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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.
Greg Carpio

Greg Carpio

Kirbyville game room robber sought

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
In a Sept. 26 social media post, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies asked for the public’s help finding the third alleged thief reportedly responsible for robbing a Kirbyville game room Aug. 16.
James Russell Smith

James Russell Smith

Gas station Samaritan thwarts robbery

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
According to a report released Sept. 23 by Port Arthur police, a gas station bystander interceded after witnessing a 62-year-old man’s attempt to rob a clerk at the West Port Arthur Road store Sept. 20. At approximately 9:53 p.m.
Domonique Marysa Janae Jones

Domonique Marysa Janae Jones

Beaumont United drug dealer indicted

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Four months after a Beaumont United High School (BUHS) security guard caught an 18-year-old student with several e-cigarettes and ecstasy pills she intended to sell, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted the Timberwolf teen for possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone.
Referrals for violence at BISD's secondary schools (first 23 days of school)

Referrals for violence at BISD's secondary schools (first 23 days of school)

Detailed data denotes violent incidents at Beaumont schools

Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, September 29, 2022
During the first 23 days of school, Beaumont ISD high school and middle school campuses reported 158 unique disciplinary referrals for violent incidents that include staff and student assaults, instigating fights, mutual combat, bullying and “one-sided hitting,” according to state-mandated district...
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