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Mid-County woman indicted for $271K theft

Ashlea Hoke Sanders, a 40-year-old Nederland woman, was indicted and arrested on Aug. 9 on a second-degree felony theft of service charge, accused of stealing $271,494.90 from a local small business.

More than one million names taken off voter rolls

The Nov. 5 General Election is less than two months away and more than 1 million names of ineligible voters have been removed from the state’s voter rolls since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law in December 2021, according to Gov. Greg Abbott.

Man sentenced for death by dragging

Sept. 11, Jefferson County Criminal District Judge John Stevens sentenced a Nederland man to 15 years in prison for his role in a woman’s death that resulted from her being pushed out of a moving vehicle and drug.

Million-dollar fraudster sentenced to federal prison

Years of theft, as well as wide-spread investigation of the same by the FBI, various state attorneys general, Beaumont Police Department and the local Better Business Bureau, concluded with Beaumont conman Michael James White, 35, pleading guilty to wire fraud and finally being sentenced to federal...

CHRISTUS Health to open new hospital in Beaumont

CHRISTUS Health, an international not-for-profit Catholic health system, announced this week that it is expanding access to health care services in Southeast Texas with a new hospital facility in Beaumont that will open to area residents in the coming months.

Record-breaking student engagement charted

In conjunction with National Arts in Education Week at the beginning of September, the Stark Museum of Art celebrated a year of achievements in arts education, stating a mission to reinforce a commitment to fostering creativity and learning in Southeast Texas.

Former finance director faces felony theft

Fired for directing finances into her own pockets, former Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce Director of Finance and Administration Sidnee Lewis is at the center of an investigation into reports that the former executive stole a combined amount of more than $84,000 from the Chamber and Beaumont...

Jefferson County approves raise for translation services

Following the Aug.