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Port Arthur is going to be represented at New York and Paris Fashion Week — well, hopefully. Port Arthur native Clarence Lyons Jr., also known as Evan Lyons, was selected as 1 of the 10 designers to watch and offered a chance to showcase his designs in New York and Paris, news that came only three months after the launch of his new line, “Mannequin Concepts.” Lyons, 35, said it has been a long journey finding himself as a fashion designer, but he finally feels like his dreams are coming true.

When Brandon Bartie graduated as part of the first class at Memorial High School in 2003, he set out to test his vocals. Singing vocals, that is. Little did he know that he would be using his voice in a completely different way 16 years later as the youngest school board president for Port Arthur Independent School District.

Russell Jean DeJohn Hampton was fatally shot by a 10-year-old boy in 1988 was honored Friday, June 21, as the latest Texan to be added to the National Memorial to Fallen Educators at the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas.