Baytown taxes ranked among Texas' heaviest by study
A Baytown and West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation backed report by Taxpayers Research Council shows Goose Creek Consolidated ISD property tax at 1.71, Baytown municipal rate 0.737, and Lee College ad valorem rate 30.219, placing them in upper segments of state lists of districts and cities.
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US jets strike Taliban fronts near Kabul and Kandahar
US warplanes hit Taliban positions north of Kabul and the Kandahar headquarters in a broad campaign. The northern alliance countered with rockets and mortars as large scale air bombardment continued around Kabul. Two US helicopters came under fire in Pakistan while a stray bomb hit a Herat senior citizens home. UN reports warned of civilian casualties but details were sparse.
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U.S
Pakistan
Herat
United Nations
Victoria Clarke
Anthrax scare hits White House
Washington officials confirmed a small concentration of anthrax spores at an offsite mail processing center near the White House. President Bush asserted the executive mansion was safe while pledging intensified testing and treatment as cases rose along the East Coast. Spokesman Ari Fleischer said workers at the site and White House mailroom staff were swabbed and tested.
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Ari Fleischer
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Inside Lottery Tuesday Drawings
Pick 3 results show 5 3 9 while Cash 5 numbers are 22 2 18 16 19. no further context or outcomes provided.
Inmate Escapees Narrowly Separated at Liberty County Jail
One of two inmates who fled Liberty County Jail over the weekend was captured Monday night in Dayton at about 9 30. David Jenkins 32 returned to jail by 10 p.m. after tips led to the sighting. The second escapee Nathan Wenzel 26 remained at large. Jenkins from Liberty faced sexual assault charges while Wenzel of Cleveland was jailed for narcotics auto theft. Deputies used tracking dogs and checked relatives’ homes as manhunt continued. An unrelated report noted two murder suspects escaped from a Travis County psychiatric ward near Austin with a lead locating Bailey at a transient camp.
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Liberty County
David Jenkins
Dayton
Christine Taylor
Nathan Wenzel
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Greg Arthur
Wenzel
Cleveland
Troy’ Lee Bailey
Joshua Johannes
Travis County
Austin
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