NEW DELHI, India - Anna Halder sat on a patch of packed mud and dialed her cell phone Tuesday, clinging to the hope that her parents or sisters somehow survived under the wreckage of their collapsed apartment building and would pick up.
BEAUMONT, Texas - An employee at Surplus Warehouse was grazed by a bullet and another had a gun held to his head when three people attempted to rob the business Monday evening.
Talent has never been an issue for Central running back Damon Heard. Heard is the fastest player on the field in almost every game and has displayed dazzling moves. He's the area's third-leading rusher with 1,462 yards.
David Trey Green stepped over halfcourt and drained a buzzer-beating three-pointer to the applause and embrace of his teammates on the Ozen boys basketball team.
From the outside, it looks pretty easy to figure out why the East Chambers football team rebounded from an 0-2 start to win the District 10-2A title and earn a first-round bye in the state playoffs.
A revitalized group of Dallas Cowboys returned to playing like one of the NFC's top teams in a 33-20 win over the New York Giants in a game delayed twice by short power outages Sunday at New Meadowlands Stadium.
Huddled together on the turf, Memorial football players rose from their knees and let out yells of jubilation and relief as head coach Kenny Harrison shouted, "We're not going home today. It's us against the world."
The Larry Jones letter of Wednesday ("Why would anyone vote Republican?") is misguided on so many levels that it is impossible to address in your allowable 200 words. Given that limitation, I will simply answer the question posed by Jones as to why anyone would vote Republican:
Beaumont ISD Superintendent Carrol Thomas reminds me of our president. I guess Beaumont will have to do as the American taxpayers did in the last election.
Thursday evening, I had a flat tire while driving home from work on Texas 105. When I stopped to change it, a DPS trooper (Fulgram, if I read his badge right) pulled up behind me and offered his assistance, which I gladly accepted.
I could have been on a jury the other day that was to hear evidence concerning a felony driving while under the influence of alcohol charge. Know this fact: More Americans on American soil have been killed by drunk drivers than by terrorists.
BISD Superintendent Carrol A. "Butch" Thomas is too big for Beaumont. I suggest we offer him to President Obama, where he could have unlimited deficit money to spend.
The recent election has illustrated that the American people can still manifest a "political will" when they are pushed. However, it is interesting to note that the real cause of the "boom and bust cycle" of the economy has not been addressed.
Well, the big event is over and the truth is out - America is a Republican country. You don't have to count the votes, you can just look at the sea of red swamping the blue dots on a map of the country.
