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Orangefield student pens "hit list"

According to a news release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, a 15-year-old Orangefield student was suspended after writing a “hit list” with names of fellow students.

Man indicted for Chase Bank robbery in Orange

The federal grand jury of the Eastern District of Texas indicted Samuel David Sanford III, 35, on Jan. 23 for the Dec. 19, 2012, robbery of JP Morgan Chase Bank in Orange.

Lamar math professor recognized for teaching excellence

$Kumer Das$

The Mathematical Association of America has chosen Kumer Das, associate professor of mathematics at Lamar University, to receive its Alder Award for 2013. A beginning college or university mathematics faculty member is given the award each year for distinguished teaching, and no more than three are awarded per year throughout the United States and Canada.

Das will receive the award at the Math Fest Ceremony in Hartford, Conn., on Aug. 2.

Accident in Vidor leaves one injured

The fire department had to extract the driver.

A man was transported to the emergency room after a one-car accident on the Interstate 10 access road in Vidor on Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Two busted in Pinehurst drug raid

David Matthew Lester and Darrin Kyle Foreman

Police arrested two men after information led them to suspect a methamphetamine lab was being run out of a residence in Pinehurst.

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