Lumberton News

The Galveston County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday autopsy results on one of the men burned in the ExxonMobil fire last month were pending.

Robert Simonson , for being hired as the first paid fire chief in Lumberton. Simonson, 53, will step into the role May 13 after about 30 years in the fire service.

The sandbags are available at the Maintenance Department which is located behind City Hall at 836 N. Main in Lumberton.

In a sketchy ruling, Thomas wrote that five hometown Kountze High School cheerleaders could bring their own homemade, paper run-through signs with Bible verses to football games.

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TBD Walmart / Sam's Club Health & Wellness has an exciting business sublease opportunity for an Independent Doctor of Optometry who has an entrepreneurial spirit and shares our passion of respect, excellence and service to our patients.

New Lumberton fire chief starts May 13 Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

The crash happened at 2:45 a.m., according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety .

A Department of Public Safety dispatcher told 12News the accident happened just before 3 a.m. on Wheeler Road when the driver of a 1999 GMC Sierra lost control of the vehicle and it left the roadway and struck a tree.

The percentage of eighth-graders who passed the recent math and reading STAAR tests required to advance to the next grade was above the state average in 10 of 12 Southeast Texas school districts for reading and ahead of it in eight of 12 for math.

Helping the Lumberton and Beaumont ExxonMobil fire victims Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

Beaumont police have released the name of last night's fatality victim. Police report 30- year old Jason Scott Wilcox, of Lumberton, was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Eastex Freeway when he struck a northbound pickup head on near the LNVA Canal.