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SPORTS SHORTS: Basketball | Week of Feb. 2

Legacy Christian senior R.J. Jackson became only the third player in school history to score 1,000 points throughout their high school career. Jackson is a four-year starter on the court and also played football for the Warriors. Buna senior Garrison Connell also joined the 1,000-point club Jan.

Man guilty of child sex crimes dies in jail

A Hardin County man who received a life sentence to Texas imprisonment – plus 160 years – for multiple child sex crimes, died in the Hardin County Jail on Jan 31. Ronnie Lee Gordon, 64, of Silsbee, died about 3:30 p.m.

Man sentenced for murder of ‘friend’

After pleading guilty to the murder of a man he called his “friend,” Darian Petry of Port Arthur was sentenced to the maximum allowed under a plea agreement with prosecutors at the end of January. Petry stood accused of shooting longtime friend Kenneth Swallow, 30, of Port Arthur, on Aug. 16, 2020.

NY man arrested near Beaumont school

Numerous reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area of St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica School and Temple Emanuel led to the arrest of a Brooklyn, New York man, according to a Beaumont Police Department (BPD) statement.

TCEQ penalizes infractions

Jan. 25, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved penalties totaling $423,255 against 26 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations.

Methodist minister started first African-American school in Beaumont

The function  of education is  to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.’  – Martin Luther King, Jr.

LU announces 2023 Distinguished Alumni award recipients

As the first month of the new year came to a close, Lamar University announced the recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Open mic

BAW Resale & Interiors, LLC, “Beaumont’s Antique Warehouse,” at 1096 Calder Ave. in Beaumont, is welcoming the community to a new First Thursday event, introducing the “BAW Lounge 1st Thursday Open Mic/ Poetry Nite.” The inaugural event will take place Feb. 2, with shopping from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Vegetable canning class planned

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office, 11475 FM 1442 in Orange, will host a vegetable canning class on Saturday, March 4. Hands on canning will be taught by Family and Community Health Agent Fallon White. The class is $35 per person and payment is due by Feb. 24. Call (409) 882-7010 to register.

Free permits to trap feral hogs in Big Thicket

Big Thicket Preserve staff will issue free feral hog trapping permits at the visitor center beginning Monday, Feb. 6, at 9 a.m. Permits will be issued first-come, first-served until all 50 have been claimed. A Texas hunting license is required for trapping in the preserve.