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A child holds a Dairy Queen blizzard

'Acts of Sweetness'

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Throughout September, Dairy Queen restaurants in Texas are raising funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) in a yummy campaign, donating $1 to CMN Hospitals in Texas for every valid #ActsofSweetness Instagram post shared in September, with a total donation up to $75,000.

LC-M Bears are 2-1 - photo by LC-M Bear Facts

High School Football: Week 4

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Friday, Sept. 16 New Caney Porter (1-2) @ PA Memorial (2-0) Bridge City (1-2) @ Lumberton (2-1) Hamshire-Fannett (2-1) @ Splendora (1-2) Silsbee (3-0) @ Brazosport (2-1) LC-M (2-1) @ Hou.

LC-M Lady Bears win the YMBL Tournament the weekend of Sept. 10

Sports Shorts: Week of Sept 15 2022

Chad Cooper

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Volleyball The LC-M Lady Bears volleyball team won the YMBL Tournament Red Bracket division last weekend by defeating Splendora (2-0), Port Arthur Memorial (2-0), Silsbee (2-0), Hamshire-Fannett (2-1), Hardin-Jefferson (2-0) and Bridge City (2-0).

Rendering of a vault

Privatizing Social Security can't work

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

About a month or so ago, I wrote a column in which I just briefly mentioned that any plans to privatize Social Security would never work, and I said I had covered that topic in prior columns.

Jay Knox, Claire Uribe, Xiaoxuan "Jenny" Tu and Daegen Vosin

SHS students earn academic honors

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Four Silsbee High School students have earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs, which grant academic honors to underrepresented students that can be included on college and scholarship applications.

Kinkajous also known as honey bears

Kinkajou caper

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

On the lam for nearly two weeks, a family in Silsbee is seeking the return of lost pet, “Georgie” the kinkajou, commonly called a “honey bear.” According to a public request asking for assistance in locating the missing Georgie, the kinkajou is a family pet that escaped his enclosure.

a banner advertising the city of Beaumont

Bragging on Beaumont

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Mayor Robin Mouton expressed elation at the future prospects for Beaumont during her 2022 State of the City address on Sept. 8, at the Event Centre.

Boomtown USA in Silsbee

Divers recover man's body at Boomtown USA

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

The body of a Silsbee man was recovered after he was reported missing Sept. 9 while operating a dredge boat. Elisha McMahon III, 62, of Silsbee, was reported missing at about noon.

Glenn Lewis

BPD apprehends heroin handler

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Beaumont police reportedly arrested a 43-year-old resident with 800 grams of heroin in his possession. According to a news release from the Beaumont Police Department (BPD), on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 5:13 p.m., officers were patrolling the area of Lucas Drive and Concord Road in Beaumont.

Caden Shearin

Local teens arrested for assault, auto theft

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

An assemblage of law enforcement agencies collaborated to arrest five Jefferson County teenagers allegedly responsible for an aggravated robbery and car theft that occurred in a Seguin Walmart parking lot Sept. 5.

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