Opioid crisis stretches across states as Purdue settlement nears
The opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities with hundreds of overdoses and deaths per period as Purdue Pharma advances a proposed settlement amid state and local opposition. Prosecutors warn the case will extend for years while governments widen treatment, naloxone access, and police backed outreach.
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Purdue Pharma
Columbus
Ohio
Norwalk
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
York County
York
Pam Gay
Ed Bojarsky
U.S
Purdue
Elk Grove Village
Chicago
Protest on Fred Hartman Bridge disrupts Houston Channel transit
Greenpeace activists halted traffic on the Fred Hartman Bridge triggering a three hour jam as emergency crews monitored the scene. Baytown residents reported long delays reminiscent of Hurricane Rita evacuations while law enforcement coordinated arrests and prepared charges. United agencies including HCSO FBI Coast Guard and TXDOT collaborated in the response and prosecution.
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Houston Ship Channel
Greenpeace
Baytown
Connie Beene
Fred Hartman
Beene
Highway 225
la Porte
Harris County
Ed Gonzalez
Brian Rabin
Gonzalez
Houston
U.S
Mark McIntyre
Baytown Man Charged With DWI After Police Chase
Police say Omar Arroyo refused to stop for a mile as lights and siren were used. An officer reported Arroyo smelled of alcohol, staggered, and spoke slurred with bloodshot eyes. His 38 year old passenger Crystal Arroyo was arrested for public intoxication. The report also notes a separate incident where a Baytown man threatened to harm his girlfriend with a firearm during a Rollingbrook Drive dispute. name not released due to arrest warrant not active.
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Omar Arroyo
Baytown
Steve Dorris
Arroyo
Crystal Arroyo
Dorris
Rollingbrook Drive
Burglaries and thefts reported in local blocks
A vehicle was burglarized in the 4600 block of Garth on Saturday. A steel and black Colt 1911 .45 handgun was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 4700 block of Interstate 10 on Saturday. A vehicle burglarized in the 18800 block of James Bowie Drive on Saturday. A black 2003 Honda Accord with Texas plate HXV848 was stolen from a parking lot in the 700 block of Park Street Sunday morning. A vehicle valued at $8,000 and about $26,000 in tools were stolen from the 7200 block of Garth Road Sunday morning. A bicycle was stolen in the 3500 block of Garth on Saturday.
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Garth
Interstate 10
James Bowie
Park Street
Garth Road
Psychiatrist Finds Man Not Responsible In Houston Family Slayings
A forensic psychiatrist testified that Ronald Lee Haskell, 39, was not responsible for fatally shooting six members of his ex wife’s family near Houston in 2014 due to severe mental illness and voices in his head. Prosecutors say Haskell plotted and stalked the family from California, targeting them over two days. a surviving 15-year-old girl played dead.
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Houston
Ronald Lee Haskell
California
Cain defends Come And Take It claim amid doxxing uproar
Cain says his tweet was a Texas slogan reply and denies a death threat while facing more than 800 voicemails demanding his firing. The Fulton Strahan Law Group addresses doxxing claims and defends staff protection as lawmakers call the tweet dangerous and donors back Cain’s rival Markle in the 2020 race.
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O’rourke
Cain
Texas
Gonzales
Fulton Strahan Law Group
Jefferson County
Cory Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Briscoe Cain
Josh Markle
Markle
Robert Francis O’rourke
Regulo Garcia Jr 1947 2019 remembered in Baytown
Régulo C Garcia Jr known as Da to grandchildren Régulito to family and Tio Vito to friends died September 12 2019 at 71 in Baytown Texas He lived in Hebbronville and Baytown was married to Esmeralda V Garcia with children Régulo III Maricela Torres and Salvador and grandchildren and great grandchildren A Celebration of Life was set for September 19 and 20 at Earthman Funeral Home with interment at Earthman Memory Gardens Cemetery in Baytown Texas The family invites visitors and asks others to greet strangers with a smile in his memory EARTHMAN FUNERAL HOME 3919 Garth Rd Baytown TX 77521.
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Régulo C. Garcia, Jr
Régulito
Tio Vito
Jesus Christ
Texas
Régulo
Col. Mier
Tamaulipas
México
Evangelina Garcia
Hebbrowville
Baytown
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Joe
Patsy Valerio
Esmeralda V. Garcia
Régulo Garcia III
Maricela Torres
Salvador
Chelsie Montemayor
Miguel
Zana
Tatiana
Sadie
Jaxon
Dallas Cowboys
Earthman Funeral Home
Garth Road
Earthman Memory Gardens
Jesus
Frontman Ric Ocasek of The Cars dies at 75
New York AP Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, known for deadpan vocals and sunglasses, was found dead Sunday in his Manhattan apartment at age 75. Cause listed as cardiovascular disease. The Cars, formed in Boston in 1976, won fame with hits like Just What I Needed. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the previous year.
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New York
Ric Ocasek
Cars
Manhattan
Ocasek
Benjamin Orr
The
Boston
Oyster reef project aims to restore habitat and educate
Gray Wetlands Center and Baytown Nature Center will create up to 300 feet of native oyster reef along the southwestern shoreline using gabion baskets filled with reclaimed Galveston Bay shells. Volunteers, including students, will build and place the breakwater about 150 feet from shore, with plans finalized in spring and construction starting in 2021.
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Prothro
Baytown
Galveston Bay Foundation
Johnson
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