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Kenson Tate

Kenson Tate

Sports shorts: Lamar Cardinals

A stellar freshman campaign came to a conclusion for Kenson Tate as he would make his national debut in the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 8. Tate would serve notice that he would have a bright future in the long jump as he earned second team All-American honors.
Drew Tran and Tyler Shearin

Drew Tran and Tyler Shearin

Sports Shorts: Fishing

The Lamar State College-Orange Bass Club duo of Trent Buchholtz and Dakota Posey traveled over 21 hours to fish the Strike King Lure Company Bassmaster College Series at Saginaw Bay in Michigan last weekend and qualified for the National Championship.
Older woman's hands

Older woman's hands

Don't wait until you're 70

Older adults across the country are bombarded with invitations to attend seminars that allegedly will clue them in on a supposed “secret” to maximizing their Social Security benefits.

SETCA All-Stars

Outgoing high school seniors will get one last chance to play the sport they love during the annual Southeast Texas Coaches Association Christus All-Star Classic.
Retired FBI agent and 100 Club of southeast Texas Vice President Zack Shelton offers DJ a windbreaker from his days in the Bureau

Retired FBI agent and 100 Club of southeast Texas Vice President Zack Shelton offers DJ a windbreaker from his days in the Bureau

Terminal 10-year-old honored by local law enforcement

Nearly every Jefferson County law enforcement agency joined an outpouring of officer support reverberating around the state and nation for a 10-year-old Houstonian with terminal cancer – a boy who had one request when visited by the Make-A-Wish Foundation: to become a police officer.
Surviving parents members pose with 12 news employees

Surviving parents members pose with 12 news employees

From grieving parent to grieving parent

They’ve all been there before: They know the heartbreak. They know the despair. They know the anger. They know their child will never call out for mom again. They know what it’s like to miss a part of themselves for the rest of their lives.
Robert Cardinale

Robert Cardinale

Parkdale Mall kidnapping

Beaumont police say a woman and two children were the victims of an attempted kidnapping at Parkdale Mall by a 65-year-old stranger wielding a knife. At about 9:49 a.m. on Sunday, June 12, BPD responded to Parkdale Mall in reference to a weapons offense, according to a report released June 15.

Man with warrants arrested

Bond was denied for a man with district warrants from Hardin County who was arrested last month. According to Sheriff Bryan Weatherford, Chastyn Graham, 43, of Colmesneil, was arrested after Tyler County Sheriff’s deputies after they searched his residence.