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Hosted by the Cameron Preservation Alliance, funds from the run will help restore the Sabine Pass lighthouse. Last year's October run raised $30,000.

Pearl Ophelia Moen was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempted murder in January. 

Testimony continued Thursday in the child pornography trial of former H-E-B vice president John Campbell, who is charged with sending digital images of nude males under 18.

An off-duty police officer crashed his pickup truck into a sinkhole Friday morning on the Southeast Side.

Investing in fall clothing in Southeast Texas can be a tricky endeavor.
You can easily spend too much on that fashionable olive green cargo jacket only to find it's never cold enough to wear it.
Katie Meeks, owner of Simply Chic boutique in Nederland, said customers are hesitant to stock up on fall attire.
"People will buy just one thing," Meeks said.
We asked local boutiques to choose one statement item for fall and style it multiple ways to show its versatility. Here are their looks.
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More than a year after former Jefferson County District Judge Layne Walker was accused of misusing office equipment and employees, a felony charge of abuse of official capacity against him was dropped this week.
According to a May 2016 grand jury indictment, Walker was accused of using a government computer, printer and four government employees for personal gain between Oct. 18, 2005, and Jan.

A long-awaited ruling on a former Beaumont ISD auditor's accountancy license is not expected until 2018, after eight days of hearings rehashing his work and papers from 2010, 2011 and 2012 ended this week.
Elvis Foster, a designated expert witness for Gayle Botley, testified Thursday that though some of the BISD papers had "some rough edges," they substantially complied with auditing standards, a claim the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy is disputing.

The sign erected previously erected by the city of Bevil Oaks showing historical flood levels in the Pine Island Bayou communities has gotten a new benchmark. A stripe of blue paint shows Harvey's record breaking flood stage at over 34 feet above sea level.