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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