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Our cameras were at Newton's state title game. Did we see you there?

After serving with the Beaumont Fire Department for 31 years, Chief Anne Huff, the city's first female fire chief, is retiring. Our cameras were at her retirement party Thursday - did we see you there?

An early morning fog slowly burned off amid the sunrise, revealing pastoral landscape scenes in rural areas throughout the region, including a grazing field for cattle in Orange.

Comcast has told its customers in the Houston area that it will be raising rates for many of its cable TV and internet products, starting with their January 2018 bill.

Bevil Oaks residents' request to join Hardin-Jefferson ISD will continue after a judge denied Beaumont ISD's latest efforts to dismiss the matter in a hearing this week.
The ruling by an administrative judge, which addressed the district's claim that it was legally prohibited from releasing the town's residents, clears the way for a hearing on the academic, economic and social effects of the proposed annexation.
Residents of the small town signed a petition in the spring asking to leave BISD and join the smaller H-J school district, which they say is closer and has better academic results and

The sounds of the season are sprinkled with sniffles, snuffles and snorts. All that hacking this early, before the end of the year, portends a potentially ferocious flu season, physicians and public health officials said this week.
Already, Southeast Texas is seeing a high incidence of the bug. Beaumont-Port Arthur region ranked third in the country for flu activity for the week ending Dec. 16, according to Walgreens' Flu Index, which measures prescriptions for anti-viral medications.
Texas has the highest flu activity this season, with seven areas included in the top 10.

Our cameras were at the Santa bike ride at Bicycle Sports on Wednesday night. Did we see you there?

According to a release, the 27-year-old teacher claims she thought the teen was 19 years old.

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