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Our cameras were at the Holiday Express train stop in Beaumont on Monday night. Did we see you there?

A man arrested Friday for breaking into a home on the 400 block of FM 1413 in Dayton allegedly hid in a closet for hours while the family went about their normal activities, according to an account from the homeowner and corroborated by the Liberty County Sheriff's Office. "We were in the house having fun, cooking and eating, and had no idea a stranger was in my son's closet," said Tara Trevino-Pasket. "My son is now afraid to sleep in his own bedroom." It was an ordinary water leak that should have been the first clue that something was wrong.

Sitting outside her motorhome at Indian Springs Campground and RV Park in Kountze, one word came to Lyska Shaffer's mind while reflecting on 85 years of life: Perfect. "I think I've pretty much lived a perfect life," Shaffer said. "I'd do it all over again." Shaffer knew she was a thrill-seeker from a young age, and as the years went by, her desire to take off on daring adventures only grew. Growing up in Beaumont, she once jumped off the roof of her garage with arms spread wide while holding a bedspread like she was skydiving. Decades later, Shaffer no longer pretends.

For days after Harvey flooded her Sour Lake neighborhood, Deanna Coburn's farm was silent, without its usual chorus of bleating goats and crowing roosters.
Her chickens fled to the highest parts of the roosts, the ducks struggled to keep their head above the strong current of water pouring out of Pine Island Bayou, and her goats and pigs took refuge on stacks of pallets and hay, barely above the water.
Once the water receded, she hoped the worst was over, but months later, she's still worrying about Harvey's effects on Cozy Critters Farm.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they will not hear the Jefferson County Courthouse shooter's appeal of his 2013 death penalty conviction.

Our cameras were at the surprise party in honor of local golfer Chris Stroud's PGA tournament win - did we see you there?