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Baytown, Texas is located in Harris County. Zip codes in Baytown, TX include 77521, 77523, and 77520. More Baytown information.

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Tuesday Feb 7 | Click2Houston

3 adults, 1 baby injured after crash in ditch

Four people, including a baby, were rushed to the hospital late Monday night after their car rolled into a ditch in Northeast Harris County.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

The Huffington Post

Jessie Ronhock Missing: New York Authorities Search For 21-Year-Old Student

Jessica "Jessie" Ronhock, a 21-year-old nursing major at Elmira College in upstate New York, was one day into her second term of her junior year when she suddenly left her on-campus apartment on Jan.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

Examiner.com

The Voice contestant sings Miranda Lambert song, impresses Blake Shelton

When Miranda Lambert introduced her new, all girl band The Pistol Annies at the ACM Girls Night: Superstar Women of Country show in early 2011, their debut single Hell on Heels amazed the crowd.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

MySanAntonio.com

Inmate cooks give back at food bank

On a recent weekday morning, 11 state prison inmates swarmed the San Antonio Food Bank's kitchen, picking out some of the better groceries and ingredients in stock.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

The View From North Central Idaho

Tell me if you already heard this one

Numerous individuals, known as straw buyers, were recruited to buy AK-47 like semi-automatic firearms.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Houston Chronicle

Baytown man in SWAT incident charged with assaulting officer

A Baytown man who exchanged gunfire with police at a SWAT scene Sunday has been charged with aggravated assault of an officer.

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Houston Home-Journal

Suspect shot by Baytown police

Got a story idea? Let us know! Baytown police officers were called to an apartment complex on James Bowie Drive shortly after noon, where they found an injured woman.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

KHOU-TV Houston

Police: Baytown man shot by officer after fight with ex-girlfriend

BAYTOWN, Texas A 35-year-old man was hospitalized at Ben Taub Tuesday after an officer-involved shooting in Baytown.

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Click2Houston

Police: Man found dead in fire murdered

Baytown police said Ronald Pearson's body was found after his home at the Shady Oaks Trailer Park in the 6200 block of North State Highway 146 caught fire Saturday.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

Houston Chronicle

Baytown man sentenced for smuggling AK-47 tied to fatal shooting of ICE agent

A Baytown man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for illegally exporting firearms to Mexico, including an AK-47-like weapon, found at the scene where a U.S. federal agent was shot to death by members of the Zetas drug cartel, authorities announced Monday.

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Houston Chronicle

Baytown man gets 8 years for role in customs agent's death

ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata was killed in the line of duty Feb. 15, 2011, when he was ambushed while driving between Monterrey, Mexico, and Mexico City.

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Houston Chronicle

Baytown man gets prison for ties to gun used in ICE slaying

A Baytown man was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in prison for overseeing the illegal purchase of a semi-automatic rifle used in the killing of a U.S. federal agent in Mexico by drug cartel henchmen.

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Sun Jan 29, 2012

KCEN

Man Fires on Police, Holds 3 Hostage in Houston-Area Standoff

BAYTOWN, Texas -- A man fired several shots at Baytown Police officers and a SWAT team after a standoff Sunday morning.

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The Beaumont Enterprise

Man injured in gunfire exchange with police

A man has been taken to a Houston hospital after an exchange of gunfire with law-enforcement officers in Baytown.

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Houston Chronicle

Baytown SWAT scene ends in gunfire

A man is being taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital after exchanging gunfire with officers at a SWAT scene in Baytown.

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Mon Jan 16, 2012

Houston Chronicle

A year after election, Precinct 2's Morman has 'sea legs'

Precinct 2 Commissioner Jack Morman is more comfortable after his election a year ago.

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