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Southeast Texas Press Club members present a $12,000 check.

Southeast Texas Press Club members present a $12,000 check.

Press Club funds scholarship endowment

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Sept. 26, the Press Club of Southeast Texas officially presented the Lamar University Foundation with a $12,000 check to benefit the Lamar University Department of Communication and Media student scholarship recipient endowment.
Silsbee High School students in PPE pose with crushed watermelon pieces

Silsbee High School students in PPE pose with crushed watermelon pieces

SHS students learn importance of PPE

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
The Patient Care Technician students in Heather Wiggins’ Health Science class at Silsbee High School have been learning the importance of personal protective equipment (PPE), when to wear it, and how to wear it correctly.
Elderly hands

Elderly hands

Delayed retirement credits

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
People who delay starting their Social Security beyond their full retirement age get a bonus equal to two-thirds of 1% added to their Social Security checks for each month they wait to begin benefits.
Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston and co-founder of the Anti-Defamation League's Coalition for Mutual Respect

Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston and co-founder of the Anti-Defamation League's Coalition for Mutual Respect

Remember a man of 'Respect'

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
As the nation mourns the passing of Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston and co-founder of the Anti-Defamation League’s Coalition for Mutual Respect, the Southeast Texas community from whence he hailed is especially heartbroken in the wake of the...
Lamar students hold the Lamar Homecoming banner

Lamar students hold the Lamar Homecoming banner

LU Homecoming

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Starting Sept. 26, Lamar University began hosting a full week of events leading up to the university’s homecoming celebration on Oct. 1, which also coincides with Cardinal Parent & Family Day.
Holly Hebert (sister of Officer Bryan Hebert), and Cadets Michael Maldonado and Adam Good.

Holly Hebert (sister of Officer Bryan Hebert), and Cadets Michael Maldonado and Adam Good.

Officer memorial fund assists next gen public servants

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
The Officer Bryan Hebert Memorial Foundation (OBHMF) announced Cadets Michael Maldonado and Adam Good as the recipients of the OBHMF Scholarship to attend LIT’s 2022 Fall Police Academy. Each recipient received a $1,500 scholarship for the academy.
Kale Burrows

Kale Burrows

Man arrested on drug charge

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
A Hardin County man was arrested on Sept. 19 on a drug charge and warrant, according to the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office.
Chassin Tausch

Chassin Tausch

Teen arrested for threat of school

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Sept. 21, Tyler County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputies arrested a 17-year-old male for making a felony terroristic threat to a school. According to Sheriff Bryan Weatherford, Chassin Tausch of Colmesneil was arrested and booked into the Tyler County Jail. Approximately at 5 p.m.
BPD Officers salute the fallen officer memorial

BPD Officers salute the fallen officer memorial

BPD remembers fallen officer 141 years later

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Each Sept. 25, Beaumont Police Department (BPD) officers remembered Deputy City Marshall William Patterson, who was killed in the line of duty on Sept. 25, 1881. According to BPD, Deputy Patterson responded to a disturbance at a church where three suspects had broken several windows.
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