Baytown UPS worker bound for Afghanistan with Marines
Baytown UPS driver and Marine reservist Mike Hobbs, 43, prepares for a 14 month deployment to Afghanistan. He will serve with First Battalion 23rd Marines in a likely support role, balancing duties between his truck route and training. His UPS routine keeps him in shape for the upcoming assignment.
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Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Mike Hobbs
Hobbs
Afghanistan
Baytown
UPS
Marines
Alan Burwell
Baytown Crime: Rising Rates Despite National Decline
Recent FBI figures show national violent and property crime declines, while Baytown exhibits increases since the early 2000s. Local crime remains well below the highs of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The discussion centers on Uniform Crime Report usage and its scope for comparisons.
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FBI
United States
Baytown
UCR
Residents can help prevent crime, chief says
Baytown Police Captain David Alford says criminals are to blame for crime while noting victims could do more to stop crimes. The story explains crime categories, detailing murders, sexual assaults, robberies, and aggravated assaults versus burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson with a 20 year trend visualization.
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Mark Fleming
David Alford
Baytown
Bayland Guards Civil War Marker Unveiled in Baytown
A historical marker recalling the Bayland Guards was unveiled at Bagland Park near the boat ramp. Key speaker John Britt of Lee College recounted how Bayland Guards joined the Galveston Infantry and later the Second Texas Infantry under Confederate command. Local dignitaries presented the marker while descendants of unit members attended.
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Bayland Guards
Baytown
Bagland Park
John Britt
Lee College
Houston
Galveston Infantry Regiment
Second Texas Infantry
Ashbel Smith
Republic of Texas
Sam Houston Jr
Republic
Sam Houston
Cedar Point
Cedar Bayou
Chambers County
General Houston
United States
Britt Said
Anson Jones
Bagland Guards
Baytown Sun
Mark Fleming
Donna Britt
Dean Hawkins
Britt
Lee High School
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