Baker Katz based in Houston has acquired a 22,000-square-foot shopping center at Fairmont Parkway and Beltway in Pasadena, Texas. New signage, updated landscaping and more are on the way for the Pasadena shopping center. A development partner said that the shopping center's location near the Ship Channel in Pasadena makes it highly sought after. The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Facebook photo of a Deer Park man on a motorcycle with a baby has led to his arrest. The man has been charged with child abandonment and endangerment by the Deer Park Police Department. Both the Liberty County Sheriff's Office and Deer Park Police Department received numerous complaints and calls regarding the man and [...]
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 [...]
Vopak North America and regulatory agencies came to an agreement to strengthen air pollution controls at the company's chemical storage and wastewater treatment facility in Deer Park. Alleged Clean Air Act violations at the Deer Park facility led to the agreement, which is meant to improve Vopak's compliance with state and federal laws. The EPA, [...]
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 [...]