A charter bus carrying Houston high school students crashed in Alabama. Several students were injured, some seriously, in the crash while the bus was returning from Walt Disney World. As many as 45 people suffered injuries in the accident. The accident occurred around 6:00 a.m. east of Mobile, Alabama. The bus was carrying more than [...]
The Houston patrol officer who allegedly tried to steal a duffel bag filled with 8 kilos of cocaine in an eternal affairs sting could be facing additional charges. Officer Julissa Guzman Diaz, 37, was arrested for tampering and fabricating evidence, but she could also be charged with intent to deliver a controlled substance. If Diaz [...]
A Petrobras refinery in Pasadena, Texas, restarted their operations over the weekend. The weather and flooding conditions after Hurricane Harvey improved, and the plant was able to start once again. The refinery plans to be back to normal operations by the end of the week according to a Petrobras spokesperson. The plant in Pasadena has [...]
La Porte firefighters and a hazmat team contained a chemical spill yesterday after a ruptured pipeline in the petrochemical district led to a shelter inside warning. Around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, residents of Baytown, La Porte and Shoreacres were given orders to shelter in place, which means they were told to stay inside, shut off [...]
A Pasadena mother has been arrested for letting her 11-year-old daughter drive her Dodge Durango. A Pasadena police officer pulled a car over for speeding and was surprised to find an 11-year-old girl driving her 10-year-old brother to her aunt's house. The young driver said her mother gave her permission to drive the vehicle. The [...]
Products and services distributor MRC Global is opening a new regional distribution center and operational hub in La Porte. MRC is relocating operations at Galena Park, Darien Street in Houston, and two other satellite locations to the new center, located at the Port Crossing Commerce Center. The consolidation is an effort to centralize operations closer [...]
LyondellBasell began construction on a $700 million dollar plant in La Porte. The new plant is expected to come online in 2019 and will produce a more durable and environmentally friendly variety of polyethylene. Exxon Mobil, Chevron Phillips Chemical and Dow Chemical are also building plants in the Houston area. Texas' shale natural gas access [...]
The Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is looking to sell its Pasadena facility. The sale price is reportedly less than $200 million. The purchase price was $1.2 billion, paid in two installments in 2006 and 2012. The high purchase price spurred an investigation by federal prosecutors under the suspicion that bribes were included as part [...]
A crane struck and killed a truck driver at the Port of Houston Barbours Cut container terminal facility. The truck driver was struck Thursday afternoon by a rubber-tired gantry crane. Gantry cranes are used in a range of marine applications, from ship-to-shore container transfer or moving containers throughout a port facility. The crane in this case [...]
A payment hold stalled millions of dollars' worth of projects in Pasadena earlier this year when the city's economic development corporation's board member terms expired. New leadership aims to get the organization back on track. The EDC, known as Pasadena Second Century, has been a contentious issue for Pasadena City Council during an overall rocky year [...]