Gatorfest draws 35000 as music and food thrill Trinity Bay
Robert Earl Keen headlines a weekend at Fort Anahuac park with acts including Mean Gene Kelton Reckless Kelly and Festus and Rawhide from Diamond W Longhorn Ranch. Volunteers like Chris Santiago praised the festival while attendees enjoyed rides face painting and alligators. Spokesperson Sara Cerrone called it a great year as the park expanded toward the water on Trinity Bay.
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Johnson
Chris Santiago
Santiago
Mean Gene Kelton
Reckless Kelly
Festus
Rawhide
Diamond
W” Longhorn Ranch
San Antonio
Jericho
Leah Cortinas
Cortinas
Sara Cerrone
Fort Anahuac
Baytown Little Theater opens Brighton Beach Memoirs season
Baytown Little Theater announces Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon opening its 45th season. Production runs Sept 23 to Oct 8 with adult tickets 12 and student 8. Seniors 65 plus pay 8 for first Saturday or Sunday matinee. Box office hours and contact details listed.
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Dwayne Bailey
Baytown Little Theater
Brighton Beach
Lakewood Village
Bayway Drive
Baker Road
Baytown
Chambers County settles long running sheriff department suit
Robert Bass Austin attorney for Chambers County says defense of the civil cases became infeasible and settling costs less than trial. William Helfand notes the county risk management fund decides settlements. Pratt alleges deputies attacked him after a bar visit and beatings continued in jail. County Judge Jimmy Sylvia credits the insurance pool for handling the settlement. Sheriff Joe LaRive welcomes closure and a forward path in law enforcement.
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Robert Bass
Austin
Chambers County
William Helfand
Saye and Beck
Helfand
Pratt
Bass
Sheriff’s Department
Kruezer
Sage
Beck
Mont Belvieu
Baytown
Paul Templait
Kevin Laird
Saye, Beck
Templait
Laird
Dear] Hardy
Jimmy Sylvia
Commissioners Court
Sylvia
Joe LaRive
LaRive
Shooting Near Walmart Leaves Woman Wounded in Baytown
Libby Farabee was shot in the left arm at a Baytown parking lot while placing groceries in her car. A black four door vehicle with two occupants fled after a warning from a passenger. Police described the suspect as a white or Hispanic male in his late teens or early twenties. Farabee and family cooperated with the Baytown Police as investigations continue. Police urge anyone with information to call 281-422-8371 or Crimestoppers at 281-427-TIPS.
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Libby
Jay Farabee
Baytown
Farabee
Farabee’s
Wal-Mart
Katrina: City Plans Neighborhood Reopenings Amid Hospital Delays
City officials, led by Mayor Ray Nagin, plan to repopulate New Orleans neighborhood by neighborhood starting Monday with Algiers, followed by Garden District and French Quarter. Children’s Hospital says it may need ten more days to prepare. none of the hospitals have resumed normal operations. Coast Guard and federal health agencies caution against rushing residents back, amid ongoing recovery and health concerns.
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Children's Hospital
Ray Nagin
Nagin
City
Algiers
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Garden District
French Quarter
Coast Guard
Adm
Thad Allen
U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Environmental Protection Agency
Evacuees Flood Texas as Katrina Relief Grows
Texas hosts 16,000 Katrina refugees in 145 shelters with up to 375,000 evacuees statewide. Houston shelters include Reliant Arena 1,499 and George R Brown 362. Dallas Fort Worth shelters total 194. San Antonio Kelly AFB shelters 3,086. special needs shelters 249. Data from Red Cross and state emergency agencies.
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Texas
State Division of Emergency Management
Houston Reliant Arena
George R. Brown Convention Center
DALLAS/FORT WORTH Reunion Arena
San Antonio
Kelly Air Force Base
Touro Infirmary Plans Wednesday Reopening in Garden District
Touro Infirmary in the Garden District announced plans to reopen on Wednesday as residents begin returning to the neighborhood. Cleaning crews worked Sunday moving debris and preparing the hospital to reopen, marking it the first major local hospital to resume operations since the storm.
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Touro Infirmary
Garden District
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