Jacinto Mall, while another vehicle was burglarized after a minor accident near Missouri Street.
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Humble Avenue
Alford Avenue
San Jacinto Mall
Baytown
Hit and run injures two on Highway 146
A hit and run occurred Monday afternoon at the 4400 block of Highway 146 leaving two drivers injured. The drivers of two vehicles had a brief collision before the other vehicle fled the scene. Police investigated and received no additional details at this time.
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Highway 146
Area storms set up but runoff floods Houston homes
Floodwaters from the San Jacinto River seeped into Houston area subdivisions as storms and tornadoes hit Southeast Texas. West Fork San Jacinto River flood warning lasts until Thursday afternoon while residents in low and ground level homes move belongings to higher ground. About 50-250 households could be affected, with families evacuating to motels or inland facilities as waters rise and cleanup looms.
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Houston
San Jacinto
Texas
National Weather Service
West Fork
San Jacinto River
Gloria Roemer
Harris County Office of Emergency Services
Montgomery
Gulf of Mexico
Roemer
North Shore
Kingwood
Mike Gillinger
Northeast Christian Academy
Gillinger
U S population passes three hundred million milestone
The United States surpassed 300 million residents at 7 46 a m EDT in a quiet announcement by President Bush amid immigration debate. Demographers note about 55 percent of growth since 1967 stems from immigrants and their descendants per Pew Hispanic Center data.
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Washington
America
William Frey
Brookings Institution
U.S
Pew Hispanic Center
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