🌱 Why Jalen Hurts’ dad just stepped down at Channelview High
Baytown, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Baytown! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Jalen Hurts’ dad just stepped down at Channelview High
- How a Galveston cold case suspect was also linked to Baytown
Also on today's calendar: Blacklight Friday ~ Galactic Reflections and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 90 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 89, low: 73.
- Friday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 84 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Father of Jalen Hurts steps down as Channelview (TX) head football coach (on3.com subscription) — Baytown readers may be interested that Averion Hurts Jr. is now the offensive coordinator at Goose Creek Memorial, while his father, longtime Channelview head coach Averion Hurts Sr., has stepped down after two decades. The story looks back at the family’s impact on Channelview football, including Jalen Hurts’ standout high school career and the team’s overall record under his father’s leadership. 
• Galveston police solve brutal 45-year-old cold case (galvnews.com) — Baytown is among several Texas cities a now-deceased suspect was known to frequent, as Galveston police announce they’ve solved a 45-year-old murder using DNA and fingerprint evidence. Investigators tied Texas City resident William Clifford Lawrence to the 1981 killing of Lois Marshall and officially closed the case, while encouraging anyone with information about other possible crimes to come forward.
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Inspiration Ranch Family BINGO Night
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Greater Tomball Chamber of Commerce 205 W. Main Street Tomball, TX 77375
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🗓 Events Nearby
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FFA Officer Meeting
Dayton H S Dayton, TX 77535
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STREAM Night_BLASTING OFF TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE
Channelview ISD 915 Sheldon Rd, Channelview, TX 77530, USA
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District 5 Public Safety Listening Tour →
W.L. Jenkins Park, 4334 Crosby Cedar Bayou Rd, Baytown
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Top 5% Awards Night w/ CEF
Crosby ISD Crosby High School, 333 Red Summit Dr, Crosby, TX 77532, USA
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Poll: Menefee, Mealer lead Houston-area congressional runoffs (texastribune.org)
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