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A look at adoptable dogs and cats at the Beaumont Animal Services shelter at 1884 Pine Street. The shelter can be reached at 838-3304.

A Port Arthur man pleaded guilty this week to killing one man and shooting another last January.

In the Orangefield High School gym, physics and chemistry classes meets in the bleachers, a white board propped below scoreboards on the wall.
A seventh-grade English class occupies the drill team's dressing room, where mirrors cover the walls and sparkly costumes hang in a closet. The students' writing prompts are projected on a white shower curtain taped up as a makeshift screen.

Two Beaumont teenagers were arrested early Friday morning after police responded to more than two dozen auto burglaries in the West End.

The once-gutted sanctuary of the Rose City Baptist Church smelled of fresh paint and sawdust Thursday night as its doors were opened to anxious residents hoping to get answers from officials about Harvey recovery.
David Bush has lived in Rose City for nearly three decades. Like many others in the small Orange County town of 500, he said his home never flooded before the August tropical storm.
Bush said he's frustrated by the response he's received from adjusters, the National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA.

Port Arthur businesses and residents will have reduced pressure tonight due to breaks in a 16-inch water main in the city's system.