Cold unsettles Houston as wind cuts highs to the sixties
A stalled storm north of the cold front kept Houston cloudy and chilly, with a Monday high near 76 dropping into the 50s by midmorning. About 15,000 CenterPoint customers lost power in west Houston as winds reach 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. The coastal counties faced a wind advisory from 10 am to 1 am. Temperatures are forecast to stay in the 60s today, with 66 expected, 68 on Wednesday, and 40s at night, before a rebound to the 70s by Thursday. City officials and residents noted the abrupt change from the prior warm spell.
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Sterling High School
Tim Wilson
CenterPoint Energy
Houston
Texas
Ignacio Ramirez
Sterling Choir
Baytown police charge two in capital murder case
Police arrested 21 year old Travis Conner on capital murder charges after a shooting in Baytown near North Main. Captain Roger Clifford said co defendant Redd is wanted for a separate capital murder and Isler remains at large. The officer noted a drug related motive and warned Isler should be considered armed and dangerous as the city endures a violent crime uptick with seven murders this year.
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Roger Clifford
Baytown
Isler
North Main
Clifford
Travis Conner
Conner
Redd
Houston
Williams
East Baytown
BPD Investigations Bureau
Bayport terminal spurs port funding and growth plans
Port of Houston Authority officials describe the Bayport container terminal as a catalyst for job creation and regional development. The first phase launched in February aims for 2.3 million containers annually with a 378 acre yard and a 40 acre cruise terminal due by early 2008. The port foresees 2,000 jobs the first year and up to 9,800 by year five, plus $140 million to $1.1 billion in economic impact. Burke also promotes a Freight Rail District to ease traffic and notes security upgrades and a $250 million share of a Harris County bond program for port projects and environmental gains.
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Port of Houston Authority
Port of
Houston
Houston Ship Channel
Burke
Bayport
PHA
Texas
Harris County
Fort Bend County
Dimes Star of March of Dimes Appeal Recalled
Jim Finley notes how dimes, not nickels or quarters, once funded the March of Dimes campaigns against polio while reflecting on past habit and value as a Baytown Sun retired managing editor.
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Jim Finley
The
Baytown Sun
Hoskins pushes high school sports Hall of Fame idea
Hoskins promotes creating a central archive for Baytown sports artifacts from Lee High Carver and Sterling. He cites trophies, photos and coaching honors, plans to form a committee, seek grants and fund with private donations, while honoring local athletes and coaches before they pass away.
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Hoskins
Citizens Bank
Lee High School
Sterling
George Washington Carver
Prairie View
Carver High
Stallworth
Pete Sultis
Gary Herrington
Carver
Baytown Lee
PVIL
Lee
Baytown Grads
Baytown sex abuse case ends with life sentence urged
In district court, two friends testified about abuse patterns as Dr. Lawrence Thompson discussed effects on youth. Assistant DA Andrew Leuchtmann pressed for a life sentence for Brett Bedingfield, arguing past behavior predicts future harm and urging protection for children. Defense attorney John Clark highlighted a remorseful confession as a first step to recovery, while Bedingfield’s mother testified she was unaware of the abuse. A victim’s relative welcomed the ruling, saying justice is served and the girls can feel safer.
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208Th District Court
Lawrence Thompson
Children’s Assessment Center
Bedingfield
Andrew Leuchtmann
Brett Bedingfield
Baytown
Leuchtmann
John Clark
Clark
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