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Empowering young voices: Middle schoolers honor Barbara Jordan legacy with mock election

Honoring the legacy of late Senator Barbara Jordan, local middle school students participated in their very own election Oct. 24, with students at Odom and Vincent middle schools taking to the polls to select their favorite staff member in an election headed by the Barbara Jordan Leadership...

Breast Cancer Awareness Spotlight: Empowering women with love, hope

This is a story about two women – a mother and her daughter – both leaders, fighters and survivors; this is also a story about a community transformed by their love.

All eyes on Election 2024

With the Nov. 5 general election only days away, officials in Southeast Texas report seeing a large voter turnout during the early-voting period in; still, it would take a late surge to surpass the record 2020 numbers, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Accused predator posts $400K cash bond, released on house arrest

After 565 days in the custody of Jefferson County Correctional Facility staff, Billy Lynn Woolley found himself a free man thanks to the presentation of $400,000 in cashier’s checks paid to bail out the accused predator and fraudster Oct. 7.

Election officials note large turnout in early voting

In Jefferson, Hardin and Orange counties, election officials are seeing a large turnout in early voting for the Nov. 5 general election, according to staff speaking with The Examiner.

Tax preparer sentenced for IRS fraud

A Beaumont woman has been sentenced to serve a single year (and three months) in federal prison and pay restitution of more than $195,000 for fraudulently preparing tax returns for clients and then siphoning off the claimed relief before the taxpayer ever had a chance to see the cash.

Middle school staffer tests positive for cadre of controlled substances at sentencing for assaulting officer

A third-party employee claiming to be a teacher at Beaumont ISD’s Vincent Middle School stood before Jefferson County Criminal District Court Judge John Stevens on Tuesday, Oct. 15, pleading guilty to second-degree felony assault of a peace officer and admitting to using cocaine and marijuana a...

Shawn Webb-Locke has concerning past and lack of experience

Rashawn “Shawn” Webb-Locke is the Democratic candidate for Jefferson County tax assessor-collector.