Area schools monitor COVID-19 cases and safety steps
Barbers Hill ISD reports 15 active coronavirus cases among 5 800 students and over 1 000 staff while offering free testing for non symptomatic staff and quarantining more than 200 individuals since school began. Crosby Anahuac districts describe notification and return to school protocols, with letters to parents and health screenings by school nurses.
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Jami Navarre
Barbers Hill Isd
Navarre
Scott Davis
Crosby Isd
Harris County Public Health Department
Davis
Goose Creek district reports COVID-19 quarantine and dashboards
Since in person learning began on Sept 28 Goose Creek has quarantined 160 students and 188 staff due to possible exposure. District uses a color coded level system with yellow green orange and red to guide campus closures and responses. 41 active district cases include 20 students and 21 staff while 56 total cases have been recorded since Sept 28. Parents may switch between face to face and virtual learning through Nov 4.
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Davis
Dennis Wagner
Anahuac Isd
Wagner
Matt Bolinger
Bolinger
Texas Education Agency
Goose Creek
Harris County
Chambers County Public Health
Harris County Public Health
COVID-19
Dshs
Texas. Gov
Texas-Education
Texas
Voting continues at Baytown college polling site
Voters arrive amid COVID guidelines as Baytown residents cast ballots on campus. Candidates kept outside the 100 foot mark to avoid electioneering while one District 6 hopeful reported signs run over near city property. Amanda Smoke of Lee College notes isolated incident with campus security patrolling. early voting ends Oct 30 and Election Day is Nov 3.
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Marga Matthews
Amanda Smoke
Lee College
Baytown
COVID-19 cases rise in Goose Creek ISD and area districts
Goose Creek CISD reports 29 new COVID-19 cases for the week ending Oct 11 with 14 staff and 15 students among them. Districts across Harris, Chambers and surrounding areas add dozens of new infections with off campus and campus transmissions noted and regional counts updated through Friday.
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Goose Creek
Crosby
Deer Park
Harris County
Crosby-area
Chambers County
Texas Department of State Health Services
Two Arrested After Mont Belvieu Shooting Incident
Two men were taken into custody in Baytown after a shooting at Stuart Apartments in Mont Belvieu left a 24 year old woman hospitalized with a rib gunshot wound. The incident prompted a joint response from MBPD Chambers County agencies and a trooper recovering a 9mm pistol. Both suspects face aggravated assault with deadly weapon and aggravated robbery charges.
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Mont Belvieu
Stuart Apartments
Langston Dr
Chambers County Sheriff’s Department
Archer Road
Baytown
DPS
Main Street
Chambers County
MBPD
Steve Ferguson
Car found submerged at Baytown Wetlands Center ramp
A black Dodge Charger was found largely submerged in water at the Baytown Wetlands Center boat ramp at 1724 Market St on Friday morning. Lt. Steve Dorris said it appeared to have been pushed into the water, with no one inside and all windows and doors closed. The car is registered to an owner in Richmond and not reported stolen.
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Baytown Wetlands Center
Market St
Baytown
Steve Dorris
Richmond
Motorcycle driver charged after evading traffic stop
Police tried to stop a Harley style motorcycle around 4 45 p m Thursday at North Alexander Drive and Highway 146 but the rider fled weaving through traffic. An officer later spotted a matching bike near the Auzenne Hartman Bridge and the operator Kaiden Autenne 21 of Baytown was arrested for evading in a motor vehicle.
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North Alexander Drive
Highway 146
Dorris
Alexander
Auzenne Hartman Bridge
Broadway
la Porte
Kaiden Autenne
Baytown
Baytown to build expanded no-kill animal shelter with expanded veterinary services
Baytown moves forward on a 17 month project costing about 6.53 million to double the size of its animal shelter. The facility will emphasize low stress kennels and improved disease control, with an expanded veterinary wing and eventual spay neuter services. Construction by Masters of Houston targets completion in March 2022.
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Tony Gray
Construction Masters of Houston
Andrea Brinkley
Public Works
Rick Davis
Baytown
Mike Lester
Davis
Brandon Capetillo
A Life To Live
Jay Garrett
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