Matt Hollis

Baytown City Council approved a special-use permit Thursday for a 31-acre mixed-rental housing development on Old Needlepoint Road, while putting off a decision on a proposed warehouse project near Interstate 10.

A neighborhood meeting to go over a rezoning proposal as the City of Baytown prepares for development surrounding EMBEC is set for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 2 in the Wilhite Meeting Room at Sterling Municipal Library, 1 Mary Wilbanks Ave. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission has scheduled a public hearing Sept. 15. City Council is scheduled to hold its public hearing Oct. 8.

Randy Hopper, vice president of Riceland Development, said he knows what people look for when choosing a new neighborhood.

Ominious clouds over The Baytown Sun produce no rain or wind.

Goose Creek earned 1st place in the state for the school district sub-challenge in the Healthier Texas Community Challenge, uniting the entire community to create a long-lasting culture of health.

Goose Creek CISD Superintendent Joe Rodriguez told the Kiwanis Club of Baytown Thursday that Ashbel Smith Elementary’s F rating — along with D or F grades at other campuses —

Local business owners offered sharply different views Wednesday regarding the proposed rezoning of 23 parcels, 4.98 acres, on the east side of Decker Drive near the planned ExxonMobil Baytown Events

Data center regulation gains steam with Baytown City Council Thursday's as the city begins looking at whether additional rules are needed for the facilities.

A ceremony for a monument dedication that honors the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, including the first responders, was held at Earthman Memory Gardens on Garth Road. The monument was recently re-discovered. Pictured are, from left, Jeremy Watkins, Earthman location manager; Baytown Fire Chief Ken Dobson; Baytown Assistant Police Chief Steve Dorris; and Baytown Police Chief John Stringer.

The hung jury in the Lindsay Clancy case leaves some difficult questions for the state to ponder. It must decide whether to pursue a second trial for murder in the first degree, make a plea deal, drop the charges and have no trial or charge Clancy with something lesser.