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I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

College/Pro Sports

Texas-sized Signing Day: Garth to UT, Curtis to A&M highlight PNG’s ceremony

Nearly a year to the day Roschon Johnson became a University of Texas Longhorn, a guy who blocked for the quarterback-turned-running back at Port Neches-Groves ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Wednesday, December 18, 2019 5:36 pm

Local

Engineers: District 4 requires nearly 1/2 of Port Arthur road improvement funding

Members of the Port Arthur City Council will be asked soon to decide whether to balance funding for improvement of streets by districts or allocate ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:20 am

Local

Donald Ray Frank announces bid for Position 8 council seat

Port Arthur Independent School District board member Rev. Donald Ray Frank Sr. has announced he is running for the Position 8 seat on the Port ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:08 am

Local

Armando Ruiz announces candidacy for PA councilman

Armando Ruiz announced his candidacy for Port Arthur District 2 Councilman. Ruiz, 26, said the opportunity to run “fell into his lap.” “As a former ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Tuesday, December 17, 2019 12:07 am

Local

Port Arthur road repair report expected by late-January

Within the next month, Port Arthur engineers hope to have data on the condition of its streets to present to the city council. Drivers from ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Saturday, December 14, 2019 12:15 am

Local

PHOTOS — Voices of Tyrrell Elementary

Students in the Tyrrell Elementary School choir perform Christmas-themed songs before their classmates, parents and other supporters during an assembly Friday at the school in ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Saturday, December 14, 2019 12:06 am

Local

Port Arthur Animal Shelter officials seeking new home on 19th Street

Officials with the Port Arthur Animal Shelter hope they can move into a bigger facility to address overcrowding at their current facility. The city owns ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Friday, December 13, 2019 12:19 am

Columns

I.C. MURRELL — “Very rare occurrence” doesn’t leave much assurance

Since Nov. 27, Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick has united with leaders of first responders, TPC Group officials, the Environmental Protection Agency and Texas Commission ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Friday, December 13, 2019 12:12 am

Local

John Stevens, “Black Bart” on early Port Arthur TV, dies at 92

John Burch Stevens Sr., known to many children as Black Bart, the nemesis of Cowboy John in the early days of television in Port Arthur, ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Thursday, December 12, 2019 12:15 am

Local

Additive shouldn’t pose risk, TPC says: DEHA to stabilize storage tanks with butadiene

PORT NECHES — An additive that is intended to stabilize materials for longer-term storage in 11 tanks that store butadiene is not expected to pose ... Read more

by I.C. Murrell, Wednesday, December 11, 2019 12:09 am

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