Cheers and Jeers celebrate Fat Mac and local efforts
Cheers to Fat Mac Kendal Williamson for giving bikes to children and his community spirit. Also praising Baytown for an $80 million Nature Center oyster reef project with Galveston Bay Foundation and responders who served during Imelda. Jeers target Rep Sheila Jackson Lee over gun control remarks and factual errors.
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Fat Mac
Kendal Williamson
Baytown
Galveston Bay Foundation
Natural Resource Trustee
Imelda
Texas
Sheila Jackson Lee
Lee
Imelda tops Baytown Sun week ranking with flooding impacts
Week in review shows Imelda storms sweeping Texas with rescues and drenching, including mayoral disaster declaration and bridges under strain. Notable items include I-10 closure at the San Jacinto River, barges striking a bridge, and Greenpeace protesters released without bail as authorities respond to related incidents.
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Baytownsun.com
Imelda
Texas
San Jacinto River
Greenpeace
Brazen Chambers Co
Crosby
Chambers County
Galveston
Baytown
Southern Newspapers Inc
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
U.S
P.O
Today in History Highlights From U S and World Events
On this date 1789 the first Congress sent 12 proposed amendments to the states sixteen years ago the first trans Atlantic telephone cable went into service with a three way call among New York Ottawa and London in 1957 nine black students forced from Central High School in Little Rock were escorted to class by the 101st Airborne in 1981 Sandra Day OConnor became the first female Supreme Court justice five years ago Eric Holder announced his resignation one year ago Donald Trump criticized globalism at the UN and praised his administration's achievements Thought for Today by John Tyndall notes.
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U.S
New York
Ottawa
London
Central High School
Little Rock
Arkansas
U.S. Army
101St Airborne Division
Sandra Day O’connor
Supreme Court
Eric Holder
Barack Obama
United Nations
West Africa
Donald Trump
U.N. General Assembly
John Tyndall
Death by own action month call to action and a political op-ed
A reader shares a personal crisis story about attempting suicide and urges officials to prioritize death by own action prevention. The piece calls for funding lifelines and mental health parity, while also critiquing Democratic policies and contrasting political promises with concerns about freedoms and government power.
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United States
National Institute of Mental Health
Scrapbook time warp through REL memories and figures
Baytown memories and scrapbook excerpts recount school life at REL across decades. It lists students teachers and events including Sam Houston State College Band concert, Jeanette Bernstein, Alley Theater, Teen Page panelists, Stunt Night 1951, and notable locals like Bert Black Jr. and Wanda Orton.
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Baytown Sun
Dan Shults
The
Houston Chronicle
Texas Longhorns
Sam Houston State College
REL
Donald Clifton
Jimmie Foster
Paul Webber
Marquita Bussey
AEL
Charles Forque
Houston
Jeanette Bernstein
Texas Future Teachers of America
Jeanette
Alley Theater
Nina Vance
Joe Ed McLemore
Robert Strobel
Charles Elliott
Billy Tom Satterwhite
Nan Terrill
Ollie Miller
Mary White
Richard Tyer
Bert Black Jr
Bert Jr
Hermann Hospital
Lucile Rockhold
Quack Shack
Bev Rockhold
Bert
Mable Black
Black
Texas Avenue
Bobby van Deventer
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Facebook
Carol Skewes
David Bloom
Dean West
Misty Warner
Reader
Baytownsun. Com
Congress
Shanika Torres
Trump
Bobby
Gander Gazette
Bobby Thompson
Jack Cramer
Jack
City Hall
W.C
Pop” Swain
Houston Lighting & Power Co
W.M. House of House Jewelry
Fred Hartman
Fred Dittman
Oldsmobile
Glen Schreiner
Vernelle
Barney” Burnett
Chicago
Barney Burnett
Wanda Orton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!