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Police arrest Port Arthur man for Beaumont shooting

Police in Beaumont arrested a 20-year-old Port Arthur man for murder in relation to a shooting incident that left one man dead and another shot in the face on Jan. 17, the Beaumont Police Department reports.

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Jasper police arrest four during narcotics raids

A team including Jasper SWAT officers raided two locations Jan. 18 and confiscated $1000's in cash and drugs, the Jasper Police Department reports. Four people were arrested in connection to the search warrants. 

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Beaumont native pushes through policy banning smoking at SFA

Jessica Taylor

The Stephen F. Austin University campus is now smoke-free, thanks to a student and faculty-led joint resolution under Beaumont native Jessica Taylor's leadership. Taylor is the current SFA Student Government Association president.

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New Hospital District up for discussion at town hall meeting

County Judge Brint Carlton and the Orange County Commissioners would like to invite the public to attend a town hall meeting Thursday, Jan. 26, from 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center, 11475 FM 1442, Orange, Texas 77632.

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Texas attorney general stops synthetic marijuana sales in Houston

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Jan. 19 that his office has filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order stopping synthetic cannabinoid sales at the Texas Tobacco and Smoke Shop in Harris County.

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