Port Arthur News
The News was established on March 18, 1897, when the Stump family, while traveling from Missouri, published its first weekly edition in a train's baggage car en route to their new destination. It transitioned to a daily publication (excluding Sundays) in 1901, and a Sunday edition was introduced in 1916, though it faced cancellations and later was brought back. By 1920, The News had absorbed all other local newspapers in Port Arthur, either through closure or acquisition. In 1921, a Texas newspaper group led by E.S. Fentress and Charles Marsh acquired The News and made enhancements to its headquarters and printing facilities until it was purchased by Cox Enterprises in 1976. Cox changed The News from an afternoon paper to a morning one in 1986. In 1991, Cox sold The News along with its companion publication, The Orange Leader, to American Publishing Company, which later sold them to CNHI in 1999. In 2014, Carpenter Newsmedia took ownership of The News.
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1 day ago |
panews.com | Mary Meaux
Published 3:01 pm Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Port Arthur’s two mayoral runoff candidates are continuing to campaign in hopes of luring voters to the polls. Charlotte Moses and Charlie Lewis Jr. were the top two vote getters with 1,742 and 1,079 votes respectively. Moses and Lewis beat two other candidates, Chuck Vincent and Allen “Opie” Valka in the May 3 election. Moses, 61, is a realtor who has previously served on the Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation and on city council.
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5 days ago |
panews.com | Mary Meaux
Published 3:44 pm Friday, May 9, 2025 The hard work is yet to come with the recent passage of the Port Arthur Independent School District’s $300 million bond propositions. The unofficial results show Proposition A, which will fund a new middle school, Career and Technical Education Addition, Newcomers Addition, HVAC upgrades and buses, was approved with 58.90 percent or 1,436 of the total votes cast. There were 1,002 votes against the proposition, or 41.10 percent of the votes.
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5 days ago |
panews.com | Mary Meaux
Published 3:34 pm Friday, May 9, 2025 Trustees with Port Arthur Independent School District are looking to name a new athletic director more than two weeks after the hiring of the first female for the position. Trustees approved the hiring of Nicole Harris April 25. Harris, a Port Arthur native has worked in the Houston area and held a number of honors including being named Houston Coaches Association Female Coach of the Year.
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2 weeks ago |
panews.com | Mary Meaux
Published 3:58 pm Friday, April 25, 2025 Port Neches RiverFest kicks off April 30 with Faith & Family Night including the testimony and music of Stephen McWhirter. The festival’s opening ceremony is set for 5:45 with Life Church coming on at 6 p.m. Stephen McWhirter takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. McWhirter’s testimony of Jesus taking him from addiction to redemption is a central part of his ministry, according to his bio information.
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3 weeks ago |
panews.com | Mary Meaux
Published 1:09 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2025 BEAUMONT — Bond is set at $250,000 each for two Houston men on aggravated robbery charges after two “jugging” incidents that occurred in Beaumont and Port Arthur. At approximately 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, the Beaumont Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center was notified of a “jugging” incident in which a victim was followed from Bank of America, 265 Dowlen Rd., Beaumont, into Port Arthur and had their bank bag stolen.
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