City residents protest odor from city sewage leak near Danbina and East James
Keith Homan joins Baytown and Texas regulators to press on a sewage leak sending sludge toward Cedar Bayou. City crews flushed the stream after a health inspection, a recurring issue noted by locals, with fecal bacteria levels allegedly high per independent testing. The city health director confirms a sewage leak and ongoing efforts to locate and stop it.
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Danbina Street
East James Avenue
Cedar Bayou
Keith Homan
Baytown
Homan
TCEQ
Ria
Mike Lester
Couples arrested for stealing manhole covers
Two husband and wife teams were arrested in Mont Belvieu during a daytime manhole cover theft spree. Jeremiah Walter Storey and Jamie Tanay Storey of Dayton and Keith Alan Frazier and Priscilla Lea Frazier of Liberty allegedly conspired to steal six city covers, a storm grate, and iron piping, driving a black 1994 Dodge pickup. Police stopped them about 1 15 p.m. Wednesday in the 2900 block of FM 565 after a resident alerted authorities. one witness saw the truck parked with two men in a ditch. The four remained in custody Thursday in Chambers County.
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Mont Belvieu
Jeremiah Walter Storey
Jamie Tanay Storey
Dayton
Keith Alan Frazier
Priscilla Lea Frazier
Liberty
Chambers County
FM 565
Mont Beliveu
Winfrey and
565
Virgil Blasdel
Goose Creek CISD Adds Bus Advertising for Revenue
Goose Creek CISD joins Texas districts in selling ad space on school buses to offset an $11 million budget shortfall. Steep Creek Media handles sales, with the district receiving most revenue while monitoring ad placement and content. Several local districts already use bus ads, and advertisers include Community Toyota Honda KIA.
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Goose Creek Cisd
Texas
Toby York
Humble
Wprang
Steep Creek Media
Goose Creek
CISC
Toyota- Honda-Kia
Kuman Math & Reading
4 Our Kids Learning Academy
Toyota
Hurricane Carla remembered on 50th anniversary in Baytown
Baytonians recall the September 10 1961 hurricane Carla and the storm’s devastation. George Kimmey and family recount riding out the surge at Kilgore house, moving to Burnett Elementary and Scott Street, with Wooster Emergency Corps rescuing residents from rising waters. Page 8.
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Baytonians
Carla
Baytown
Kilgore
Sam
Scott Street
The
Buckners
Wooster Emergency Corps
Mapleton
Brownwood nursery owners recount Carla visit flooding
Maribel Underwood and daughter Linda recall living on Bayshore Drive in Brownwood when Carla struck 50 years ago. The wind tore through, roads closed, and the family fled for Houston, returning to floodwaters covering Brownwood. Lea Underwood joined Pete Hanna by boat, leaping into the water to reach safety.
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Maribel Underwood
Lea
Linda
Raymer
Brownwood
Bayshore Drive
Carla
Maribel
Houston
Pete Hanna
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Audio World
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Massey Tompkins
Red Cross
Anahuac
Cy-Fair
Friendswood
Huffman
Magnolia
New Caney
Pasadena
Sarina
Chris Buckner
Port O’connor
Buckner
George Kimmey
Jimmie
Ronald
Debbie
Cabiness
Burnett Elementary
Kimmey
Linda Underwood
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