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Charity event offers peak in couples’ lives

Couples are coming together to serve up laughs, food and a few pointers on marital bliss with the “Not-So Newlywed Game” event, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 9, all to benefit the work of Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas.

Super Bowl of Gumbo

“The Cajun Sensation” Chef Gerald Burton will once again cook his famous gumbo for the HOW Center’s eighth annual Super Bowl of Gumbo fundraiser. Cold weather and football?

Rotary Club ‘has heart’ for Beaumont students

More than 100 members of the Rotary Club of Beaumont gathered at the MCM Elegante Hotel Ballroom on Jan. 25 for their weekly luncheon.

Pizza thief threatens pizza store manager

John Christopher Adcock, 41, of Nederland allegedly robbed Mellow Mushroom in Beaumont by eating and attempting to dash – but failed to get out of the door before threatening employees of the restaurant with bodily harm.

New name, age for murder suspect in PA homicide

An 18-year-old Port Arthur man was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury in connection with a fatal shooting on Sept. 10, 2022 – one where 15-year-old Kalin White was previously certified to stand trial as an adult for the same murder.

Meth pipe toss lands men in jail

A pair of Hardin County men were arrested the week of Jan. 22, according to the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO). Sheriff Bryan Weatherford reports that deputies stopped a passenger car on FM 92, south of Fred, near the 92 Restaurant, for a traffic violation.

Search warrant nabs felon

A search warrant executed by the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) Narcotics investigators, assisted by several other division and agencies, resulted in the arrest of a convicted felon on Jan. 27.

West Brook weapon felony to be dropped

The then 20-year-old woman who brought a gun through the metal detectors at Beaumont ISD’s West Brook High School in the fall of 2022 will either enter a pre-trial diversion program or have her charge dropped to a misdemeanor, according to what the woman’s attorneys told Jefferson County 252nd...

Woman charged with running over child’s father

A Vidor woman was indicted for aggravated assault by a Jefferson County grand jury on Jan. 25, having allegedly used her vehicle to run over the father of her child. The victim reportedly survived the attack.

School shooting threat leads to decades behind bars

A Lumberton man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for threatening to “shoot up a school,” as well as making threats to law enforcement officers and a justice of the peace. According to court records, Steven Raibon Clawson, 29, was convicted Dec.