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Alex Meyer

Alex Meyer

Stolen utility wire lands Texas man in Louisiana jail

Jennifer Johnson
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives previously arrested two suspects for the theft of utility wire reported in November 2021, but this week, the Louisiana law enforcers collected a third suspect – a man from Port Arthur, who was arrested in Orange.
Cullen Schmidt of Lumberton

Cullen Schmidt of Lumberton

Lumberton man charged with video voyeurism

Jennifer Johnson
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
A 22-year-old Lumberton man is facing charges in Louisiana for allegedly video recording a woman in the nude without her permission. According to a release from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana, detectives received a complaint on Jan.
Miranda Antoinette Kellogg

Miranda Antoinette Kellogg

Fleeing mother abandons son

Tim Cohrs
Monday, January 31, 2022
In the wake of hit-and-run, a mother was indicted Jan. 26 for allegedly leaving her 13-year-old child in a wrecked auto when she abandoned the car – and the child – and fled from the scene on foot. A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Miranda Antoinette Kellogg, 36 for abandoning a child.
St. Mary Catholic School 2021-2022 Spelling Bee Champion Jonathan Quintero (left) and runner up Allie Broussard.

St. Mary Catholic School 2021-2022 Spelling Bee Champion Jonathan Quintero (left) and runner up Allie Broussard.

St. Mary Catholic School Spelling Bee Champion

News Staff
Monday, January 31, 2022
St. Mary Catholic School named 8th grader Jonathan Quintero the 2021-2022 Spelling Bee Champion with Allie Broussard as the runner-up.   St. Mary Catholic School said all participants did a fantastic job despite a nerve-racking competition.
Beaumont Heights

Beaumont Heights

Beaumont Heights homicide

Tim Cohrs
Monday, January 31, 2022
Update, Feb. 7 at 2:56 p.m. : The suspect has been identified as 23-year-old Kedrian Deshawn Perkins, who was arrested Feb. 4 after a murder warrant was placed on him for his arrest.  As of Feb. 7, Perkins is currently residing in the Jefferson County Jail with a bond set at $1,000,000.
Jennifer Thalheimer

Jennifer Thalheimer

Tiffany’s researcher speaks in Beaumont

Jennifer Johnson
Monday, January 31, 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.
Beaumont students received in excess of 500 books

Beaumont students received in excess of 500 books

Retired teachers gift hundreds of books to BISD students

News Staff
Monday, January 31, 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.
A single textbook is sold for $130 at McGraw Hill.

A single textbook is sold for $130 at McGraw Hill.

Talking textbooks

Jennifer Johnson
Monday, January 31, 2022
Beaumont ISD is inviting the community to have a hand in the 2022-23 textbook selections from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the BISD Administration Building, 3395 Harrison Ave., Conference Room A.
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