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Phelan, Covey to meet in May runoff

With the unofficial results tabulated, the March 5 Republican Primary in Southeast Texas elicited a high-ranking runoff. Speaker of the House and incumbent State Rep. Dade Phelan will face newcomer David Covey in the May 28 runoff for the District 21 House seat.
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Teacher surprised with $5,000 check

Lumberton Primary School teacher Paisley Romero submitted an application for a STEAM grant through Indorama Ventures and The Beaumont Children’s Museum and was surprised with a check for $5,000 during a school-wide assembly on Feb. 20.
Katharine & Company

Katharine & Company

First Thursday returns March 7

The community is invited to attend "First Thursday" at the historic Mildred Building from 5:30-9 p.m. on March 7. Free First Thursday has become a tradition along Calder Avenue in Beaumont’s Old Town neighborhood and it all started at Katharine & Company, which is located at 1495 Calder Ave.
Photo by Dannie Oliveaux | The Examiner

Photo by Dannie Oliveaux | The Examiner

Beaumont PD investigating dead body found at Beaumont CVB

  Beaumont Police Department detectives are investigating a deceased person on Monday, March 4. At 7:59 am, BPD officers responded to 505 Willow Street in reference to a deceased person sitting up against the Beaumont Convention and Visitors Building.
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Happy day for mental health care in SETX

For the last 50 years, proponents of Southeast Texas mental health care expansion have been working to facilitate meeting the needs of this community; now, with local representative Dade Phelan serving as the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, state lawmakers have not only heard the...