Flood warnings are in effect for Pine Island Bayou near Sour Lake and the Neches River near Beaumont, according to the National Weather Service.

It could have been worse. A passing driver saw lightning strike the religious education building at Our Lady of Victory early Wednesday and called 911.

A priest who serves as a volunteer firefighter with the Sour Lake Volunteer Fire Department was called early this morning to a fire at his own church.

Forty years ago this week, Beaumont police detective Henry P. Chumley was charged with murder in the shooting death of fellow detective Billy Wayne Widner.

Message From Hardin-Jefferson ISD Hardin-Jefferson ISD is making progress in our recovery effort after the impact of Hurricane Ike.

Jefferson County Airport manager Hal Ross said the terminal at the Southeast Texas Regional Airport is open for rental cars.

Hurricane Ike's storm surge continues today to diminish along the Gulf coast. A flood warning issued earlier this week for the Neches River area near Beaumont has been cancelled.

Entergy Texas' hurricane-damaged system is showing its fragility as the utility makes progress in reconnecting people to power as it lost 4,000 from its earlier-reported 22,000 restorations so far today.

' With Hurricane Ike, now a Category 2 storm, inching its way toward the Texas coastline, traffic along area evacuation routes is building.

The following business are open: Banks: The following Texas State Bank Locations are open: -Silsbee locations will remain open at regular hours.

Thousands of Orange County residents fled to inland areas earlier this week as Hurricane Gustav threatened Louisiana and Texas, and many of those residents used transportation provided by the county.

A Hardin County grand jury has handed down felony indictments. Carolyn Sue Anderson, 54, of Beaumont was indicted on a charge of attempting to obtain a prescription by fraud, a third degree felony.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami just released its 5 p.m. forecast for Hurricane Gustav and has extended the landfall cone to just east of High Island Texas to Morgan City, La.

State police and emergency medical services personnel gathered hundreds of ambulances and buses at the Ford Park Event Center parking lot in Beaumont on Sunday to transport sick people.

Around 10:45 p.m. a reader reported that traffic was backing up along westbound Highway 105 between the Pinewood Subdivision and intersection of Highway 105 and Highway 326 in Sour Lake.

Special to the Leader A Mauriceville native recently participated as a member on one of two Lamar University student teams which flew experiments aboard NASA's reduced-gravity aircraft this summer as part of ...

With today's temperatures forecast to reach the high 80s there is also a 50 percent chance of more rain, a National Weather Service-Lake Charles meteorologist said.

For Caitlyn and Megan Worry, back-to-school shopping used to be fun. It gave Caitlyn, 13, a chance to get new purple folders and notebooks and Megan, 11, could revamp her collection of green school supplies.

A Hardin County grand jury has hand down the following felony indictments. Katherine Pedersen Alexander, 41, of Sour Lake was indicted on a DWI third offense charge in connection with an Aug.

Tropical Storm Edouard is leaving its mark in the Sour Lake area. At about 10 a.m., a City Hall employee said power outages had been reported earlier in the morning.