Southeast Texas

Patients are treated in makeshift rooms at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in September 2021.

Patients are treated in makeshift rooms at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in September 2021.

Editorial update: Heralding local health care heroes

Scott McLendon
Thursday, January 6, 2022
While reflecting back on the stories of 2021, it would be nigh on impossible to find a Southeast Texan who wasn’t negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beaumont Police Department Chief Jimmy Singletary names Shera LaPoint a Crime Stopper of the Year for her help with the recently solved Mary Catherine Edwards cold case.

Beaumont Police Department Chief Jimmy Singletary names Shera LaPoint a Crime Stopper of the Year for her help with the recently solved Mary Catherine Edwards cold case.

Crime Stoppers celebrates 40 years with awards banquet

Sharon Brooks
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas celebrated 40 years of service to the community, connecting law enforcement, media and the public to solve crimes and put their perpetrators behind bars. During the nonprofit’s annual event on Oct.
Hearing document attached

Hearing document attached

Beaumont doctor restrained after report

Jennifer Johnson
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Months after an administrative investigation was sparked into allegations of a Beaumont doctor inappropriately touching underage girls under the influence of anesthesia, local criminal investigating agencies have no evidence of the alleged crime being reported to law enforcement personnel.
Emergency care

Emergency care

Three ERs to close amid ‘COVID-19 surge’

Jennifer Johnson
Monday, August 23, 2021
“Due to the continued COVID-19 surge and its ongoing impact to our system’s operations, Memorial Hermann is closing the 24-Hour Emergency Rooms inside the following Convenient Care Centers effective today, Aug. 23, 2021, at 5 p.m.
Hospital admission surges

Hospital admission surges

COVID update

Jennifer Johnson
Monday, August 9, 2021
Texas Medical Center issued a COVID-19 Data Update on Monday, Aug. 9, that reveals upwards of 2,000 persons a day are seeking out vaccine administration at the center’s facilities.
Big Thicket kayaking

Big Thicket kayaking

Big Thicket brings in big bucks, jobs

Jennifer Johnson
Monday, June 21, 2021
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 309,053 visitors to Big Thicket National Preserve in 2020 spent $20.3 million in communities near the Southeast Texas park. That spending supported 256 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $26.7 million.
'Looking for a job'

'Looking for a job'

Job fair open to all

Jennifer Johnson
Friday, June 18, 2021
Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas is hosting an in-person job fair in Hardin County on Monday, June 28. The event is free and open to the public. The job fair will be held at Young Youth Adult Fellowship Alliance (YYAFA), 170 Highway 418 W in Silsbee, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 p.m.
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