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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 2019
Page
1
A Caribbean festival is planned for Saturday night on Texas Avenue. The event aims to celebrate music, food, and culture with live performances and vendor stalls. Organizers invite community members to attend and enjoy family friendly activities.
Stop by for a cup and share thoughts with Sun staffers from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday September 25 at 1301 Memorial Drive. Ask questions suggest topics to cover or give feedback in this reader engagement event.
Baytown Sun readers weigh in on how to fix the I 10 bridge after the latest barge collision. The weekly survey asks for solutions from local officials engineers and industry stakeholders.
Readers are invited to email a memory related to Humble Exxon or ExxonMobil to Baytown Sun by September 30. Ten winners will each receive one share of ExxonMobil stock in their name. Entries may reflect personal or family experiences with the company or its impact.
Psalm 119 105 quotes The Word as a lamp and light urging believers to keep it in their hearts and seek encouragement to improve their view through faith and guidance from scripture.
The Baytown Sun prompts readers to follow on Facebook at facebook com BaytownSun and on Twitter at thebaytownsun for page updates and local news highlights.
The Texas Department of Transportation continues to assess damage to the Interstate 10 San Jacinto Bridge after barges broke away and hit the structure. Divers inspected the westbound span as plans to reconfigure the I-10 eastbound bridge for two-way traffic began, including concrete barrier work and restriping steps before reopening. Traffic is diverted at Magnolia and Crosby-Lynchburg, with delays in Barrett, Highlands, and Crosby.
Chambers County officials mobilize debris pickup along county right of ways awaiting a presidential declaration for disaster aid. Early estimates show about 800 homes and businesses damaged, 20 county facilities affected. Curfews in Hankamer and Winnie districts stay 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. as residents await aid and a disaster recovery center plan.
Chambers County investigators probe the shooting death of 58 year old Ralph Lee Machala owner of Pookys Tavern. His body was found Sept 20 in a yard drainage ravine on Tri City Beach Road though detectives believe the killing occurred elsewhere and several days before discovery. Autopsy by Jefferson County ME confirms a single gunshot wound.
Public invited to a 6:30 to 8 p.m. session at Highlands Community Center to review the San Jacinto River Waste Pits condition. EPA and responsible parties will discuss the Superfund process, barge impacts from Imelda, and the planned phase 2 pre design with a 2021 spring target for cleanup.
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