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Local primary run-offs decided

News Staff
Friday, May 27, 2022
Cementing November races for a number of local offices, approximately 13,000 Jefferson County voters cast ballots in the primary run-off elections May 24.
Glenn Earl Stanley

Glenn Earl Stanley

Missing man found dead

News Staff
Friday, May 27, 2022
May 17, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call at approximately 3 p.m. in reference to a deceased person discovered between the concrete barriers of Interstate 10, west of Hamshire Road. A road construction employee discovered the body and notified JCSO.
Roger Hanks

Roger Hanks

OSCO arrests alleged interstate drug smuggler

News Staff
Friday, May 27, 2022
After stopping a motorist who reportedly committed several traffic violations on Interstate 10 in Rose City May 16, Orange County narcotics detectives arrested a man with a “large” amount of heroin/fentanyl.
Nell McCallum Morris

Nell McCallum Morris

In Memoriam: Nell McCallum Morris

News Staff
Friday, May 27, 2022
Nell McCallum Morris was a creative, generous, and visionary woman who loved her family, community and friends. Nell was born in Carlisle, Texas on November 22, 1938, and died peacefully at her home on May 24, 2021.
Someone on a tele-health visit

Someone on a tele-health visit

CHRISTUS launches On-Demand Care

News Staff
Thursday, May 26, 2022
CHRISTUS Health announced May 20 that it is “drastically expanding access to health care across Southeast Texas with the launch of CHRISTUS On Demand Care.
A conference on fentanyl

A conference on fentanyl

Rise in fentanyl fatalities sparks awareness campaign

Scott McLendon
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Following a skyward trend in fentanyl-affiliated overdose deaths throughout the nation, local law enforcement officials – joined by an overdose survivor – held a May 24 meeting to announce they’re amping up efforts to educate potential victims and eradicate the issue altogether.
Luis Fernando Torres, 20, has been behind bars since Aug. 13, 2020, three days after he allegedly drunkenly crashed his Mustang into BPD Officer Sheena Yarbrough-Powell, killing her.

Luis Fernando Torres, 20, has been behind bars since Aug. 13, 2020, three days after he allegedly drunkenly crashed his Mustang into BPD Officer Sheena Yarbrough-Powell, killing her.

Accused officer killer reverses guilty plea

News Staff
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Originally entering a guilty plea in reference to the intoxicated manslaughter incident that killed a 23-year-old, second-year Beaumont police officer, a now-20-year-old man reversed his decision at a May 23 sentencing hearing.
According to the complaint, Cartrett allegedly received over $320,000 from LRH and two MSOs, Ascend MSO of TX LLC (Ascend) and Eridanus MG LLC (Eridanus), in return for his referrals

According to the complaint, Cartrett allegedly received over $320,000 from LRH and two MSOs, Ascend MSO of TX LLC (Ascend) and Eridanus MG LLC (Eridanus), in return for his referrals

Silsbee doctor named in Justice Department complaint

News Staff
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Amending an April complaint filed against a Silsbee-based doctor, one revealed by The Examiner, the Justice Department released an update May 26 in a laboratory testing fraud case adding six physicians in Texas.
Fallen Beaumont Police Department officers are honored at the city's annual memorial

Fallen Beaumont Police Department officers are honored at the city's annual memorial

Officers memorialized during annual rememberance

Scott McLendon
Thursday, May 26, 2022
In an annual show of reverence and remembrance, Southeast Texans gathered with Beaumont police officers May 19 at the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) to honor officers who sacrificed their lives while working to create a safer community.
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