Baytown fires mechanic who evacuated during hurricane
Baytown Public Works dismissed Steven Talley for abandonment of duties after he evacuated to Austin on Sept 22 as mandatory evacuation began. He says he was paid to repair trucks, not risk life, and alleges top officials had decided his fate before a hearing.
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Baytown
Steven Talley
Baytown Public Works Department
Fred Pack
Jim Palmer
Talley
Austin
Palmer
Tally
Pack
Baytown Lifts Voluntary Water Conservation Rules
The City ends voluntary water conservation measures with no restrictions remaining. The water supply is safe to drink and no compromise of the delivery system occurred. The Baytown Area Water Authority sources water from Coastal Water Authority with CenterPoint Energy assistance.
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Baytown
Baytown Area
CenterPoint replaces utility pole after crash restores power
CenterPoint Energy workers installed a new utility pole in Julie Ann Villa Tuesday evening restoring power to six houses. The pole was knocked down in May when a teenager crashed into it with a parent's jeep. An earlier repair used a splint or a stub to straighten the line. See ELECTRIC on Page 5A.
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Baytown
CenterPoint Energy
Julie Ann Villa
Four Red Cross shelters open in Baytown area
The final Red Cross shelter in Baytown opened, bringing the total to four area shelters for Rita evacuees. coordinators expect operation for about three to four weeks to house more than 500 people across Eastside Baptist Memorial Baptist and Wooster Baptist churches.
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Saytown
Baytown
Red Cross
Fran Parent
Eastside Baptist
Memorial Baptist
Wooster
Eastside Baptist Church
Danubria
Baytown weighs Rita cleanup cost and overtime needs
City officials including Mayor Calvin Mundinger and Harris County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia brief FEMA on Hurricane Rita damage in Baytown. Officials estimate repairs and cleanup totaling 300000 with potential rise toward 500000 due to overtime and water plant repairs, as Rita made landfall as a category 3 storm Saturday.
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Baytown
Calvin Mundinger
Mundinger
Harris County
Sylvia Garcia
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Garcia
FEMA
Precinct 2
Rita
Relief shelters open in Chambers County during disaster response
Relief efforts progress as two new shelters open in Chambers County. Winnie shelter at Winnie-Stowell Community Building started Tuesday, while American Legion Hall in Fort Anahuac and McCloud Park in Mont Belvieu opened Wednesday. Evacuees counts: Winnie 50, Anahuac 30, Mont Belvieu 35. judge Jimmy Sylvia notes sites are partially full.
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Anahuac
Chambers County
Winnie
Winnie-Stowell
American Legion Hall
Fort Anahuac
South Main
McCloud Park
Mont Belvieu
Jimmy Sylvia
Goose Creek schools reopen after Rita closure
Goose Creek school district resumes classes after six days off due to Hurricane Rita. Officials have not decided yet whether the academic calendar will be altered and the Texas Education Agency says districts closed because of Rita will not be required to use.
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Goose Creek
Texas Education Agency
DeLay indicted in Texas campaign finance probe
Texas grand jury indicted Tom DeLay and two aides on a single count of conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme aimed at strengthening Republican control of Texas Legislature and Congress. DeLay said he would temporarily step aside as House majority leader as Roy Blunt was chosen to replace him in leadership duties.
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Texas Campaign Finance
Austin
Texas
Sugar Land
Tom DeLay
Congress
the Hammer
House
Houston
Capitol
Rep
Roy Blunt
R-Mo
Associated Press
Lauren Victoria Burke
Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C
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