Families relying on SNAP benefits are reporting that their accounts are being drained by thieves. This is leaving them without the necessary funds to purchase food. The number of victims is significantly higher than initially expected.
Those affected are struggling to make ends meet as a result of the stolen benefits. The thieves are targeting Lone Star Card accounts, which are used by families to receive their SNAP benefits.
Further details on the situation are available from the source, including the impact on the families and the efforts being made to address the issue.
Even as Nederland’s population has declined in recent years, city leaders are preparing to raise the property tax rate as the city faces growing infrastructure...
Beaumont police came away with a large haul after carrying out a drug warrant with support from the Southeast Texas Violent Crime Task Force.On Thursday, September 10, Beaumont Police Detectives with support from members...
Beaumont police are urging drivers to be careful in school zones after a driver crashed into a BPD motorcycle while the officer was only feet away conducting a traffic stop.Officers with the Beaumont Police Department Tr...
The Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) Foundation hosted the 25th annual A Salute to the Real American Heroes event honoring southeast Texas first responders,...
The fatal shooting of a pit bull during a large street party to celebrate the opening of Frenchy's Chicken in Port Arthur is drawing a wide difference of opinion about whether it was justified.The grand opening on Saturd...
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office rescued a frightened dog trapped by his own tether, and now it's looking for the owner or a new home for the beautiful pet.The dog’s outdoor tie-out became wrapped around one of his l...
A Beaumont woman is accused of strangling a kitten in the middle of a police encounter, breaking the baby cat's neck and leaving officers to call Animal Control to end its suffering, according to an arrest affidavit.Heat...
For some Southeast Texas families, $130 in SNAP benefits can mean weeks of groceries. But two women in Port Arthur said their benefits vanished within hours of...
Beaumont police are searching for the suspect or suspects involved in a shooting that left an adult woman wounded early Thursday in a neighborhood off North Bri...
Know a freshwater fisherman whose big fish stories come with years of giving back to the sport? You may want to send this their way.The Texas Freshwater Fishing...
