Silent vigil honors domestic violence victims at Lee College
New Horizon Family Center hosts a silent vigil to honor victims and survivors of domestic violence from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday Oct 29 at Lee College Tucker Hall 1000 Lee Drive. For information call 281-424-3300.
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New Horizon Family Center
Lee College
Tucker Hall
Lee Drive
Harris County Hospital District to unveil 2015 plan
The Harris County Hospital District will present its 2015 Strategic Plan at four Harris County public meetings to gather input. The plan, developed since 2002 by a 12 member committee, aims to address access barriers, staff shortages, long waits, and customer service as uninsured counts grow and funding remains uncertain. The $544 million plan seeks to expand and improve facilities and operations across the district.
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Baytown
Harris County
John Guest
Hospital
Tina Foster
Harris County Hospital
Vigil honors domestic violence victims at Lee College
New Horizon Family Center hosts a 6:30 to 8 p.m. silent vigil on Wednesday Oct. 29 at Tucker Hall Lee College to honor 117 Texas women who died from domestic violence in 2002. The event includes bell ringings and a poetry reading by staff and survivors.
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Horizon Family Center
Lee College
Tucker
Texas
Joyce Young
New Horizon Family Center
Austin
ExxonMobil Donates $10M History Collection to UT Austin
ExxonMobil presented a historic collection valued at about $10 million to The Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. The gift covers documents from John D. Rockefeller and Charles Lindbergh, tracing ExxonMobil and Standard Oil's origins from the 1860s onward. The center will catalog and preserve the archive with $300,000 funding.
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Larry R. Faulkner
University of Texas At Austin
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Henry Clay Folger
ExxonMobil. Corp
Center For American History At
ExxonMobil
University of Texas
Austin
ExxonMobil Corp
The
John D. Rockefeller
Charles Lindbergh
Rockefeller
Don Carleton
Exxon
Mobil
Standard Oil Company
Rep
Center For American History
U.S
Ut-Austin
West Nile Virus Reported in Chambers County Anahuac
A first human West Nile virus case is confirmed in the Anahuac area of Chambers County. Mosquito Control says spraying has helped, though no details about the victim are released. The Texas Department of Health notified officials of the case.
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Anahuac
Chambers County
Chambers County inmate dies by self harm in holdover cell
Chambers County Sheriff Monroe Kreuzer reported that 50 year old Houston Joel Guillory of Anahuac died by strangulation in a holdover cell after being arrested on forgery. He used a 29 inch cord and was alone in the 15 by 15 foot cell when found. No further investigation will be conducted.
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Chambers County
Monroe Kreuzer
Houston
Joel Guillory
Anahuac
Kreuzer
Guillory
Texas school reviews moved from comptroller to legislature
Texas officials clash over the removal of the Texas School Performance Reviews from the comptroller’s office. Strayhorn defends the reviews as independent and aimed at saving money, while several superintendents call the process politically motivated and biased against her. The reviews will transfer to the Legislative Budget Board in mid January.
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Austin
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Texas
Strayhorn
Texarkana
Sullivan
Legislative Budget Board
Glen Rose
John Bailey
Comptroller's Office
Agen
Bailey
Rick Perry
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