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A 21-year-old has been arrested and accused of murdering a Bon Wier man nearly a year ago, the Newton County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

A Houston man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in trafficking methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana in the Beaumont area, according to the U.S. District Attorney's Office.

Ruby Robinson carries her insurance documents everywhere she goes, keeping the company's denial letter in her purse in case she needs it at a moment's notice. The letter, which says she did not qualify for any money from the damage done by Tropical Storm Harvey to her Nome home, is all she has to show for hours on the phone and weeks of waiting for financial assistance.

Abigail Nevils knows what it's like to be left with nothing.
It's a feeling the Hardin-Jefferson High School cheerleader doesn't want any child to have this holiday season.
Just months removed from losing her home to Tropical
Storm Harvey, Nevils helped coordinate an Angel Tree gift program at her school. The goal is to get presents to less-fortunate children.
All 30-plus children helped by Hardin-Jefferson's efforts are from Sour Lake, Nevlis said.
"We know how it feels to lose everything," she said.

Our cameras were at the Symphony League of Beaumont's annual ball at the Beaumont Civic Center on Saturday night. Did we see you there?