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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 2010
Page
1
Baytown crime numbers have risen, but Police Chief Keith Dougherty told City Council that population and land-area growth, plus an annexation of Interstate 10 in 2008, explain most of the increase. He cited more opportunistic thefts and gadget thefts as key factors and defended police performance.
Two years after Hurricane Ike the official said the storm was unfortunate but improvements are under way. Ike killed over 100 people and caused more than 30 billion dollars in damage across Texas with a 90 mile path from Galveston to Chambers County. In its wake lay 6 000 damaged homes in Chambers County and widespread deluge wreckage along Bolivar Peninsula Baytown and Smith Point with boats and docks driven onto land and rooftops torn from houses.
After Hurricane Ike, Baytown residents faced housing job and school losses. Jerry and Barb Wooster pursued a long cherished dream by owning the 43 foot Black Pearl a historic trawler tied to their water life and local profile.
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