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A Vidor couple was arrested Jan.

A bulletproof vest prevented any serious or fatal injuries to an area police chief on Jan. 14.

A 57-year-old Port Arthur man’s dancing and “punching the air” in a Taco Bell drive thru last October ended with an arrest and DWI charge.

A Jefferson County grand jury charged a transient 34-year-old man with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after officers noticed a spray-painted Honda Civic traveling the wrong way on 4th Avenue i

Calling his former probation officer and offering threats to kill in December 2022 earned a 21-year-old West Orange man a third-degree felony retaliation charge.

After stopping to help a motorist driving a slowly-moving car with its hazard lights on, two Port Arthur Police Department (PAPD) officers arrested an alleged PCP-puffing passenger, according to a

After leading Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies on a car chase from Fannet to Beaumont, where the suspect and an officer crashed, authorities arrested a 15-year-old boy for unauthor

Edward Lee Simien, 43, pleaded guilty on Sep. 9, 2022, to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and was sentenced to 41 months (three years and five months) in federal prison by U.S.

Applications are due no later than 4:30 p.m. Jan. 20 to fill the Senior Court Clerk position open in the new judicial office of incoming Jefferson County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Joseph L.

Nixing plans to investigate the city manager in the same meeting, councilors agreed on a separation plan to remove the longtime employee, city officials paid the man $130,000 in severance.