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Extreme winter weather caused burst pipes, loss of electricity and loss of life during February 2021.

Extreme winter weather caused burst pipes, loss of electricity and loss of life during February 2021.

SETERF receives $200K to distribute for winter recovery

Jennifer Johnson
Friday, March 12, 2021
Aramco Americas and Motiva Enterprises, part of Saudi Aramco’s global network of companies, announced a $200,000 donation to the Southeast Texas Emergency Relief Fund (SETERF) on March 12 in support of winter storm recovery efforts in Jefferson County. “Most of our 2,500 U.S.
Visit the Stark Museum in Orange's Community Art Gallery from March 16–May 15 or view the online exhibition at https://starkmuseum.org/juried-student-art-exhibition/

Visit the Stark Museum in Orange's Community Art Gallery from March 16–May 15 or view the online exhibition at https://starkmuseum.org/juried-student-art-exhibition/

Beaumont seventh grader wins Signature Image Award

Jennifer Johnson
Friday, March 12, 2021
Beaumont ISD’s Odom Academy seventh-grader Alaya Jones won the Signature Image Award from the Stark Museum of Art in Orange for the 2021 Student Juried Art Exhibition themed this year as “Home Is…” Ten Odom students had artwork chosen for the show, including seventh-grader Kayle Hoang, who won the...
The Jefferson County Bar Association is sponsoring free monthly telephonic legal advice appointments.

The Jefferson County Bar Association is sponsoring free monthly telephonic legal advice appointments.

Free legal help for veterans, surviving spouses

Jennifer Johnson
Friday, March 12, 2021
The Jefferson County Bar Association is sponsoring free monthly telephonic legal advice appointments to veterans the last Wednesday of every month through August 2021. Volunteer attorneys will answer legal questions for veterans from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Mark Brown, 38

Mark Brown, 38

Groves man arrested for sexually assaulting children

News Staff
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Friday, March 5, Groves police arrested a man for allegedly sexually abusing minors, according to GPD.  Saturday, Feb. 6, GPD officers responded to a disturbance in the 6900 block of Willow Street in Groves. The caller advised Mark Brown, 38, had sexually abused a minor.
Jake Knight Jones, 39

Jake Knight Jones, 39

Trafficking tip yields two recoveries and arrests

News Staff
Monday, March 8, 2021
Monday, March 1, the Beaumont Police Department received a tip from the National Human Trafficking Hotline in reference to two 16-year-old girls being commercially sexually exploited in Beaumont, according to a news release.
CDC

CDC

CDC provides guidelines for vaccinated people

News Staff
Monday, March 8, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention March 3 released guidelines for what fully vaccinated people can safely do. From the release: COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick.
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Injured, intoxicated man chokes wife trying to aid him

News Staff
Monday, March 8, 2021
After arriving home intoxicated and bloodied, a Port Arthur man allegedly choked his wife when she attempted to tend to him, according to a March 3 indictment. Port Arthur police were dispatched to 1211 Dequeen Boulevard Dec. 11, 2020 just after 11 p.m.
Ernie Zachary, 53

Ernie Zachary, 53

Woman assaulted after calling boyfriend disrespectful

Scott McLendon
Friday, March 5, 2021
A Beaumont man was indicted March 3 for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend after she confronted him for bringing “several” women to their home around midnight. Beaumont police were dispatched to Raven Street in reference to an assault just after midnight Dec. 28, 2020.
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