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12News Investigates: Long lines issue a 'License to Wait' at Texas DPS offices

12News Investigates: Long lines issue a 'License to Wait' at Texas DPS offices

12News Investigates: Long lines issue a 'License to Wait' at Texas DPS offices

Wait times have become so terrible in Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange that many drivers are trying the smaller offices in Wallisville, Liberty, Jasper and Woodville.

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Lumberton parents fight for recess at Intermediate School

A petition to install recess for children at Lumberton Intermediate has received more than 1,100 signatures.

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Investigators say heater is to blame in Vidor apartment fire

Wyble is 7 months pregnant and says recent cold weather led them to turn on their heater for the first time since living there.

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Southeast Texas cold weather: How are you staying warm?

We decided to check out some Southeast Texan's cold weather rituals.

LOCAL
Beaumont law firm files class action lawsuit against Catholic Church over sexual abuse

The lawsuit was filed Nov. 14 on behalf of six individuals who were victims of the endemic and pervasive rape and sexual abuse by Roman Catholic church leaders.

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2018 CMA Awards: Keith Urban wins Entertainer of the Year

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will co-host the CMA Awards for the 11th consecutive year.

NATION-WORLD

Updated: 2 hours ago
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WATCH LIVE: The end of high school football in Oregon?

The 2018-19 participation records obtained by KGW Investigates show a steady decline in the number of kids playing high school football in Oregon. Experts and coaches say concussion concerns play a big factor in parents keeping their kids from the game.

INVESTIGATIONS

Updated: 10 minutes ago
NTSB releases preliminary report of helicopter crash that killed SETX newlyweds and pilot

A preliminary accident report from the NTSB does not list a cause of a helicopter crash that killed a newlywed couple and the pilot

LOCAL

Updated: 12 minutes ago
Basketball player barred from college campus after throwing vicious cheap shot

Late in a Division III basketball game Tuesday, Fitchburg State's Kewan Platt wound up and drove his elbow into the face of a defenseless opposing player.

NATION-WORLD

Updated: 22 minutes ago
U.S. sanctions 17 Saudi nationals over Jamal's Khashoggi's killing

U.S. sanctions 17 Saudi nationals over Khashoggi killing

NATION-NOW

Updated: 26 minutes ago
A WWII vet hadn't touched a guitar in 40 years. A gift let it all come back to him.

WWII vet plays guitar for first time in 40 years

NATION-NOW

Updated: 27 minutes ago
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FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes, restricts sales of sweet e-cigarettes

E-cigarette use was up 78 percent among high school students and 48 percent among middle-school students from 2017 to 2018, a new federal report shows.

NATION-WORLD

Updated: 30 minutes ago