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Maddie Sims
July 4, 2025, marks 23 years since 4-year-old Dannarriah Finley was reported missing to the Orange Police Department.
Monday, July 7, 2025
Chester and his wife Lisa work with children facing special challenges and give them wildlife encounters. They also involve their dogs including Hawkeye, a super sweet and photogenic bullmastiff that has visited hundreds of kids and helped several dog bite victims overcome their fear of canines.
Award-winning Chester Moore Outdoors coming to The Examiner
Chad Cooper
Chester Moore is one of the most recognizable names in wildlife. The lifelong journalist and native of Southeast Texas will begin his award-winning coverage for The Examiner every week beginning Thursday, July 2.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Popular rapper That Mexican OT returning to Beaumont in August
News Staff
Popular rapper That Mexican OT has announced a new tour - "That Mexican OT Recess Tour" - which begins in August and will include a Beaumont date Saturday, Aug. 30, at Doggett Ford Park Exhibit Hall at 7 p.m. Also on the Beaumont date are performers RNB FOEMOB and Drodi.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
8-liner games inundate Beaumont
Barbara Davis
Visible action has been enacted in recent weeks to quell the prevalence of illegal activity allegedly taking shape in Southeast Texas “game rooms,” venues akin to mini casinos, packed with 8-liner machines and suspected illicit gambling.
Monday, June 16, 2025
Great whites in the Gulf
Chad Cooper
“You’re going to need a bigger boat,” said Roy Scheider as Chief Brody in the iconic thriller, “Jaws.” Released in 1975, the Steven Spielberg film created an instant fear of sharks as beachgoers saw them as aggressive, man-eating predators.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Lamar University under campus threat
Maddie Sims
Lamar University students, staff and faulty were alerted of an on-going threat on campus, June 11.According to the emergency alert, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an individual was observed dressed in construction clothing, entering the library construction zone.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Beaumont-born Black Cowboy Museum Hall of Famer reflects on SETX roots
Barbara Davis
It isn’t Beaumont native Acynthia Villery’s first rodeo in accepting affluent accolades, but induction in into the Black Cowboy Hall of Fame is a ride to remember for a country girl whose story practically began in the rodeo arena.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
8-liner purveyors gamble on ‘fuzzy animal exception,’ lose big
Tens of thousands of dollars, equipment valued at the same dollar equivalent, and future earning potential were all confiscated by local law enforcers this past week when Southeast Texas officials raided 10 “game rooms,” businesses boasting 8-liner casino-style, slot-machine games, in Orange...As victims recover over the years, alleged drunken motorist has ‘issue’ preventing trial
Jennifer Johnson
Nearly three years after a drunken crash that left a mangled mess of a half-dozen vehicles and their occupants in the heart of Beaumont’s west end, the alleged assailant still awaits the ends of justice.
Monday, June 9, 2025
Jeff O’Malley (Director of LU athletics), Chris Grant (Southland Conference Deputy Commissioner) and Helene Thill (LU associate athletic director/senior women's advisor)
LU athletics reign supreme in the Southland Conference
News Staff
It’s been all systems go since Jeff O’Malley took over the Lamar University athletics department in June 2022. The programs as well as the infrastructure turned a complete 180 and it's quickly paid off.
Friday, June 6, 2025