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Port Arthur entities discuss downtown ‘food desert’

Dannie Oliveaux
Monday, April 20, 2026
In a joint special meeting March 31, Port Arthur City Council members and Economic Development Corp. (EDC) officials discussed bringing a grocery store to the “food desert” in the downtown area.The problem, official stated: There are no major grocery stores downtown.
Bronze replica of Lt. Col. William Barret Travis’ famed “Victory or Death” letter. Courtesy image.

Bronze replica of Lt. Col. William Barret Travis’ famed “Victory or Death” letter. Courtesy image.

Alamo Letter Society to unveil plaque in Beaumont

News Staff
Monday, April 20, 2026
The Alamo Letter Society will unveil a permanent bronze replica of Lt. Col. William Barret Travis’ famed “Victory or Death” letter at the Jefferson County Courthouse’s jury impaneling room in Beaumont, April 21, from 4-5 p.m.
Courtesy image.

Courtesy image.

‘Call out’ to veterans for oral history program

News Staff
Friday, April 10, 2026
Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., issued a statewide “call out” for veterans to contact the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to share their unique stories of service with the VLB through the GLO’s Voices of Veterans Oral History Program.
Contractors will begin demolition of the FM 365 overpass at approximately 8 p.m. Friday, April 17, and continue through 5 a.m. Monday, April 20.

Contractors will begin demolition of the FM 365 overpass at approximately 8 p.m. Friday, April 17, and continue through 5 a.m. Monday, April 20.

FM 365 overpass set for demolition

News Staff
Friday, April 10, 2026
As part of the I-10 Widening Project, contractors will begin demolition of the FM 365 overpass at approximately 8 p.m. Friday, April 17, and continue through 5 a.m. Monday, April 20, according to a press release by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
Texas Department of Safety logo, courtesy image.

Texas Department of Safety logo, courtesy image.

Man injured after hitting parked 18-wheeler

News Staff
Friday, April 10, 2026
March 30, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reported investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Interstate Highway 10, west of Orange.According to the preliminary crash investigation, at 4:12 a.m.
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