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Logan Wells

West Hardin’s Wells is state champion

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

West Hardin High School’s Logan Wells was named state champion in the UIL Class 2A Congress and Speech state champion last week in Austin. Wells is the fourth state champ in Congress and 11th Speech state champion from West Hardin since 2014.

KFDM anchor Greg Bostwick.

Rotary to Roast weatherman

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Spindletop Rotary Club will host the Celebrity Roast of KFDM Meteorologist Greg Bostwick on Thursday, March 30, at the MCM Elegante’ Hotel from 7-9 p.m. Proceeds to benefit Some Other Place and Spindletop Rotary Club.

Kylie Bock

Bock crowned Miss Mardi Gras 2023

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Bridge City’s Kylie Bock was crowned Miss Mardi Gras 2023 at the Julie Rogers Theater on Jan. 7. The 17-year-old attends Liberty University online and is finishing her high school through a college program. Following graduation, Bock plans to attend Texas A&M University in pre-med.

Mario Godoy of Super Antojo Bakery

New vendors in new year

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The Beaumont Farmers Market will return with its weekly fares on Jan. 14, welcoming new vendors in the new year.

Cheniere Foundation donates to Lamar State College Port Arthur

Cheniere Foundation donates $42,000 to LSCPA

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The Cheniere Foundation recently presented a check for $42,000 to the Port Arthur Education Foundation to be used for scholarships at Lamar State College Port Arthur. Pictured, from left, are Dr.

Friday Morning Business Connection

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The greater Beaumont area Friday Morning Business Connections are back on Friday, Jan. 20, with a new location. The meeting spot for 2023 location will be the Holiday Inn Plaza at Walden Road in the atrium area on the first and third Friday of the month at 8 a.m.

Best in Band

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Sophomore Kristian Gordon earned a spot in the ATSSB All-State Band recently, after advancing through the Region competition and placing second in the Area Competition.

Longleaf pine.

Big Thicket hosting volunteer planting events

News Staff

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Big Thicket National Preserve is expanding the volunteer longleaf pine planting efforts to ecosystem-wide planting events this winter. Volunteers can join park staff and partners to plant longleaf pine and native grasses this winter.

A group of nine volunteers converged on the Saratoga Resale shop with the goal of removing the trash and debris from in front and around the building Jan. 4.

Hardin Co. community cleans up ‘eyesore’

Dannie Oliveaux

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Motorists traveling through the small western Hardin County town passed an eyesore – a so-called resale shop partially covered by piles of trash and debris in front of its building.

Slisbee Elementary School

SES instructors dubbed ‘prey’ before teacher assault

Scott McLendon

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Silsbee Elementary School teachers began the semester listening to a motivational speaker compare them to a herd of llamas, aiming to avoid the predatory students who might devour them; they ended the semester with more questions than reassurances from administrators after a fifth-grade teacher was...

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