La Porte police are investigating an incident that occurred during a normal traffic stop. Police pulled over a man, and he pulled a gun on himself and committed suicide during the routine traffic stop. Police say they noticed the man had a defective headlight and pulled him over shortly after 8 p.m. During the traffic [...]
The La Porte Police Department is asking for help from the public in identifying a serial burglar. Investigators are calling the man the "Goatee Bandit." The burglar is wanted for at least two burglaries and is a person of interest in several other attempted La Porte burglaries. He's also believed to be involved in a [...]
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 mother and her two sons were shot this weekend in a domestic dispute in La Porte, Texas. Police responded to reports of gunfire in La Porte just off Spencer Highway Sunday night around 9:12 p.m. When police arrived at the scene, they found a 50-year-old woman, a 26-year-old man and a 14-year-old with gunshot [...]
A driver is facing charges after crashing his pickup truck into a neighbor's home. The La Porte man is reportedly a local firefighter. Andrew Stevens is being charges with unlawful carrying of a gun in addition to driving while intoxicated. According to reports it was around 11 p.m. when Stevens' truck went through a neighbors' [...]
Braskem formally approved building a new $675 million polypropylene plant in La Porte, Texas, which will produce nearly 500,000 tons of polypropylene a year. The Brazilian thermoplastics producer's North American base is in Philadelphia, but they chose the 200-acre site next to Braskem's current La Porte production facilities. Braskem chose the La Porte site over [...]
An overnight crash on the Fred Hartman Bridge was the result of a wrong-way driver; several lanes were shut down as a result of the accident. Around 12:30 a.m. La Porte police said they received reports of a wrong-way driver on the bridge. All lanes of the bridge were shut down for nearly an hour, [...]
A serious leak in the Battleship Texas had workers scrambling to keep the ship from sinking yesterday. The ship manager said that the ship had been taking in water through a 6 by 8 inch hole in the ship's hull and was forced to close for repairs. Workers said that the ship tilted six degrees [...]