Neches-Groves

A few blocks beyond the trees around Port Neches-Groves High School in Port Neches, Texas, gray towers jut into the air.

Smokestack effect: Cancer at Port Neches 2008

That was the case in Port Neches, Texas, where more than two dozen former students of Port Neches-Groves High School have been diagnosed with cancer several years after they graduated, according to court records.

Industrial plants, pollution cause health problems in students 2008

Sophomore Mehrin Tariq of the Silks flag corps reaches to catch a flag during practice at Port Neches-Groves High School in Port Neches on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007.

PN-G Silks 2007

Nederland's Lindsey Rossi (No. 8) hits a single against Port Neches-Groves during a softball game at Nederland High School on Thursday, April 5, 2007.

Archive 2007-04-01 2007

Sophomore Mehrin Tariq of the Silks flag corps reaches to catch a flag during practice at Port Neches-Groves High School in Port Neches on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007.

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

Nederland's Lindsey Rossi (No. 8) hits a single against Port Neches-Groves during a softball game at Nederland High School on Thursday, April 5, 2007.

Shutout 2007

Katie Brannon of Groves, a senior at Port Neches-Groves High School, pulls up a crab line in the marshes along Highway 87 near Bridge City, Texas on Wednesday, June 7, 2006.

Crabbing for dinner 2006

Katie Brannon of Groves, a senior at Port Neches-Groves High School, pulls up a crab line in the marshes along Highway 87 near Bridge City, Texas on Wednesday, June 7, 2006.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006

Katie Brannon of Groves, a senior at Port Neches-Groves High School, (left) and her niece Makayla Watson, 6, (right) of Bridge City catch blue crabs in the marshes along Highway 87 near Bridge City.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006

Katie Brannon of Groves, a senior at Port Neches-Groves High School, (left) and her niece Makayla Watson, 6, (right) of Bridge City catch blue crabs in the marshes along Highway 87 near Bridge City.

Crabbing for dinner 2006