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Queen Christianna McAfee and King Mark Feritta

Queen Christianna McAfee and King Mark Feritta

NRF crowns their queen - Christianna McAfee

Chad Cooper
Sunday, April 10, 2022
The Neches River Festival named Christianna McAfee their 74th and first African American queen Saturday, April 9, at the Coronation held at the Julie Rogers Theatre.
The Darkness (photo by Chad Cooper)

The Darkness (photo by Chad Cooper)

The Darkness never fails

Chad Cooper
Friday, April 8, 2022
It was a tour nearly two years in the making. Thanks (not really) to the pandemic, British rockers The Darkness finally returned to Houston after a 2020 date was cancelled, but this time they brought a new record with them in "Motorheart," to downtown's Warehouse Live on April 6.
Southland Conference

Southland Conference

Lamar University athletics returning to Southland Conference

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
In a surprising move, Lamar University athletics will leave the Western Athletic Conference after one year and return to their original home - the Southland Conference. A press conference will be held Friday, April 8, at 11 a.m. on campus to make the move official.
tax filing stock photo

tax filing stock photo

Protective filing dates

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
This is going to be a column about a special procedure that the Social Security Administration routinely uses that is intended to help people by protecting their rights to possible benefits. It’s called a “protective filing date.
Harlem Globetrotters

Harlem Globetrotters

Harlem Globetrotters return to Ford Park on Friday

Chad Cooper
Thursday, April 7, 2022
The World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their newly reimagined “Spread Game” tour to Beaumont on Friday, April 8, at 7 p.m. inside Ford Arena. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. The Spread Game Tour is a basketball event like no other.
Donald Root plays a bugle donated by a family specifically for his Wounded Warrior Project effort. Those who wish to donate to the Wounded Warrior Project through Root’s cause may scan the QR code and follow the link

Donald Root plays a bugle donated by a family specifically for his Wounded Warrior Project effort. Those who wish to donate to the Wounded Warrior Project through Root’s cause may scan the QR code and follow the link

Local mariner plans 2,200-mile hike for wounded warriors

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Decades after traversing entire oceans as the commander of a Navy submarine, sometimes spending nearly three months underwater, a Beaumont resident is using his affinity for adventure to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project by hiking the 2,200-mile-long Appalachian Trail.
Champagne and Ribs logo

Champagne and Ribs logo

Nederland honors Reaud honorees

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Amy Champagne, a 4th grade teacher at Highland Park Elementary; Shirley DeLaCruz, a 9th grade teacher at Nederland High School; and Bill Williamson, an 8th grade teacher at CO Wilson Middle School, have been selected to receive the 2022 Reaud Excellence in Education Award from the Beaumont...
Photo of Arnold

Photo of Arnold

Vidor teen killed in alleged love triangle

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Marking two corners of an alleged tri-county love triangle, two Southeast Texans in their 20s were charged late March after the woman reportedly shot and killed the 16-year-old girlfriend  of the man she was “seeing” March 26.
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