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Campus on lockdown

Campus on lockdown

School threatened, placed on lockdown

Jennifer Johnson
Monday, September 13, 2021
The afternoon of Sept. 13, Beaumont ISD’s Odom Academy middle school campus was placed under a "secure lockout" when a threat in the form of a letter was received by campus leadership.
Yailine Obregon

Yailine Obregon

Port Neches native serves aboard USS Essex

Scott McLendon
Monday, September 13, 2021
A Port Neches, Texas, native is serving aboard USS Essex, a U.S. Navy Wasp class amphibious assault ship. Petty Officer 3rd Class Yailine Obregon is a 2018 graduate of Port Neches High School and Northern Virginia Community College graduate.
The best way to prevent post-COVID conditions is by getting vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as you can.

The best way to prevent post-COVID conditions is by getting vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as you can.

An ounce of prevention

Scott McLendon
Monday, September 13, 2021
The United States recently surpassed 40 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to a weekly update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with more than 4 million of these cases reported in the past few weeks.
Beckett

Beckett

Girlfriend gashed after couple’s quarrel

Scott McLendon
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Just before 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, Port Arthur Police Department (PAPD) officers responded to the 8500 block of Davis Avenue in reference to a woman who had been stabbed multiple times. According to a news release penned by PAPD Sgt.
Hearing document attached

Hearing document attached

Beaumont doctor restrained after report

Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Months after an administrative investigation was sparked into allegations of a Beaumont doctor inappropriately touching underage girls under the influence of anesthesia, local criminal investigating agencies have no evidence of the alleged crime being reported to law enforcement personnel.
More and more children are appearing in hospitals across the county, requiring COVID treatment

More and more children are appearing in hospitals across the county, requiring COVID treatment

CDC, local nurses: More children are catching COVID

Scott McLendon
Friday, September 3, 2021
Echoing what more than a dozen nurses told The Examiner this week, a study released Sept. 3 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that COVID cases are increasing among patients younger than 17. Among U.S.
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