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Sports Shorts: Lamar Cardinals

Both men’s and women’s basketball teams were defeated Jan. 14 by Texas A&M-Commerce. The men (5-13, 1-4) fell 81-66 and the women (8-8, 2-3) lost, 57-52. Both teams will play a double-header at home Thursday, Jan. 19, against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beginning at 5 p.m.

Sports Shorts: Boxing

Orange native O’Shaquie “Ice Water” Foster will fight for the WBC super featherweight world title Saturday, Feb. 11, when he steps into the ring against undefeated two-division champion Rey Vargas (36-0) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Foster, who is ranked No.

Sports Shorts: College football

Mississippi State hired Nederland native Kevin Barbay as the team’s new offensive coordinator. Barbay, 40, took the job after leading Appalachian State to one of the nation’s top offenses. He has also spent time at Central Michigan and Florida.

Sports Shorts: High school football

Silsbee Junior Dre’lon Miller was named the Built Ford Tough 4A Player of The Year on Jan. 14 in an awards ceremony held in Frisco, Texas.

Scholarship campaign announced at A&M

The most aggressive scholarship campaign in the history of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences began today with an announcement by Jeffrey W. Savell, Ph.D., vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences, of the Dean’s Excellence Scholarships.

Emergency SNAP benefits extended

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has again provided the state with more than $344.1 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits for January, benefitting about 1.6 million Texas households The funds are distributed by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

LISD to host second town hall meeting

Lumberton ISD will host a second Safety and Security Town Hall Meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23, at the Performing Arts Center.

Juvenile injured in ATV crash in Jefferson County

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is investigating a crash involving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on Camellia Drive, near Oleander Avenue, in Jefferson County. According to DPS, the preliminary investigation indicated that, at 4:40 p.m. on Jan.

Commissioners OKs amendment to policy

In their first meeting of the year on Jan. 10, the Hardin County Commissioners Court tackled a light agenda, including approval of a request from Emergency Management Coordinator Aaron Tupper to amend the current Hardin County Policy for Disaster/Emergency Closing.

Regional transit study underway by SETRPC

The South East Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC) is currently conducting a Regional Transit Connectivity Study to assess the demand for regional transit services connecting cities and towns in Southeast Texas.