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Students and BISD representatives pose with a $5K check from Burlington Stores

Students and BISD representatives pose with a $5K check from Burlington Stores

Burlington gifts BISD campus $5K

News Staff
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Burlington Stores, through its partnership with the national nonprofit organization AdoptAClassroom.org, donated $5,000 toward school supplies to Guess Elementary in celebration of its new store location now open in Beaumont at 5855 Eastex Freeway. A representative from AdoptA Classroom.
Jimmy Simmons

Jimmy Simmons

Music in the gardens

News Staff
Thursday, September 22, 2022
The McFaddin-Ward House invites the community to enjoy live entertainment on its beautiful grounds at Music in the Gardens – “Jazz & Juleps featuring Jimmy Simmons Friends,” a free outdoor music event, on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 6:30 p.m.
A message from Nassef Sawiris, Executive Chairman of OCI

A message from Nassef Sawiris, Executive Chairman of OCI

OCI selects Beaumont for new facility

News Staff
Thursday, September 22, 2022
A global producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products that previously picked Southeast Texas as the site for the successful Natgasoline partnership project has again selected Beaumont as the location for another large new facility planned to begin production in the first quarter of 2025.
Reece Williams

Reece Williams

Sports shorts: Week of 9/22/22

Chad Cooper
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Golf The Junior River Cup is a Ryder Cup style event that pits the best junior golfers in the state of Texas against the best junior golfers from Mississippi. One of Beaumont’s own, Reece Williams, who is a student at St. Anne’s Catholic School, was asked to compete.
West Brook junior Saifan Panjwani speaks before district officials.

West Brook junior Saifan Panjwani speaks before district officials.

Scared students speak out on violent campus

Scott McLendon
Thursday, September 22, 2022
In the aftermath of a bloody assault in a West Brook bathroom – and little-to-no response from school administrators – students have started speaking out against the “atmosphere of violence” proliferating on the campus, telling district officials and The Examiner, “We’re scared.

Editorial: West Brook or Breaking Bad?

Don J. Dodd
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Even the most tranquil, trouble-free high school is rife with change and confusion for teens approaching adulthood. High schools are institutions built to supply their communities with doctors, teachers, public servants and business owners.
Decorous Mire

Decorous Mire

Second man sought for defiling feline

News Staff
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Beaumont Police Department officers arrested one man and were searching for another on Sept. 21, related to an October 2021 video where suspects tortured and killed a cat while catching it all on camera. According to police, the department received the disturbing video on Oct.
Eddie Dunwoody Jr

Eddie Dunwoody Jr

Pursuit ends with arrest of Vidor man

News Staff
Thursday, September 22, 2022
An Orange County man was arrested after leading a state trooper on a brief pursuit on Sept. 19, reported the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Sgt. Shanna Clark reported the pursuit began about 6:40 p.m. on U.S.
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