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Man dies in house fire

A Beaumont man died in an Oct. 13 house fire, according to the Beaumont Police Department. BPD reported that, about 4:01 a.m. on Oct. 13, officers responded to a residence in the 2100 block of Rusk in reference to assisting Beaumont Fire Rescue with a house fire call.

County holding public hearing, workshop Oct. 25

Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel announced that Commissioners Court will conduct a public hearing/workshop at the start of the regular meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Court Room.

High School Football Week 9

  Local high school football schedule for week 9 of football  Thursday, Oct. 20 Summer Creek (4-3, 3-1) @ Bmt United (1-6, 0-4)   Friday, Oct.

Sports shorts for the week of Oct 20, 2022

Sports shorts for the week of Oct. 20, 2022 -------- Vidor Homecoming The Vidor Pirates Football Homecoming Game has become a can’t miss annual event.

Buna motorist guilty in DWI death

Before his trial started, Stephen Dudley Morgan, a 61-year-old Buna man, changed his not-guilty assertion and pleaded guilty in connection to a 2021 wreck that claimed the life of woman near Silsbee.

Bond conditions set for Toutloff

In addition to a $5,000 bond, a Tyler County justice of the peace set numerous bond conditions on a Hardin County man to protect the safety of the victim, reported Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford on Oct. 14. Oct.

Sex work alleged at Beaumont business

A business compliance check and a human trafficking investigation by several agencies discovered two Asian females living and working without a license at 99 Spa, located at 360 S. Martin Luther King Jr.

Deputy killer federally detained

Michael David Miller, 38, of Kountze, was named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Oct.

BPD arrests pill possessor

On Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6:33 p.m. Beaumont police made a traffic stop in the 1800 block of Rivercrest that resulted in a 40-year-old man’s arrest on a trio of drug charges.

Bond's day in court delayed until 2023

After the Jefferson County Criminal Court moved forward on an older case gathering dust on its docket, coordinators moved an alleged conwoman’s case back to January of next year – leaving the 37-year-old woman in jail after she violated multiple bond conditions.