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.
Vehicle crimes
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.
Fish lunch
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.
Vehicle crimes
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
Drug bust
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.
Stolen vehicles
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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BH heads to Dayton; Crosby close to crown
The Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball ran into a buzzsaw Tuesday afternoon.
The Barbers Hill basketball teams completed a sweep of Robert E. Lee this past weekend.
Crosby creeps closer to district title
Nicole Price of Robert E. Lee softball signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her career at Rogers State University in Oklahoma. Price, who’s parents are Margarita and Dylan Price, has been playing softball since she was six-years-old. “I feel extremely blessed to have finally been…
The Barbers Hill volleyball team, coming off an unbeaten District 21-5A title and led by a mostly underclassmen roster opened up the Region 3 bi-district playoff round Thursday at Pasadena High School and couldn’t overcome a stellar defensive effort by Texas City.
Robert E. Lee football is heading to the playoffs for the first time in a long while.
The Barbers Hill volleyball team, coming off an unbeaten District 21-5A title and led by a mostly underclassmen roster opened up the Region 3 bi-district playoff round Thursday at Pasadena High School and couldn’t overcome a stellar defensive effort by Texas City.
Update 10 a.m., Nov. 19:
Michael Williams has resigned his post as the head volleyball coach at Goose Creek Memorial High School, Goose Creek CISD officials confirmed Tuesday.
For the Goose Creek Memorial and Robert E. Lee football teams, it’s quite simple: Win and they are in the playoffs.
The Barbers Hill Eagles are back in the District 12-5A II title hunt and 7:30 p.m. Friday it could be something to be definitely considered after Nederland comes to Mont Belvieu.
This time the Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball team wasn’t going to make things interesting for the other team.
The Goose Creek Memorial girls volleyball team moved into the postseason on the heels of a nice run of play following another win Friday.
When hard times hit the Goose Creek Memorial football team’s defense early in the season, senior Brice Lane stepped up and made the selfless move of lending a hand.
Much is written about hunting gear. Off-road trucks and four-wheelers get plenty of ink – maybe even more than rifles.
GCM rallies from early deficit to increase postseason chances
A historical season usually means a team has some really good players on it and that was more than the case with the Sterling High School tennis team.
The Goose Creek Memorial volleyball team secured its place in the Region 3 bi-district playoff round Tuesday with a 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-20) win over Texas City in Baytown.
A season removed from seeing all three of the Baytown high school fails to make the postseason, all of the programs are now in the same district with hopes of claiming one of four prized bi-district playoff spots.
Goose Creek Memorial is still in the playoff hunt and now they need to take their game to another level.
It was the best version of a Jekyll and Hyde, week-to-week performance that Barbers Hill football could ever want,
For two years in a row, the Anahuac Panthers wrapped up a season with a 5-5 record, are heading to the Class 3A I playoffs and once again will face off against Crocket in the Bi-District round of the playoffs.
Edwin Egans enters his 21st year coaching at Crosby and this year his boys basketball team could be one of the better ones he’s put out on the hardwood.
By Alan Dale
Volleyball, Girls hoops roundup
All it took was a little bit of room and Mason Duke saw the opportunity the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots had waited for almost all of Friday night.
A year ago, a revamped basketball roster for the Barbers Hill boys went into battle with just one senior and the results were pleasantly surprising.
The Goose Creek Memorial is on the doorstep to qualify for the Class 5A Region 3 bi-district playoffs.
The Sterling Rangers tennis team saw its historic season come to an end Friday when it was defeated 10-1 by hosts A&M Consolidated in College Station during the Class 5A Region 3 semifinals. Sterling, the region’s No. 4 team, fell to the top-ranked squad but not before the mixed doubles …
All three Goose Creek CISD girls basketball teams took a loss on opening night Friday.
GCM wins late, ends 2-game skid at expense of city rivals
The Goose Creek CISD girls basketball programs are looking to new eyes and vision behind the minds of three young coaches.
Sam Houston State University will be the scene Monday when the Class 5A Region 3 cross country championships take place with plenty of high hopes on the line.
Barbers Hill sophomore girls basketball guard Dalanna Carter has transferred from the school. Barbers Hill head girls coach Bryan Harris confirmed Thursday Carter, the reigning District 21-5A Most Valuable Player, had left school Monday.
REL wins behind late, frenzied rally; Crosby unbeaten in district
When it looked like the Goose Creek Memorial volleyball team was down and out and rivals Sterling were inching closer to a tie in the season series and a bi-district playoff spot, things changed in a hurry.
The second chapter of the battle of Baytown football is ready to kick off 7 p.m. Friday at Stallworth Stadium with the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots ready to even their ledger while the Sterling Rangers hope to make a fine introduction.
When the Sterling Rangers tennis team hits the courts at College Station Friday, it will be a swing into history.
Crosby coming off a big win a week ago while the Barbers Hill Eagles aim to bounce back from a tough defeat.
Two new coaches step into the sideline spotlight
A win in Kirbyville was enough to clinch Anahuac’s second straight Class 3A-I playoff spot in the same number of years under head coach Greg Neece.
The girls basketball season is once again ready to tip off and hope for a COVID-19 free season.
Weekend volleyball wrap
Quail season opened October 31 and runs until February 28. But good luck on finding birds, according to TPWD’s annual quail forecast issued in late October.
A young Barbers Hill tennis team was able to find its way past Galveston Ball in the bi-district round, 11-8, early in the week to catapult itself into the area round at home Thursday against Lamar Fulshear.
The Sterling Rangers may not have secured one man for the head basketball coaching position but they may have ultimately found the best man for the position.
When the Region 3 meet takes place Nov. 9 at Sam Houston State there will be a small and proud contingent of local runners there representing their teams.
Cougars force six turnovers, make seven sacks in win over Eagles
The process of building the Anahuac Lady Panthers into a legitimate and consistent volleyball threat continues under head coach Lauren Brandon.
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