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Jennifer Thalheimer

Jennifer Thalheimer

Tiffany’s researcher speaks in Beaumont

News Staff
Friday, February 4, 2022
Join the McFaddin-Ward House for a lecture by Jennifer Thalheimer in which she will examine Louis Comfort Tiffany’s diverse work in the decorative arts through the Morse Museum collection. The lecture will be held Thursday, Feb. 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Kindergarten through third-grade students at Amelia and Blanchette received 525 books donated by the Beaumont Association of Retired Teachers (BART).

Kindergarten through third-grade students at Amelia and Blanchette received 525 books donated by the Beaumont Association of Retired Teachers (BART).

Retired teachers donate hundreds of books to BISD students

News Staff
Friday, February 4, 2022
Kindergarten through third-grade students at Amelia and Blanchette received 525 books donated by the Beaumont Association of Retired Teachers (BART). Fannie Brown, BART’s second Vice-President and Children’s Book Project Chair, collects books each year.
Vidor police officer Christopher Wayne Berry was laid to rest Jan. 29 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange.

Vidor police officer Christopher Wayne Berry was laid to rest Jan. 29 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange.

Honoring a fallen hero

Chad Cooper
Friday, February 4, 2022
Vidor police officer Christopher Wayne Berry was laid to rest Jan. 29 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange.
January Beaumont-area cases

January Beaumont-area cases

COVID surge, drug supply decline

Scott McLendon
Friday, February 4, 2022
After a two-month-long surge in COVID-19 cases during which, on average, more than 144 Beaumont-area residents tested positive each day, officials say they’re seeing a decline in daily confirmations.
LU

LU

LU baseball to hold jersey retirement ceremony

News Staff
Friday, February 4, 2022
The Lamar University baseball program will hold a jersey retirement ceremony of three former Cardinals - David Bernsen, Jim Gilligan and Kevin Millar - who have already had their jerseys retired, but an official ceremony was never held in their honor.
The Beaumont US Penitentiary has been closed to visitors until further notice

The Beaumont US Penitentiary has been closed to visitors until further notice

Worker safety questioned in wake of Beaumont prison brawl

Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, February 3, 2022
A mass melee that resulted in the death of two prisoners inside the walls of a Beaumont federal prison partially prompted a total system-wide lockdown of inmates housed at Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities nationwide on Monday, Jan. 31.
STAAR

STAAR

STAAR redesign goes online, fill in the blank

Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Amid cries from parents and educators to nix the state-mandated standardized STAAR test given to Texas school children, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has announced instead a redesign planned for the STAAR test beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
Kelly High School

Kelly High School

Principal announced for Msgr. Kelly High

News Staff
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Bishop David Toups announced today that Dr. Tyrus Doctor will be joining the staff of Msgr. Kelly Catholic High School in Beaumont as principal beginning February 21, 2022. Dr.
Half a dozen people reportedly live at the tent encampment on Sixth Street and Laurel

Half a dozen people reportedly live at the tent encampment on Sixth Street and Laurel

Vacant city lots provide home bases for transient communes

Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, February 3, 2022
From underpasses to private property plots throughout residential neighborhoods, Beaumont’s homeless population is met with mixed reactions wherever the masses set up encampments for multi-transient living.
Gelli Plate Printing

Gelli Plate Printing

Stark Museum of Art

Chad Cooper
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Learn how to create unique layered and textural prints using a variety of flat and dimensional objects with Teaching Artist Jerri Strickland-Hurt at the Stark Museum of Art during a three-night workshop Feb. 3, Feb. 10 and Feb. 17.
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