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The form requires a name and a shipping address. At no point did the USPS ask for credit or debit card information in orders placed by Examiner staff.

The form requires a name and a shipping address. At no point did the USPS ask for credit or debit card information in orders placed by Examiner staff.

USPS to begin mailing free, at-home COVID tests

Scott McLendon
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is offering one set of four free at-home COVID-19 tests to each residential address in the nation. There is a limit of one order per household, and interested residents may fill out applications at special.usps.com/testkits.
Texas can check to verify registration status ahead of the Jan. 31 deadline by visiting the 'Am I Registered?' tool on the Texas Secretary of State's My Voter Portal.

Texas can check to verify registration status ahead of the Jan. 31 deadline by visiting the 'Am I Registered?' tool on the Texas Secretary of State's My Voter Portal.

Voter registration ends Jan. 31

Scott McLendon
Monday, January 17, 2022
Texas Secretary of State John Scott is encouraging all eligible Texas voters planning to vote in the March 1 Primary Election to make sure they are registered to vote by Jan. 31.
'Definitely not the best photo I've ever shot with my cell phone, this is the bobcat I watched eat a dead duck last Saturday morning' - Robert Sloan

'Definitely not the best photo I've ever shot with my cell phone, this is the bobcat I watched eat a dead duck last Saturday morning' - Robert Sloan

Bobcats and pigs save the day on a slow duck hunt

Robert Sloan
Friday, January 14, 2022
With the closing of the regular gun season on deer, some buds and I shifted gears and opted to go duck and pig hunting last weekend. As expected, the duck hunting didn’t work out too well. We made a hunt on a backwater slough off a creek and three of us got two teal and a spoonbill.
PN-G soccer coach Chad Luttrull celebrates his 300th career win

PN-G soccer coach Chad Luttrull celebrates his 300th career win

Sports Shorts: Week of Jan 13, 2022

News Staff
Friday, January 14, 2022
PN-G soccer PN-G boys soccer head coach Chad Luttrull, who is in his 10th season as head coach for the Indians, earned his 300th career win Jan. 6 with a 4-1 victory over LC-M during the PN-G Kickoff Classic.
Audel A. Villafuerte-Mora

Audel A. Villafuerte-Mora

Crime News: Week of January 13, 2022

News Staff
Friday, January 14, 2022
Car chase shootout crosses county lines After a high-speed, county-crossing car chase and shootout on Interstate 10, Chambers County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies arrested an Illinois man for a bevy of offenses, including possession of a controlled substance and attempted capital murder.
Ryan Foret & Foret Tradition

Ryan Foret & Foret Tradition

Live music schedule Jan. 14-19

Chad Cooper
Friday, January 14, 2022
Brick & Barley (Orange) Wed., Jan. 19: Caylan Daughrity   Blue Martini (Golden Nugget) Fri., Jan. 14: Satellite Sat., Jan. 15: Satellite Sun., Jan. 16: Jarvis & The Gents   Dylan’s (Port Arthur) Fri., Jan. 14: Primo Sat., Jan. 15: Spellbound Sun., Jan.
The current cloverleaf interchange of US 69/TX 73 will be soon changed to a turbine design depicted in the TxDOT concept image

The current cloverleaf interchange of US 69/TX 73 will be soon changed to a turbine design depicted in the TxDOT concept image

News Shorts: Week of Jan 13, 2022

News Staff
Friday, January 14, 2022
Canceled by COVID The Jan. 6 men’s basketball contest between Lamar University’s Men’s Basketball and New Mexico State Men’s Basketball was canceled and will not be rescheduled, according to Lamar University Athletics Director Marco Born, due to not enough players to play the game.
Author and gardening expert Randy Lemmon

Author and gardening expert Randy Lemmon

Good News: Week of Jan 13, 2022

News Staff
Friday, January 14, 2022
Go green thumb The McFaddin-Ward House is inviting the community to hear author and gardening expert Randy Lemmon discuss regional gardening practices at a lecture scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Visitor Center Lecture Hall, 1906 Calder Ave. in Beaumont.
An illustration of Andy Coughlan, elected to serve as the 2022-23 president of the Press Club of Southeast Texas

An illustration of Andy Coughlan, elected to serve as the 2022-23 president of the Press Club of Southeast Texas

Press Club board takes shape in new year

News Staff
Friday, January 14, 2022
Andy Coughlan of Beaumont has been elected to serve as the 2022-23 president of the Press Club of Southeast Texas. Coughlan teaches journalism at Lamar University where he is adviser to the student newspaper, The University Press.
Stop human trafficking

Stop human trafficking

Human Trafficking prevention training

Jennifer Johnson
Friday, January 14, 2022
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging health care practitioners and interested members of the public to take its new online human trafficking awareness and prevention training course.
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