Baytown Police said Walter Pickering, 25, who is suspected of killing 32-year-old Glen Flowers, turned himself in to authorities Friday night.
A Baytown man, identified by the Baytown Police Department as 32-year-old Glen Flowers, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Valero gas station in the 1600 block of North Alexander Drive shortly after midnight Friday. Witnesses told officers on scene the suspect was a black male who d…
Traffic will be disrupted late nights the next several weekends as very large vessels are moved from the bank of Cedar Bayou at Highway 146 to the Enterprise Products construction site in Mont Belvieu.
Organizers of Relay for Life report that the planned movement of large vessels along FM 565 tonight will not disrupt the annual event at Royal Purple Raceway.
The opening lap of Bay Area Relay for Life is less than four days away – volunteers are working hard to get ready for the event and there’s still time to support the effort to defeat cancer.
The City of Baytown’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board has decided not to recommend naming a park after a Baytown soldier killed in Afghanistan last year.
The Pilot Club of Baytown’s 2014 Yellow Rose Gala is to be held Tuesday, April 15, 6 p.m. at the Goose Creek Country Club.
Forty Goose Creek CISD students advanced to the Texas History Day competition as a result of winning 1st or 2nd place in their category at the recent Lee College Regional History Day. The State competition will take place in Austin May 2-3.
Dave Sherron, longtime purchasing agent for Goose Creek CISD and later manager and CEO of the Baytown Teachers Credit Union, died Saturday. Arthur David Sherron was 86.
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For the second time in less than two years, acclaimed Catholic actor and producer Leonardo Defilippis is returning to Baytown for a performance at the St. Joseph Family Center, 1912 Carolina Street.
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Members of the Asante African Choir are dressed in traditional clothing as they perform faith-based music Friday at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Baytown. The Asante Choir has traveled throughout the U.S. since last year and will return home to East Africa this spring. The choir, whi…
Speed limit on portions of Highway 146 lowered
A Baytown man died Friday during what appeared to be a kitchen fire at his single-family home at the corner of Ohio and Huggins streets.
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Baytown City Council will discuss proposed certificates of obligation and parameters set for the sale of them during a meeting at 6:30 tonight at Baytown City Hall, 2401 Market St.
City approves industrial agreement
Drug arrest nets 59 grams of marijuana
Goose Creek CISD’s rezoning committee presented maps to the school board Monday night with three potential plans for rezoning the district’s elementary schools – and corresponding maps for rezoning the junior schools.
The committee responsible for recommending rezoning plans to the Goose Creek CISD school board, presented three different plans for the board’s consideration Monday night.
Three arrested at BPD lobby
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Garry Nelson spends a lot of time at the Baytown YMCA, both utilizing facilities and raising money for programs.
Calculators stolen
Baytown Crime Stoppers is offering $2,000 to anyone with information that leads to an arrest in the robbery at CiCi’s Pizza Friday night. Tipsters will remain anonymous.
Two brave Texans who served in the Middle East wars were honored at Portrait of a Warrior Gallery Sunday – one who survived, and one who did not.
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A Wal-Mart employee in Baytown has been fired after allegedly assaulting a customer.
ExxonMobil volunteers dressed in red shirts and City of Baytown employees work together Friday morning to plant trees at Unidad Park in Baytown
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Barbers Hill’s girls soccer team won a double overtime thriller over Richmond Foster that was finally decided on penalty kicks.
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Goose Creek Memorial is moving on to the regional quarterfinals after shutting out a strong Houston Madison team 4-0 Monday night in the area round of the UIL Region 3 playoffs at GCM.
The skies may have been gray on Friday, but it was a great day some great track and field competition at the 81st annual Rockhold Relays at Pete Sultis Stadium on Friday.
Crosby got off to a hot start against Sterling on Friday, but the Sterling Rangers gave Cougars a fight.
It was only four and a half months ago that the Houston Astros toppled the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 to claim the second World Series title in their franchise history.
Nineteen seconds into the bi-district matchup between Goose Creek Memorial and Friendswood, the Patriots' Carlos Gonzales found the back of the net to give GCM a 1-0 lead.
The playoff journey continues for the Baytown Sterling boys soccer team.
Eagle Pointe Golf Club hosted the Barbers Hill High School tournament this past Tuesday, with girls and boys and girls golfers from around the Houston area competing as a tune-up for their district tournaments that begin Monday
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve underwent surgery on his right thumb Wednesday in Houston, General Manager Dana Brown announced. He is expected to be sidelined for two months or more.
The Barbers Hill Eagles made the most of their opportunities against Goose Creek Memorial on Tuesday night.
Baytown area high school soccer teams have a busy playoff schedule ahead Thursday and Friday. Here’s a look at the upcoming games:
In what has been an annual Baytown sports tradition, the 81st annual Rockhold Relays will be held on Friday at Pete Sultis Stadium.
The No. 2 Class 5A state ranked Barbers Hill girls softball team kept on cruising as they defeated Baytown Sterling in four innings 12-0.
The Lee High School girls powerlifting team continues to excel as they competed at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association State Meet in Frisco for the third consecutive year this past weekend.
What a year it has been for the local boys high school soccer teams. All three Baytown schools along with Crosby qualified for the 2023 UIL State Soccer playoffs.
The Barbers Hill and Baytown Sterling boys track teams continued to do well against Class 6A competition at the Clear Falls Knights Relays last Wednesday.
The Baytown Junior High girls track team is all smiles as they celebrate winning the District Championship at the North Channel District Meet in Channelview. BJH track coaches are Christina “CeeCee” Sowell-James, Akila Mukes, Dedra Brooks and Coach Justin Morgan.
I’m just going to come out and say it, the decision makers who determined the at-large selections for the NJCAA National Basketball Tournament are incompetent.
With Tuesday night’s 5-1 victory by Crosby, the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots were in need of a win to split the season series with the Cougars.
Baytown area teams began district play on the baseball diamond on Tuesday, including Sterling, Goose Creek Memorial and Lee.
No-hitter, hot bats fuel Crosby
The Gary Herrington “Battle by the Bay” Baseball Tournament took place was this past weekend, featuring 26 teams getting their final tune-ups before the start of district play.
As if falling in the Region 14 semifinal game to Trinity Valley on Friday wasn’t painful enough, the Lee College Navigators were denied an at-large bid to the NJCAA National Tournament on Sunday night.
The Lee College mens' basketball season came to an end Sunday night as the Navigators were denied an at-large bid to the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.
The Lee College Navigators started the Region 14 Tournament on a good note with a 68-61 victory over Navarro College on Thursday afternoon at Tyler Junior College’s Wagstaff Gym.
The District 22-3A All-District boys basketball teams were recently announced.
The Lee College Navigators advanced in the Region 14 Tournament in Tyler with a 68-61 victory over Navarro College on Thursday afternoon.
The top-seeded Lee College Navigators now know their first opponent in the Region 14 Conference Basketball Tournament being hosted by Tyler Junior College.
Baytown Lee’s girls powerlifting team flexed its muscle with a strong showing at the Region 4-Division 1 Tournament at Alvin High School.
Texas Christian University head coach Kirk Saarloos liked his surroundings at last week’s Shriners Children’s College Classic.
James Hillin and Gander Alumni/supporters raised $8,500 for Gander Baseball program. The monies will be spent on replacing netting for batting cages. Pictured from left are Assistant Coach Trent Padgett, Head Coach David Schmidt, James Hillin, Korie White, Lee Baseball booster Vice-Presiden…
The Goose Creek Memorial baseball team is off to a hot start in 2023. This past weekend, Coach George Banda and the Patriots headed south, taking their show on the road.
The Lee College men’s basketball team has made history.
The Greater Baytown area was well represented as the 17-5A All-District girls basketball teams were announced.
Brian Johnson continues to climb the National Football League coaching ladder.
The Baytown Lee boys baseball team is off to a 5-0 start as it prepare to host its three-day tournament at Herrington Field starting Thursday.
For 60 years, the Baytown Optimist Club’s youth football program has had a long and storied history.
The Lee College Navigators are one game away from clinching the school’s first-ever regular season Region 14 conference championship after their 90-70 victory over Coastal Bend College Saturday at the Lee College Arena.
The dream season for the Barbers Hill girls’ basketball team came to an end as the Eagles fell to Pflugerville Hendrickson 71-39 in the Region 3-5A semifinal at the Merrell Center in Katy on Friday.
The Goose Creek Memorial boys’ basketball season came to an end Friday night in the area round of the UIL Class 5A state playoffs, falling to Houston Madison 76-69 at Pasadena Memorial High School.
The Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin’s sudden cardiac arrest has brought national attention to the importance of regular heart screenings, especially among student athletes.
Two is the magic number for the Lee College Navigators basketball team.
Summer Marron struck out eight over five innings and allowed only three hits to lead Goose Creek Memorial to a 11-0 win over the Hardin Lady Hornets on Thursday morning at the Cleveland ISD Softball Tournament.
The Crosby girls softball team took the Crosby Classic Tournament championship recently. Pictured are Top Row, from left, are Katlyn Clark, Kaelin Hicks, Addison Bailey, Brooke Henderson, Jules Delome, and Megan Henderson. Middle Row: Olivia Lanham, Katie Blackmon, Morgan Lloyd, Tori Dahnke,…
Several track and field athletes from Barbers Hill, Goose Creek CISD and surrounding district participated in the Eagle Relays at Barbers Hill High School.
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