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Vidor High School winners (left to right): Grant Masters (second in Interpretive Reading), Ashley Callahan (first in Interpretive Reading), Ysela Spencer (first in Declamation), and Addison Biestel (second in Declamation).

Vidor High School winners (left to right): Grant Masters (second in Interpretive Reading), Ashley Callahan (first in Interpretive Reading), Ysela Spencer (first in Declamation), and Addison Biestel (second in Declamation).

Stark reading contest celebrates students with scholarships

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
During the past five weeks, Local Final Competitions of the 119th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation, a program sponsored by the Nelda C. and H.J.

GOOD NEWS | From The Examiner

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Happy 105!! Beaumont resident Dorothy Williams was celebrated March 12, as she worshipped alongside parishioners at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 855 Sherman St. in Beaumont, just shy of her 105th birthday.

NEWS IN SHORT | From The Examiner

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Texas Mutual awards $100K check to LIT Texas Mutual Insurance Company awarded a $100,000 grant to Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) to continue funding the college’s Safety Awareness Institute, which provides workplace safety courses for community employers, workers and the general public.
STEAM grant winner Yolyanne Milich and Bob Hope Elementary accept $2,000 courtesy of Indorama Ventures and Beaumont Children’s Museum.

STEAM grant winner Yolyanne Milich and Bob Hope Elementary accept $2,000 courtesy of Indorama Ventures and Beaumont Children’s Museum.

Area teachers awarded $50,000 in STEAM grants

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Fifty thousand dollars goes a long way in the classroom, and with the generosity of Indorama Port Neches Operations and the Beaumont Children’s Museum (BCM), 16 area teachers and groups recently received funding for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) projects.
Left to right: Don Burnett, treasurer; Beverly Hatcher, secretary; Joe Penland, Sr., president and Zach Shelton, vice president

Left to right: Don Burnett, treasurer; Beverly Hatcher, secretary; Joe Penland, Sr., president and Zach Shelton, vice president

Plaque presented to Penland for leadership

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Board President Joe Penland Sr. was surprised when he was presented a plaque by the 100 Club of Southeast Texas at the March 9 monthly board meeting. The plaque was in appreciation and recognition for Penland’s years of leadership, service, dedication and hard work.
Friends and colleagues gather March 10 to celebrate Caldwell’s 60 years of radio at iHeart Media Beaumont.

Friends and colleagues gather March 10 to celebrate Caldwell’s 60 years of radio at iHeart Media Beaumont.

Caldwell the radio king

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Al Caldwell might be the oldest, active, full-time morning man in radio. He is certainly that in Southeast Texas. Friends and colleagues gathered March 10 to celebrate two of his milestones – 60 years of radio at iHeart Media Beaumont and his 87th birthday.
Dustin Burnham

Dustin Burnham

JCSO narcotics investigation nabs seven people

News Staff
Thursday, March 16, 2023
After numerous complaints and tips about suspicious drug activity in the Hamshire and Fannett area, an investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) resulted in seven people arrested on drug charges recently, according to officials.
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OCSO deputies win right to arbitrate terminations

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
The Texas Ninth Court of Appeals concluded that Orange County violated its collective bargaining agreement by refusing to arbitrate the terminations of 13 Orange County deputies, according to a March 9 press release by the Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA).
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