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Mudbug sales halted by media post

A Jefferson County game warden followed up on information from a social media post where a subject was selling live crawfish, according to a release from the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Big Thicket brings in big bucks, jobs

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 309,053 visitors to Big Thicket National Preserve in 2020 spent $20.3 million in communities near the Southeast Texas park. That spending supported 256 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $26.7 million.

Beaumont elects new mayor

Voters turned up to mailboxes and election polls throughout Beaumont leading up to the runoff for the city's next mayor on June 19, selecting Robin Mouton to lead the city on the City Council dais.   The winner secured 51.

Mouton leads Beaumont mayor race after early voting total

Job fair open to all

Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas is hosting an in-person job fair in Hardin County on Monday, June 28. The event is free and open to the public. The job fair will be held at Young Youth Adult Fellowship Alliance (YYAFA), 170 Highway 418 W in Silsbee, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 p.m.

Butterfly license plate on sale on Monday

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) launched the long-awaited Monarch Butterfly conservation license plate on June 21, raising money to help conserve monarch butterflies and other native Texas, non-game, at-risk species.

Orange man shot in chest

Within hours, Orange police reported that detectives had a “person of interest” identified in connection to a June 17 shooting that sent one man to the hospital with a chest wound. Orange Police Department Captain W. K.

Cable, internet company preps for worst as storm approaches

Spectrum sent out word to its customers in Southeast Texas late Thursday, June 17, warning of potential outages due to a storm expected to make landfall over the weekend. “Recent forecasts indicate severe weather may impact your area,” communication from the communications company read.

Beaumont engineer sentenced for $13 million COVID-relief fraud

Beaumont engineer Shashank Rai, 31, has been sentenced for his participation in a scheme to file two fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $13 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid,...

American Numismatic Association names Fuljenz 2021 Dealer of the Year

Michael Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin & Bullion in Beaumont (www.UniversalCoin.com), has been named the 2021 Dealer of the Year by the Congressionally-chartered American Numismatic Association (ANA www.money.org).