Mary Meaux

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jefferson County and local elections on Nov. 5 have brought new and returning leaders to the stage as well as two runoff elections. Voters in Groves were faced with a mayoral race, city marshal race and two councilmember races on the local level. Incumbent Mayor Chris Borne beat challenger Michael Boudreaux to […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Orange County and local elections on Nov. 5 have brought new and returning leaders and the passage of a school bond. Voters in Vidor Independent School District supported a bond proposition with 53.96% or 5,215 votes in favor and 46.04% or 4,449 against. The $98.4 million bond proposition will […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What’s in a LaBove mug? Remember Jim LaBove of Cotton’s Seafood? He wrote all those books about catching seafood from Sabine Pass and getting it to restaurants? He’s been updating his illustrated Cajun Christmas cards with recipes and such, and he’s got his and her mugs in his line. […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Teige Parkinson has been tasked with the safety and security of the students and faculty at DeQueen Elementary. As a recently hired school marshal, Parkinson comes to the job with 11 years experience at Texas Youth Commission. Parkinson is one of three recently hired school marshals for Port Arthur […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Rock Outreach Center got is start in 2005 with a sort of baptism by hurricane, not fire, as officials with Hurricane Katrina refugees then Rita struck. But through it all, the church found blessings to bestow on those in need. Blessings are in store once again, this time […]

NEDERLAND — Nederland High School was a brief lockdown after a student brought a fake gun on campus Tuesday morning. The lockdown occurred around 9 a.m. Nederland Police Chief Gary Porter said a 15-year-old student brought a lighter that looked like a gun to the school. The incident was reported and precautions were taken. Subscribe […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Port Arthur Police Department is investigating a suspicious death that occurred Wednesday. Officers were called to the 3100 block of 8th Street for shots fired just after 1 p.m. and located the scene nearby in the 700 block of 3rd Avenue, Chief Tim Duriso said. A female person of […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Port Arthur Police have determined Wednesday’s suspicious death of a man was self-inflicted. Chief Tim Duriso confirmed the deceased suffered a fatal gunshot wound. A female person of interest spoke with detectives, as she was a witness to the incident. She was not charged. Officers were called to the […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PORT ARTHUR — Driving along Texas highways may feel like one large road project after another and for the most part, that’s true — there are more than 9,000 construction projects underway or set to begin soon, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Closer to home is the […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Vestiges of the former cloverleaf at US 69 and Texas 73 are fading away as construction continues on the Texas Department of Transportation’s turbine exchange. The project’s footprint is large and includes road closures at some highway exits, concrete barriers along sections of the roadway, detours and more. TxDOT […]