Sour Lake News

Earlier Monday, the Lake Charles, La., office of the National Weather Service, warned a front passing through Texas today will bring rain and colder temperatures.

In 1964, Texaco , discovered oil in the remote northern region of the Ecuadorian Amazon, known as the "Oriente." The indigenous inhabitants of this pristine rainforest, including the Cofan, Siona, Secoya, Kichwa and Huaorani, lived traditional lifestyles largely untouched by modern civilization.

Scott Sonnier, who was named police chief of Sour Lake this week. He had been interim chief since November, when Larry Saurage resigned to concentrate on his role as city manager.

The second-grade student at Sour Lake Elementary School passed out fliers Friday to more than 650 students and 85 faculty members, an effort to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti.

Many people are still trapped under the rubble in Haiti, by the earthquake heard around the world.

This week's Restaurant Report Card comes to us from the Hardin County Health Department.

Graffiti, litter and damaged park property has prompted the City of Sour Lake to keep kids off the streets at night with a city-wide curfew.

Police say 30-year-old Kevin McDonald of Sour Lake was pronounced dead at the scene in a horrific accident on Fannett Road yesterday.

A middle school student began a two-day suspension Thursday after he told his classmates he had a gun and knife in his backpack.

The Beaumont mayor is helping to preserve a part of Sour Lake's history. Mayor Becky Ames traveled to the old J.H. Henderson Middle School as she led a ceremonial razing.