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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The Ball High School Tors handed the Baytown Lee Ganders their first loss of the season with a 23-13 win Friday night at Kermit Courville Stadium.
Playoff hopes still alive
So much for that unbeaten Texas City season.
The Sterling Lady Rangers have inched closer to a Class 5A Region 3 bi-district playoff against Barbers Hill with another win against their Baytown rivals.
Sterling ends 2-game losing streak in 27-17 win
Advance to second straight Region 3 quarterfinal
Eagles claim double district championships
If the fall golf season is any indication of how good the Barbers Hill program will do when the UIL campaign kicks off in late winter, then things could be looking quite rosey.
Once again the Power 5 poll has remained relatively static as the better teams in the area continue to prove why they are where they are.
Ganders gunning for 7-0 on gridiron
RSS tennis moves on
Cougars seek district top spot
The Sterling Lady Rangers run toward the playoffs continued Tuesday with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-16) home win against Galveston Ball.
The cross country district meets will kick off today as Class 5A Region 3 programs will vie for three team spots in that penultimate meet before the state finals.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Houston Astros found themselves in familiar territory Monday, brushing aside comments by Chicago White Sox reliever Ryan Tepera after he implied they stole signs while winning the first two games of the AL Division Series in their ballpark.
REL now 6-0 this season; GCM to face Sterling next
BH football now 2-4 with month left to play
The Crosby Cougars football train appears to be more than well on track once again.
The Anahuac Panthers hope for adding to its five-game win streak came crashing down Friday when rivals East Chambers came to town and pulled off a 24-10 District 10-3A I win.
SANTA FE - The Dayton Broncos rolled up 410 yards of total offense in a 41-0 pounding of Santa Fe on Friday night at Indians Stadium in District 12-5A II action.
Two weeks left in volleyball season
Rangers lose big opportunity to improve playoff push
For Randi Rupp-Hennigan it was time to say goodbye.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its 30th anniversary softball team and one of its nearly three dozen members happens to hail from Baytown.
There was a bit more movement than usual this week in the Power 5 as a number of teams took some losses, but also did so behind some powerful performances.
Lady Rangers still in playoff hunt
Ganders 5-0, Patriots seek to end skid
The Sterling Rangers were narrowly nipped for the District 22-5A title Tuesday, but didn’t go down without a fight.
Crosby looks to win 4th straight
Anahuac will attempt to take history by storm as the Panthers continue to trend in a positive direction.
Led Rangers to playoffs in 1971
The 18th annual Barbers Hill Sports Hall of Honor held its newest induction ceremony Saturday at the BHISD Leadership Support Center’s J. Justin Jenson Conference Room as three new members have been immortalized.
GCM now 1-4 at mid-season
Ganders blow past host La Porte
MONT BELVIEU – It was a game befitting of a rivalry as the Barbers Hill Eagles and Crosby Cougars met up Friday night in a District 12-5A II clash.
Rangers see modest win streak ended
Panthers 5-1, clinch third straight .500 or better regular season
The Baytown Christian Bulldogs dropped their second straight decision, 59-30 to Victoria Cobra Home School Friday night.
GCM ends losing streak
For full recaps check back here over the weekend or read Tuesday's print edition of the Sun
A year ago, a then-sophomore Ty Joseph was exploding onto the scene as a middle blocker for the Sterling Lady Rangers volleyball team.
After a tough home loss two nights earlier against Blinn College, the Lady Rebels of Lee College found their retribution Thursday evening.
As the fall season moves into October and the final month of action before the postseason begins for cross country, tennis, volleyball and then football, the area Power 5 poll continues to remain relatively static.
Many boat ramps across the state are closed, and more could be in jeopardy unless we get a “flat rock rain” that will add runoff. Until that happens, lakes like Buchanan and Travis in Central Texas and others are receding and becoming dangerous to navigate due to newly exposed rocks with mor…
The Goose Creek Memorial and Robert E. Lee tennis teams are tied with 3-3 District 22-5A records, but the Patriots have the tiebreaker after a 16-3 win Wednesday against their rival Ganders.
RSS, REL aim to maintain playoff push; GCM looks to reignite
BH unbeaten in district play
A year ago Crosby inflicted heavy defeat or visiting rivals Barbers Hill in route to a Class 5A-II state title game run.
Anahuac heads to Hardin 7:30 p.m. Friday with a chance to clinch a third-straight .500 regular season under head football coach Greg Neece.
BH Hall ceremony set for Saturday
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