Lumberton ISD: Students honored for life-saving actions John Velastro, principal of Lumberton High School, opened the most recent meeting of the Lumberton school board by telling of an incident that happened Oct. 27.  Click Here To Read More ...

Ruling allows for sale of alcohol in Lumberton Whether the majority of the citizens of Lumberton agree with the decision or not, the community will see alcohol sold within its city limits.  Click Here To Read More ...

JOEL SCHOOLING Schooling killed in Jasper County accident Joel Scott Schooling, known for his pitching prowess as a member of the Silsbee Tigers baseball team as well as an all-around nice guy by those who new him best, was killed in an automobile accident that took place this past Friday night in northern Jasper County.  Click Here To Read More ...

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Bailout not needed, say folks near Honda plant Many people in the diner know someone working in the car industry. They are certainly in car country -- there's an engine factory down the road, and they live between Ohio's major plants and the Detroit home of the industry. You don't have to go far in any direction to find a troubled auto plant. But the diners and wait staff do not back a proposed $25 billion bailout. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 6:33 pm CST

Senate votes to extend jobless benefits Responding to the worsening economic climate, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday in favor of a measure to extend unemployment benefits by at least seven weeks in every state. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:53 pm CST

A new sign Gates is staying on in Defense? Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for homeland security secretary, according to multiple Democratic sources close to the transition. Also, billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker is Obama's pick for commerce secretary, sources say. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:02 pm CST

Commentary: A peaceful, persecuted people I left Iraq in 1981, at the age of 9. I remember that day as if it were yesterday. My mother, sister and I left together, while my father stayed behind for a few weeks to finish dismantling a lifetime in a country he loved. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:29 pm CST

GOP lawmaker accuses CIA of cover-up A top Republican lawmaker is accusing employees at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency of blocking investigations into the downing of a missionary plane in Peru that killed two Americans in 2001. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:47 pm CST

Mom, tot among 12 'seized' in Zimbabwe The whereabouts of a dozen opposition supporters -- including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter -- remain unknown, weeks after they were seized by Zimbabwean security forces, the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe and a human rights lawyers group said Thursday. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:50 pm CST

First military execution since 1961 set A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the nation's first military execution since 1961, the Army said Thursday. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 6:27 pm CST

Teen charged with murder as hate crime A grand jury has indicted a Long Island teenager on a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime in the stabbing death of an Ecuadoran immigrant this month, according to the indictment, unsealed Thursday in Suffolk County District Court. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:33 pm CST

WWII soldier learns of brother's death camp hell Bernard Vogel was a U.S. soldier who died in a Nazi slave camp during World War II. For 63 years, his brother, Martin, longed for answers. With the help of CNN, he finally has the truth. "You don't know how much this means," he said between sobs. Martin would learn another stunning detail: The government commuted the death sentences of those responsible. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:35 pm CST

Five ways to keep Alzheimer's away Blanche Danick may be 86 years old, but she's pretty hip. She keeps up with all the latest health news, and a while back, she called her daughter wanting to know whether she should start taking the herb ginkgo biloba. She'd heard it might stave off Alzheimer's disease. Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 6:30 pm CST