Sour Lake News

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.

This week's restaurant inspection scores come to us from the Hardin County Health Department.

A Hardin County Grand Jury has handed down the following felony indictments. Catherine L. Brown, 49, Vidor, driving while intoxicated with a child passenger that occurred Sept.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has released the name of a man killed in a motorcycle crash.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has released the name of a man killed in a motorcycle crash.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Sour Lake, Bevil Oaks and Nome after radar indicated one to four inches of rain had fallen in those areas with two to four more inches possible.

The 105 Food Mart has gone crazy! It's selling gasoline for $2.89 a gallon! How can do they this? Volume! Actually, store proprietor Alex Prasala said the store received a shipment that was cheaper than usual, ...

Pinewood Grocery is Pinewood resident Kathy Morris' store of choice for quick refills on anything from potato chips to laundry detergent.

Lightning from Wednesday's storms sparked a storage tank fire off Thompson Road in Sour Lake, and the fire occupied four different agencies for several hours.

Hardin-Jefferson High School pitcher Taylor Monse balances a baseball on the brim of his cap during baseball practice in Sour Lake on Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

Updated 5:40 PM: KFDM has a report of a vehicle struck by lightning near the Rainbow Bridge.