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Message From Hardin-Jefferson ISD Hardin-Jefferson ISD is making progress in our recovery effort after the impact of Hurricane Ike.

Theft, 600 block of Virginia Avenue. A suspicious vehicle fled from officers attempting to make contact.

Seventy years ago this week, a Beaumont woman was revealed as being among claimants to a $20 million "snuff fortune." In other items that appeared during the week of Aug.

If all goes well for local farmer Bill Dishman, some crops on his farm in China could fuel an ethanol plant that might be in Jefferson County within a few years.

A study said China's soaring trade deficit cost Americans 2.3 million jobs and $19.4 billion in lost wages between 2001 and 2007.

A second witness has testified a former employee took cash from the City of China in Jefferson County.

A Jefferson County jury has found a former city secretary of China guilty of embezzling about $60,000 from the town in West Jefferson County.

The former Mayor of China and Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Charles Fancey testified Tuesday the former China City Secretary admitted to him and three law enforcement investigators that she took money from ...

James Henry Leach, 96, passed away Friday, July 4, 2008, in Edmond, Okla. after a long and difficult illness.

By Sherry Koonce The Orange Leader BEAUMONT - If the nation enters a recession, Texas will be in better fiscal shape than most other states, Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, said Tuesday.

Spread out on a conference table were reminders of James Hull's four decades with the Texas Forest Service.

Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: Opinion As a society we tend to connect a college degree with success. via The Pine Log

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department tells KFDM the 13-year-old missing for more than two hours in China has been found. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

The mayor of Port Arthur has pulled out of a trip to China to promote a sister-city relationship there. via KBTV Beaumont

“We think it makes for good television to go to smaller places”

By Chuck Stark Friday, March 28, 2008 Kitsap Sun Even though part of his ride was horizontal, Craig Jarrod of Hillsboro, Texas, managed to stay on for the eight-second round during last year's Xtreme Bulls ... via Kitsap Sun

Leon Coffee has been a rodeo clown for 39 years. Texas Monthly calls him perhaps the most revered and beloved clown in the history of American rodeo. via Houstonpress.com

“They are fun, fun and fun. You do it because you enjoy it.”

It began with a fishing trip to Beaumont some years back. As Gary Powell dangled his line off the pier, wife Georgann got bored. via MySA.com

“It's as economy for a pickup as you can get”

Retail gasoline prices reached record heights in Texas this week and there are rumblings that prices could go even higher, perhaps $4 a gallon as early as this spring. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“The owner wanted to make it look more Fort Worth.”

Construction of the $225 million Omni Fort Worth Hotel in downtown is more than halfway complete. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The city of China ordered a boil water notice Tuesday morning. Residents are asked to boil water until further notice. via KBTV Beaumont