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Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Summit offered this week

Family Services of Southeast Texas (FSSETX), Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV), and Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA), are bringing a two-day Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Summit to Beaumont and the surrounding areas on June 29- 30 at Legacy Christian Academy, 8200 Hwy...
Jefferson County Assistant District Attorney Luke Nichols, Col. James C. Howell, and Jordan Faulk gather at the Change of Command ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Jefferson County Assistant District Attorney Luke Nichols, Col. James C. Howell, and Jordan Faulk gather at the Change of Command ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Nederland native Colonel Howell takes command

The 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army 11th Airborne Division welcomed its new commander, Southeast Texas native Colonel James C. Howell, on June 21, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, the only Arctic Airborne Brigade in the U.S. Army.  Col. Michael J.
Lumberton Independent School District

Lumberton Independent School District

Lumberton ISD officials report cyberattack

An international hacking group that stole information from Stephen F. Austin (SFASU) State University in a cyberattack earlier this month, also claims they took information from Lumberton  Independent School District.
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Ford Park and Pepsi award scholarship to local graduate

Ford Park, OVG360, and Pepsi partnered to launch the “Ford Fields Next Generation” Scholarship Award, a new annual program to highlight local student-athletes who have grown their love for the sport of baseball or softball while competing at Ford Fields during their youth careers.
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Waiting list for rental assistance opens

Legacy CDC, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, will begin accepting applications for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program at 8 a.m. on June 23 and will close the waiting list at 5 p.m. July 22.
Lamar Students Check Presentation

Lamar Students Check Presentation

Bank backs campus building, career building

Third Coast Bank staff presented Lamar University students with a check to assist in sparking the institution’s banking school currently in the works to help students find a job in the financial industry.
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GLO allocates $46M for Beaumont drainage

June 20, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham arrived in Beaumont to announce the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approval of more than $128 million in regional mitigation funds for 19 federally eligible infrastructure projects to improve streets, as well as water and drainage facilities.
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Fragile materials featured at First Floor Friday

The W.H. Stark House’s First Floor Friday open house scheduled for June 23 will feature Miriam Lutcher Stark’s crystal collection pieces culled during the height of the American Brilliant Cut Glass period from 1876 to 1917.
Sam Dickerson, center, along with Sharon and Larry Dickerson, Jason and Cheri Dickerson, State Rep. Ernest Bailes and Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel

Sam Dickerson, center, along with Sharon and Larry Dickerson, Jason and Cheri Dickerson, State Rep. Ernest Bailes and Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel

H-J grad, team tops at military skills competition

For the past year, a former high school graduate from Hardin County woke up in the early morning hours to prepare for a grueling military skills competition. Sam Dickerson, a former Hardin-Jefferson High School grad and current cadet at the U.S.