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Houston man sentenced for drug trafficking in East Texas

A Houston man was sentenced to federal prison for trafficking drugs through the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston on Dec. 8.

Silsbee, Lumberton police report arrests

Several persons were arrested on multiple charges recently, according to the Silsbee Police Department (SPD). Dec.

HARDIN COUNTY: Two men arrested on child sex charges

Two men were arrested on felony child sex crimes by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) last week. According to the HCSO jail roster, Whitney Coburn, 44, was arrested Dec. 8 and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child-sexual contract.

Local woman arrested for child abuse

Dec. 9, the Beaumont Police Department reported Special Crimes detectives obtained two warrants for 27-year-old woman in connection with child abuse of her infant son.

Aryan Circle member sentenced

William Glenn Chunn, aka Big Head, 40, of Conroe, was sentenced this past week to life imprisonment for racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) violations stemming from his leadership in the Aryan Circle prison gang organization. Nov.

Bolivar area oysters cause sickness

The Texas Department of State Health Services has ordered a recall of all oysters harvested in the TX 1 area of southeastern Galveston Bay, on the mainland side of the Bolivar Peninsula, after reports of a few dozen cases of gastrointestinal illness among people who ate oysters from those waters.

Bevil Oak sign removed, reappears

A social media post is accusing a Bevil Oaks council member, who is also the husband of the mayor, of removing a sign down then putting it back up. Becky Emmons serves as mayor and her husband, David, serves as a Ward 2 council member.

Texas’ largest blue ammonia site breaks ground in Beaumont

OCI NV celebrated the beginning of construction at its Beaumont facility on Dec. 7, marking the genesis of the largest blue ammonia facility of its kind in Texas, enabling the capture and sequestration of up to 1.7 million metric tons per year of CO2.

West Brook brutalizer, 16, charged with felony robbery

Treating the 16-year-old West Brook High School student like an adult for his alleged assault and robbery of another teen, a Jefferson County grand jury Dec. 14 charged the minor with a second-degree felony. According to the probable cause affidavit, on Sept.

Failed politician/‘prophet’ charged for threats to kill Weber

Inspired by unproved notions of local ballot-box foul play conducted by U.S. Representative Randy Weber (R-Beaumont), a Southeast Texas native and self-proclaimed “servant of the most-high God” issued a series of death threats to the elected official.