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Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted in favor of closing Lamar Elementary School due to a decline in student enrollment on Monday.
A chemical spill at Bluebonnet Petrochemical Solutions near Main and Hunt Roads has turned into a serious situation, with local authorities stepping in to manage the aftermath and protect public safety.
22-year-old Daniel Eugene Douglas was able to escape from the processing center parking garage while being escorted along with three other inmates by Baytown police officers around noon on Thursday.
An inmate who escaped from custody while being processed at the Harris County Joint Processing Center in Downtown Houston has been captured.
More than 250 Texas prisoners are on the waitlist to join the Lee College reentry class. Programs like these prepare students to find jobs and help lower recidivism.
A school bus driver in Baytown being investigated tonight after a student says she pushed and kicked him off the bus on to the ground.
A Houston-area gas station has been ordered to pay a $50,000 penalty for price gouging while many Houstonians were vulnerable during the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
Tomas Bautista is charged with murder and is currently in the Harris County Jail.
A Baytown teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl at his wife’s home daycare, according to Baytown Police Department.
Drivers coming in from Baytown, headed to downtown, look for a different route as an 18-wheeler crash is causing several shutdowns.
Nearly three years after the deadly shooting at a Baytown vigil that claimed the life of 25-year-old Disha Allen and injured 13 others, investigators are appealing to the community for new leads.
A devastating fire in Baytown on Friday has resulted in the death of an unidentified man. The fire broke out in the 200 block of Independence Highway, and despite the efforts of the Highland Fire Department, the man was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the fire remains unknown, and southbound lanes on Independence Parkway are currently closed.
Multiple arrests have been made in connection to a bank fraud investigation led by the Mont Belvieu Police Department.
The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck dies after the vehicle catches fire following a crash on the side of a road in Baytown on Monday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
"They’ll finally listen once we’ve reacted loud enough, freedom of speech does nothing, lobotomies do a lot." the woman said in a series of posts on social media.
A Baytown woman is accused of threatening to murder CenterPoint Energy employees in a series of posts on her X account, according to documents obtained exclusively by KPRC 2, days after more than 2 million people lost power in Hurricane Beryl.
The Baytown Fire Department said it happened in the 10000 block of Sweet Gun Lane.
Kalie Goodwin, 29, has been missing from her Baytown home since April 21, 2024.
Investigators say the driver was speeding in and out of traffic before crashing into a brick mailbox, hitting a power pole, and slammed into a church. CenterPoint Energy was called to restore power to homes and businesses in the surrounding area.
A Baytown woman was arrested, accused of leaving two children inside of a locked car on a hot day while she got her nails done.
Baytown Special Education teacher accused of giving autistic student bloody nose after throwing them on floor.
Special education teacher was charged after throwing a special needs autistic student to the ground causing a bloody nose.
The EPA set its first-ever drinking water limits for five types of PFAS chemicals, and nearly 50 Texas public water systems have reported exceeding the new limits for at least one.
After a 15-month investigation, the Baytown Police Department said three people have been arrested in connection to the murder of 16-year-old Shane Hamilton.
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.
Community leaders and civil rights activists are holding a protest this Wednesday ahead of the trial for a Barbers Hill student who has repeatedly been disciplined for his hairstyle choice.
Buckle up as we explore how the Houston area’s master-planned communities are not just changing the real estate game – they’re dominating it.
A Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy is being transported to the hospital after possibly being struck by a vehicle while investigating a crash on the East Freeway Thursday morning.
We are hearing from the family of Kiesha Lockett, the 39-year-old who was last seen at her job in Baytown on Aug. 17, 2023, but never came home.
Residents who live near the ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown say they are living a nightmare.
The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office said two people have been arrested after a chase that went through the City of Baytown Saturday.
A 55-year-old Baytown woman has been sentenced to prison for embezzling millions of dollars from her employer for nearly 10 years, the United States Department of Justice announced Thursday.
On Jan. 24, a tornado tore through southeast Houston, Pasadena, Deer Park and Baytown.
A Baytown man was sentenced to 46 years in prison by a Harris County jury for the murder of his ex-wife in 2016, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday.
The legislation, which Republican lawmakers have been trying to pass since 2021, offers no exceptions for doctors’ offices, clinics or other health facilities.
Amidst the sea of pink ribbons and the collective efforts to raise awareness about breast cancer this October, many stories remind us that this disease knows no age boundaries.
A woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge after pleading guilty to robbing and killing a 65-year-old man who used a wheelchair in Baytown, Texas, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced on Monday.
In 2012, around 100 Texans under 18 died of gunshot wounds. Last year, that number reached nearly 300.
After her brother was gunned down in 2012, Jessica Mejía and her mother wanted to legally migrate to the U.S. But like millions of migrants who want to move to the U.S., they discovered how difficult it is.
A former Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District substitute teacher appeared in court on Monday after he was charged with online solicitation of a minor sexual explicit communication.
A man, who was charged with murder after a toddler was killed in a suspected drunk driving crash in Baytown, posted his $50,000 bond on Wednesday.
The Baytown Police Department said at approximately 11:30 a.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to a school located at the 1900 block of Decker Drive on reports of a man walking towards the campus openly carrying a firearm and multiple magazines of ammunition.
Authorities are seeking information which will lead to the arrest of those involved in a 2019 murder in the Baytown area of Harris County.
A criminal complaint has been filed against the operators of Baytown’s Swan Mansion after young children were reportedly exposed to naked partygoers at the weekend swingers’ getaway, Dolcefino Consulting said Thursday in a news release.
Byron Collins is charged in the death of 50-year-old Nataliya Shal. Investigators connected Collins to the case through DNA and a cigarette butt at the scene.
A man is accused of driving while intoxicated in a single-vehicle crash that killed a toddler in Baytown Sunday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
As 100-degree-plus days have become normal for summer 2023, Houston Methodist hospitals said they are seeing an uptick in emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses.
A court hearing for a Baytown man accused of cutting the paws and legs off at least four puppies has been moved after his defense attorney declined to represent the suspect because the details of the case were too graphic, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The Galveston Railroad Museum is setting up a new exhibit about the historic Battleship Texas.
A Baytown man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering, robbing and killing a 65-year-old man who used a wheelchair, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
The U.S. Attorney’s office announced Thursday that a Baytown woman has admitted to embezzling her employer out of $3 million over a period of 10 years.
An investigation is underway after Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a man was found dead outside a home near Baytown Sunday morning.
The family of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed at a Baytown apartment complex in January has filed a multi-million lawsuit against the complex for negligence, according to a release.
The Baytown man who was found guilty of sexually abusing three young girls, including a 5-year-old paraplegic, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday.
An elementary school campus assistant principal was arrested and charged after dropping a bag of cocaine in an employee bathroom at a Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District campus, according to court documents.
The City of Beaumont and the City of Baytown are no longer under consideration to become the new home of Battleship Texas, according to Baytown officials.
An investigation is underway after three teens were shot at a house party near Baytown late Friday night, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
A Baytown man is recovering from a vicious dog attack Thursday night that sent him to the hospital and left him on crutches.
A law firm was able to secure over $28 million on behalf of five plant workers who were injured in an explosion at ExxonMobil Baytown Olefins Plant on July 31, 2019, according to a release.
A Lee High School student, for the moment, can’t return to school after court documents reveal she recorded a fellow classmate using the restroom.
Weaver Street in Baytown has devastation in nearly every direction and power remained out Wednesday night after Tuesday’s powerful tornado tore apart homes and structures.
A person of interest in the shooting death of a 16-year-old Goose Creek CISD student-athlete has been arrested, according to the Baytown Police Department.
Repeated burglaries have led to years of frustration for a business owner in Baytown whose property has been broken into multiple times over the past three months.
Baytown police are hunting for the suspect who opened fire on a man and woman at an apartment complex Tuesday afternoon.
A Baytown family is heartbroken and preparing to bury their 16-year-old son after he was gunned down outside their apartment home Tuesday night.
A Goose Creek CISD student has been arrested after posting threats on social media Thursday morning, according to the district’s police department.
A juvenile has died after being shot during a drive-by at an apartment complex in Baytown Tuesday, officers with the Baytown Police Department said.
The man accused of sexually assaulting a 50-year-old woman while she was walking on a trail has been arrested and charged, according to the Baytown Police Department.
If you hear rumbling or see bright orange flames and smoke coming from various plants along the Houston Ship Channel, there is no need to panic as this is a planned operation.
Officials with the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals say two dead animals were found, and 13 others were rescued in Chambers County.
A woman is dead after she was struck by a pickup truck while walking with her husband in Baytown Tuesday, deputies with Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
It has been one year since the murder of 25-year-old Disha Allen, and Crime Stoppers say her case remains unsolved.
The family of a man whose shooting death was the focus of several documentaries called on production companies Tuesday to cease coverage of the case, citing erroneous and emotionally scarring details.
It’s almost the weekend before Thanksgiving, and for some of us, that means the final days of denial before we’re forced to confront the financial, social, and emotional stresses of the holiday season. (Anyone else staring down a calendar chock-full of travel days, shopping outings and obligatory family gatherings?)
