Dave Rogers

6 days ago | baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers

A bond adviser predicted the City of Baytown could tackle up to one-fourth of its $1 billion in 10-year capital improvement needs and not raise taxes. No decision has been made to call the city’s first bond election since 2007, but a citizen’s bond advisory board met for the third time May 6 to consider the possibility. kA 4=2DDlQAbQmy@6 |@CC@H @7 w:==E@A $64FC:E:6D 6IA=2:?65 E@ E96 `d\>6>36C 4@>>:EE66 E92E :E 4@F=5 AFE E@86E96C 2 Sad_\>:==:@? A24<286 @7 a_\J62C 86?6C2= @3=:82E:@?

1 week ago | baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers

Mark Warren says the two years he spent working at Baytown’s Sterling Municipal Library sparked his interest in great writing. This week, the Highlands native won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. kA 4=2DDlQAbQm%96 `hg` q2JE@H? $E6C=:?8 8C25 D2:5 {66 r@==686 H2D H96C6 “x 8@E E96 >@DE :>A@CE2?E A2CE @7 >J 65F42E:@?]”k^AmkA 4=2DDlQAbQm(2CC6? H2D 7@C >2?J J62CD 2? 65:E@C 2E tDBF:C6 |282K:?6[ H96C6 9:D AC:K6\H:??:?8 DE@CJ[ “p s62E9 :?

1 week ago | baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers

It may have escaped notice by a lot of people but Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller reminded me the other day that May is National Beef Month. It’s a month-long celebration recognizing the importance of the beef industry and the people who work in it. kAmx 46=63C2E65 q667 |@?E9 H:E9 D@>6 >:?:\E24@D 7C@> q@42?68C2’D z:E496?[ a`c (] %6I2D pG6] %96J @776C 7@FC 49@:46D @7 AC@E6:? E@ DEF77 :? E96 5@H?D:K65 D@7E 4@C?

1 week ago | baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers

State Sen. Mayes Middleton and The Response Group placed the high bids in last weekend’s auction at the Chambers County Youth Project Show. The Response Group, a Houston-based troubleshooter for the energy sector owned by Anahuac resident Roy Barrett, won the bidding for Kendall Hutchins’ Grand Champion Chambers County Steer at $21,000. kA 4=2DDlQAbQm|:55=6E@?[ H9@D6 42EE=6\C2?49:?8 2?46DE@CD 96=A65 E@ D6EE=6 H92E :D ?@H r92>36CD r@F?EJ[ >2E4965 E92E Sa`[___ :?

1 week ago | baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers

Incumbents running to retain their seats on the Lee College Board of Regents dug deep into their pockets and handily outspent their rivals ahead of the May 3 election. According to election reports filed by April 25, Susan Moore-Fontenot outspent Heron Thomas by nearly $10,000 and Daryl Fontenot outspent David Isaac by almost $6,000. kA 4=2DDlQAbQm}62C=J 92=7 @7 E96 :?4F>36?ED’ 4@>3:?65 DA6?5:?8 H6?E E@ #@36CE y2C2[ 2 E@A s6>@4C2E:4 42>A2:8? 4@?DF=E2?E 2?5 @H?6C @7 2 w@FDE@? 4@>A2?J 42==65 r2>A2:8?