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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.
Charli XCX

Charli XCX

Live music schedule for April 7-13

Chad Cooper
Thursday, April 7, 2022
April 7-13 Brick & Barley (Orange) Sat., April 9: Layne Allen Band Wed., April 13: Caylan Daughrity   Blue Martini (Golden Nugget) Fri., April 8: The Fuse Sat., April 9: The Fuse   Courville’s Thurs., April 7: Bob Schneider   Dylan’s (Port Arthur) Thurs., April 7: Rusty James Fri.
A child huddled while being bullied

A child huddled while being bullied

Sticks, stones, words and fists: A short list of a bully's arsenal

Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Never was there a time when she felt like she “belonged.” Living in poverty in Beaumont’s North End, she never owned a pair of Air Jordans, never had “pocket money” for book fairs, never dined on heaping pounds of crawfish or wore clothes that didn’t belong to someone else first.
Albert Nolen

Albert Nolen

Out & About with Albert April 7-13

Albert Nolen
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Last Wednesday evening after a spring shower cooled our fair city, the sun shined bright at the downtown Event Centre for the arrival of Neches River Festival LXXIV King’s arrival.
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