Recruiting: Following The Future Cowboys Aug 28, 2009
Oct. 9 @ Port Arthur Memorial Fri. Oct. 16 Channelview Fri. (GoPokes.com)
Sub sank ship near Port O'Connor during WWII Aug 28, 2009
The Gulfpenn was transporting four million gallons of gasoline from Port Arthur to Philadelphia, Pa. when it was hit by a torpedo from the U-506 off the Louisiana coast. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Court: Stolen Mexican Oil Sold To Large Company Aug 25, 2009
Continental Fuels paid with a series of wire transfers, then stored the oil until there was enough to load on a barge, which then embarked for Port Arthur, Texas, and ultimately was sold to BASF.. Even though they never handled the condensate, Murphy and Trammo bought the stolen oil during this process, the court records say. (CBS News -- World)
JCovan Brown Cleared by NCAA Aug 25, 2009
By PublishersDate: Aug 24, 2009 The already impressive Texas Longhorns 2009-10 backcourt received yet another boost on Monday when word was received that former Port Arthur Memorial combo guard JCovan Brown had been cleared for competition and enrollment by the NCAA. Burnt Orange Beat has all the breaking news details. to read the rest of this story. (InsideTexas.com)
Prosecutors: Cattle That Hurricane Swept Away Never Existed Aug 20, 2009
Named in the four-count indictment are: Mark Wittliff, 52, of Houston; Richard Roberson, 61, of Port Arthur; and Jackie Hanna, 59; Donald Loiacano, 57; his wife Pamela Loiacano, 54; and his brother Anthony Loiacano Jr., 56, all of Beaumont. More Stories. (KWTX.com, TX)
2009 Texas Commit Schedules - Part 1 Aug 19, 2009
26 Southlake Carroll (@ Corsicana) Oct. 2 open Oct. 9 at Port Arthur Memorial (3-6, 2-3, 11 starters return) Oct. 16 Channelview (0-8, 0-5, 13 returning starters) Oct. 23 at Baytown Sterling (6-4, 3-2, seven starters back) Oct. 30 Baytown Lee (2-6, 1-4, nine starters return) Nov. 6 at Beaumont West Brook (7-2, 4-1, six returning starters). Related Stories. (InsideTexas.com)
Towboats Collide Near High Island Aug 12, 2009
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- A collision between two tugs towing barges near High Island has closed the Intracoastal Waterway. No injuries were reported in the predawn Tuesday collision, according to a statement issued by the U.S. Coast Guard in Port Arthur. (Click2Houston, TX)
Neighbor: Fire at CES plant not a surprise Aug 5, 2009
The reason behind the raids on the Houston and Port Arthur CES facilities has not been released. HPD officer Stephen Dicker said they served warrants at both locations. (KHOU.com, TX)
The UMCOR Hotline for August 4, 2009 Aug 5, 2009
On Aug. 1, about 60 United Methodists from five Texas counties assembled at First United Methodist Church in Groves for an UMCOR-sponsored Disaster Early Responder training, as reported by The Port Arthur News, Texas ... "This is an opportunity to show the world the United Methodist Church cares about their plight. It's an opportunity for Christian service and an opportunity to do something physical, something tangent with your hands," said trainer Chris Norton to The Port Arthur News. (AlertNet)
Sun Belt Dominates First Half 2009 Foreclosure Rankings but Unemployment-Related Foreclosures May Be Spreading Jul 30, 2009
71 180 Beaumont- Port Arthur, TX Total 345 0. 21 467 -0. (PR Newswire)
Express staffers win newspaper contest awards Jul 23, 2009
Steinhebel s entries were Relief effort volunteers fix homes in Port Arthur, published March 26; Four downtown businesses latest theft victims, published April 30; and Cat s leg amputated after BB gun assault, published Aug. 20. Former Express reporter Rachel Beck took five awards. (Lebanon Express, OR)
FOX Sports Southwest Kicks Off 2009 High School Football Season from New Cowboys Stadium Jul 22, 2009
Hell be joined by former Texas high school and Texas Adout wide receiver Shea Walker, the 1981 District 22-5A Offensive MVP from Port Arthur Jefferson, who will serve as analyst. The Game of the Week presented by Ford leads into FOX Sports Southwests and FOX Sports Houstons live coverage of the UIL Class 5A Division I and Division II state championship games in December. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Texas origins » Jul 21, 2009
Russell's 1944 Scots reached the state championship game before losing to Port Arthur (Texas) 20-7 ... Port Arthur is where Dodge played his high school ball. (ESPN -- College Football News)
Shell weighs staff cuts at U.S. Gulf refineries Jul 17, 2009
In January, Motiva pushed back by two years the completion date for a planned 325,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) expansion at the 285,000 bpd Port Arthur, Texas, refinery to 2012 ... In addition to the Port Arthur and Convent refineries, Motiva operates a 236,400-bpd refinery in Norco, Louisiana. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
TPI District 21-5A 2009 Outlook Jul 16, 2009
Port Arthur Memorial 3 ... Sterling (6-4) fell to Pearland 39-15 while Port Arthur Memorial (3-6) lost to La Porte 56-28, both in bi-district. (The Insiders -- Texas Prep)
PINE BLUFF SALVATION ARMY WELCOMES NEW LEADERS Jul 11, 2009
The couple most recently served five years at Conroe, a Houston suburb, preceded by four years at Port Arthur, Texas. Pine Bluff is the couple s fourth assignment. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Texas Call Center Closing Could Leave 400 Jobless Jun 27, 2009
PORT ARTHUR (June 26, 2009)--More than 400 jobs will be lost with the late summer closure of a Sitel call center in Port Arthur ... Mallory Morrison, site director at the Port Arthur facility, says the closure is due to changing business needs. (KWTX.com, TX)
Brenham team in semi-pro Super Bowl game on Saturday Jun 27, 2009
Coach Anthony Barnes troops defeated the Port Arthur Hurricanes 33-19 in first-round action, then defeated the Houston Firewalkers to advance to Saturday s Super Bowl. The team includes former Brenham High School and Blinn College linebacker Gary Ragston among other former area players. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Theophile Isadore Milliet Jun 24, 2009
During his illustrious career, he worked with such firms as Standard Dredging of Galveston, Bauer Dredging of Port Lavaca, and Gulfport Ship Building of Port Arthur, culminating in the establishment of LSM, Inc., an engineering consulting firm ... He moved to Port Arthur in 1967 to build the world s most powerful dredge, the Triton. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
James Curtis J.C. Harry(Died June 13, 2009) Jun 18, 2009
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Robertson of Bogalusa; two sons, Ricardo (Craynetheia) Harry of Rowlett, Texas and Darryl (Shawanda) Robertson of Bogalusa; three daughters: Anita (Gregory) Howard of Port Arthur, Texas, Samantha Harry (Robert) Lane of Covington and Carmeletta Guy of Covington; five sisters: Mary Louis (Robert) Smith of Angie; Eddie Merl (Roland) Bickham of Houston; Ellen Gean (Richard) Mathews of Houston; Jerri Dean (Rudolph) Thompson of Houston and Annie Lee Lucas of... (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
TransCanada to Become Sole Owner of the Keystone Pipeline System Jun 17, 2009
The Keystone expansion will extend 2,720 kilometres (1,690 miles) from Hardisty, Alberta to a delivery point near existing terminals in Port Arthur, Texas. Construction of the expansion facilities is anticipated to commence in 2010 following the receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Utility companies plan rate increase Jun 1, 2009
A recent appeal from Port Arthur cost almost $1 million, he said. Texas Gas Service could save the city and its customer s money if it would just lower the proposed rate increase a little, Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said. (KHOU.com, TX)
Lawyer Rodney R. Elkins Sues Law Firm and Wins Record Judgment May 31, 2009
Pearson ell had retained RIG to research the air quality in the Port Arthur, Texas area when the firm suspected the area's refinery smokestacks were releasing harmful pollutants ... As RIG continued their work creating air models and risk models in the Port Arthur, Texas area during designated time periods, Pearson ell kept changing their legal strategies and were not paying for work done ... "The Beaumont, Port Arthur area has been called the 'Golden Triangle' because of the lawsuits that have... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Going digital May 30, 2009
In 2006, he expanded to Beaumont, his hometown, when local leaders called on him to develop skilled workers for the oil refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur. White took DWA s life skills curriculum and combined it with oil refineries technical training and now has a waiting list for students. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
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NEW MEXICO, - Former schoolboy star in Port Arthur and teammate of former Texas running back Jamaal Charles. In 2005 Rivals rated him the third best quarterback in the state and the No. 17 quarterback nationally. (Texas Tech Sports -- Rivals.com)
A Biographical Look at Pro Sports Owner Tom Hicks May 11, 2009
NOTABLE: Hicks' father owned several radio stations, and Hicks worked as a disc jockey in Port Arthur, Texas, when he was young. Hicks is a former member of the UT Board of Regents and once managed the school's lucrative Permanent University Fund. (ABC News -- Wire)
DEATHS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009 (1069) May 1, 2009
Loyd graduated from New Edinburg High School in 1949 and Radio School in Port Arthur, Texas in 1953. He joined the U.S. Army in 1951, where he distinguished himself by receiving the U.S. Army s Sharpshooter Carbine Expert Rifle Medal Award. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Lady Bucs clinch top seed in region Apr 28, 2009
Published: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:07 PM CDT PORT ARTHUR, Texas After Lamar State picked up upset victories over San Jacinto and Alvin, the Blinn Lady Buccaneers were determined not to overlook the Seahawks here Saturday. Thanks to their focus, the Lady Bucs are the Region 14 South Zone champions and will carry the No. 1 seed into the Region 14 Tournament in Corsicana this weekend. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Man gets 2 DWIs in 30 minutes Apr 13, 2009
truth seeker wrote on Apr 9, 2009 10:34 AM:" No, he did not go to NISH with anybody in '96, '97,98, 99, or '00. He came here in '2001 by way of Port Arthur, TX. Second his signifcant other was a gradurate of '97 at NISH. Maybe this is where the mix up is. ". wayne wrote on Apr 9, 2009 9:19 AM:" Lets face it, he be deported. Be in Morgan City or Avondale in a week after with a new identity. ". (New Iberia, LA)
Drought taking its toll on Texas wildlife Apr 4, 2009
At TPWD s J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area near Port Arthur, the drought has delivered the second half of a one-two punch that started with Hurricane Ike last September. The lack of rainfall means freshwater marshes at Murphree WMA that were inundated by Hurricane Ike are not being flushed of salt water. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
S. D. PUC begins formal work on oil pipeline permit Mar 27, 2009
The new project, Keystone XL, would deliver up to 900,000 barrels of crude oil a day through a 36-inch pipeline running from near Hardisty, Alberta, to existing Texas terminals near Port Arthur and Houston. The pipeline would enter South Dakota from Montana in Harding County and then run through Butte, Perkins, Meade, Pennington, Haakon, Jones, Lyman and Tripp counties before entering Nebraska. (Havre Daily News, MT)
Barge heads to Texas with Maine-made modules Mar 27, 2009
BREWER, Maine (AP) - A barge carrying four massive steel modules to be used in an oil refinery project has left Brewer for what's expected to be a 15- to 20-day trip to Port Arthur, Texas. Scores of people lined the Penobscot River on Thursday to watch the seagoing tug Emma Foss haul the 350-foot barge from Cianbro Corp.'s Eastern Manufacturing Facility in Brewer. (KSLA.com, LA)
More news reports... Mar 26, 2009
Nineteen members of Aggies United took a trip to Port Arthur to rebuild houses that were damaged by Hurricane Ike over winter break. Online Today. (The Battalion, TX)
Aggies United assist in Hurricane Ike relief effort Mar 26, 2009
Media Credit: Courtesy PhotoJunior recreation parks and tourism major Kelby Bridwell, sophomore civil engineering major Sherif Mabrouk and sophomore Alex Frank build a Habitat for Humanity house in Port Arthur, TX to help with the hurricane Ike damage. Nineteen members of Aggies United took a trip to Port Arthur to rebuild houses that were damaged by Hurricane Ike over winter break. (The Battalion, TX)
PUC to hear pipeline reaction Mar 21, 2009
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline is proposing a 1,980-mile, 36-inch diameter underground pipeline to deliver tar sands crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, to the Port Arthur and east Houston areas of Texas. TransCanada plans a 1,400-person work force in South Dakota in 2011. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Huntsman Responds to S&P Action Mar 18, 2009
Further, Huntsman has claims outstanding in excess of $235 million relating to its 2006 Port Arthur Texas fire claim for which binding arbitration is scheduled later this year. Peter R. Huntsman, its President and CEO, stated: "In spite of a prolonged disruption in the global economy, Huntsman's long term prospects are bright. Our business footprint is global and well diversified. We expect to prosper as the world economies are restored and as governments continue to make available trillions of... (PR Newswire)
Perry Rejects Stimulus Money For Unemployment Mar 13, 2009
POSTED: Thursday, March 12, 2009UPDATED: 6:26 pm CDT March 12, 2009. HOUSTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to turn down $555 million that would expand state unemployment benefits, saying the money would have required the state to keep funding the expanded benefits after the stimulus money ran out. (Click2Houston, TX)
Police: Man Set On Fire After Argument Mar 13, 2009
By Elizabeth Scarborough. POSTED: Thursday, March 12, 2009UPDATED: 8:39 am CDT March 12, 2009. (Click2Houston, TX)
Toddler Survives 3-Story Fall Mar 13, 2009
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- A toddler who fell from a third-story window in Port Arthur escaped serious injury and was spending the night at a Beaumont hospital. The accident happened late Thursday morning at an apartment complex in Port Arthur ... Emergency responders say a toddler who fell from a third-story window in Port Arthur was screaming and appeared alert as they tended to her. (Click2Houston, TX)
'Rachel' leads field in Fair Grounds Oaks Mar 12, 2009
Wiggins was born in Port Arthur, Texas. His father was a supervisor on oil rigs, but his son only wanted to be around racehorses. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Cal Sends 9 Bears to NCAA Indoor Championships Mar 11, 2009
- The Port Arthur, Texas, senior notched an NCAA provisional qualifier of 5-11. 5 (1. (Calbears.com)
Is economy gutting fishing industry? Mar 10, 2009
Courtesy Paul Jueckstock Paul Jueckstock, right, with partner Manny Perez, left, fishing near Port Arthur, Texas, in June. March 10, 2009. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Burglar Sentenced For Ike Crime Mar 6, 2009
The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office on Thursday announced the sentence for 53-year-old David Ellis McDaniel of Port Arthur. Prosecutors say the homeowner, a Port Arthur city employee, knows McDaniel and at times tried to help the suspect when he was "down on his luck.". (Click2Houston, TX)
On the 'Freeway to Nowhere' Feb 28, 2009
U.S. Highway 287 is a north-south highway that runs from Port Arthur, Texas to Choteau, Mont. It starts in Wyoming just past Tie Siding and runs northwest through Yellowstone National Park. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Bun B And Too Short Support Dallas Like The City Supported Them Feb 27, 2009
A lot of artists in Houston got broken in Dallas first,' Bun says of his Texas neighbor. A lot of artists in Houston got broken in Dallas first before they got broken in Houston in a major way. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Texas LB Hines has official offer from Mizzou Feb 26, 2009
comDate: Feb 25, 2009 Could Earl Hines of Port Arthur Memorial High School in Texas be the next Sean Weatherspoon for the Missouri Tigers. Those would big shoes to fill, but Hines, a speedy linebacker from the same part of the state recently picked up an official offer from the Tigers. (InsideMizzou.com)
Bucs extend win streak to four games Feb 20, 2009
Kahlil McDonald scored 22 points and Tyquan Stroman added 18 as the Buccaneers defeated Lamar State-Port Arthur 90-81 Wednesday night for their fourth consecutive victory ... But even with a game-high 29 points from Adrian Fontenot, Port Arthur couldn t keep pace with the Buccaneers as McDonald, the conference s leading scorer, started draining his perimeter shots ... Port Arthur (8-17, 1-15) is in its first season in the Region 14 Conference. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Jewel of the Sky Feb 20, 2009
She flew to Port Arthur, Orange, Galveston and west of San Antonio. Once I got into flying, I loved it, Fisher said. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Spring on the Texas Gulf Coast Feb 18, 2009
And in Port Arthur, check out the Buu Mon Buddhist Temple, Rose Hill Manor, and the Museum of the Gulf Coast, which showcases famed performers with local roots, including Janis Joplin, George Jones, Harry James and the Big Bopper. Details at. (Yahoo News)
Rediscover the Texas Gulf Coast During Spring Break Feb 12, 2009
Located 90 miles east of Houston, Port Arthur is home to a host of historical and cultural attractions, including the Museum of the Gulf Coast - showcasing the area's rich musical heritage, including Janis Joplin, George Jones, Harry James and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson - the Buu Mon Buddhist Temple, and Rose Hill Manor, one of the city's oldest landmarks which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more information about events and travel across the state of Texas,... (PR Newswire)
Art Briles Announces 2009 Baylor Signees Feb 8, 2009
" WILLIE JEFFERSON WR - 6-6, 205 - Beaumont, Texas (Ozen HS) Two-sport star at Ozen High School in Beaumont, Texas... Played football under head coach Ishan Rison... Named second-team 4A all-state by TexasPrep following senior season in 2008... A first-team All-District 20-4 selection and Port Arthur News Super Team selection at wide receiver as a senior... National position ranking among wide receivers: No. 62 by ESPN.com and No. 120 by Scout.com...Credited with 13 receptions for 130 yards as a... (Baylorbears.com)
Click for Full Story Feb 8, 2009
In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War, a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea, began as Japanese forces attacked Port Arthur. In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. (KWTX.com, TX)
Mediocre 13th place Feb 7, 2009
June 17, 2008 Port Arthur ... Port Arthur is in the books that was a long haul to come home without a check ... Next time I am in Port Arthur, I will camp out along the jetties. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
