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Fatal accident in Orange County

A fatal accident on Interstate 10 West near Highway 62 in Orange County at about 5:34 a.m. on Feb. 24 claimed the life of 30-year-old Joshua Thurmond of Baton Rouge, La., DPS reports.

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Fatal accident in Orange County

A fatal accident on Interstate 10 West near Highway 62 in Orange County at about 5:34 a.m. on Feb. 24 claimed the life of 30-year-old Joshua Thurmond of Baton Rouge, La., DPS reports.

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Arrest made in Port Arthur manslaughter

A car wreck on Feb. 23 in Port Arthur left a Groves woman dead and led to the arrest of a Port Arthur resident, police report.

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Traffic arrest in Orange; police suspect methamphetamine

In spite of his attempts to resist police, officers in Orange have arrested one man after a traffic accident in the 4000 block of West Park in Orange on Friday, Feb. 21 at about 6:38 p.m. led them to discover suspected methamphetamine in the man's possession, according to the Orange Police Department.

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BPD patrol vehicle stolen, crashed

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At the scene of a domestic disturbance, a troubled young woman was able to drive off in an unsecured police car and later crashed it on Highway 69, the Beaumont Police Department said in a press release Friday. She and an officer suffered minor injuries.

Officers responded to a disturbance in the 1100 block of Fulton on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at 1:31 p.m. Two officers arrived on scene at different times. The disturbance was between a mother and daughter. The daughter, a mentally ill 21-year-old, was off her medication and out of control, according to the BPD press release. 

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11th annual Orange Mardi Gras to honor Super Bowl champ Earl Thomas

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“I put on for my city.... my city put on for ME!” Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas posted on his Facebook page in response to a new sign displayed in his home city of Orange celebrating his Super Bowl XLVIII victory.

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High schools compete in regional mock trial

The legal acumen of a group of Jefferson County’s brightest future lawyers was on full display Saturday, Feb. 15, at the 35th annual Texas High School Mock Trial Competition.

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May trial for woman charged in manslaughter

A trial date has been set for a Beaumont woman charged in the death of a woman as she rode her bicycle on MLK Parkway in Beaumont.

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25 years for child molester

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A Groves man has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a lengthy prison term for multiple molestations of two underage girls.

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Lambert, Comeaux and Haynes demoted

Six months after learning via a Texas Legislative Budget Board review that his executive cabinet was staffed with woefully inept or untrained personnel he had personally handpicked for the positions, Beaumont Independent School District Superintendent Timothy Chargois

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