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Victorian Valentine

Learn about the history of Valentine's Day, interesting Victorian Valentine traditions, and create Valentine's Day cards to share with loved ones at the McFaddin-Ward House's Vintage Valentine Workshop at 1 p.m. on Feb. 13. The Valentine’s event is free and open to participants age 8 and up.

Showing love for Valentine’s

All six Buckner senior living community locations across Texas are now accepting letters and cards for Valentine’s Day to bring hope and joy to senior adults and senior living employees.

Cold temps bring house fire threat

As a potential winter storm is expected to impact Texas in the coming days, the American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast region is urging families to safely heat their home to avoid home fires as the temperatures drop in our areas.

Art: It’s Elementary

Art aficionados have until Feb. 26 to appreciate the works on display at the third annual Stark Museum of Art elementary exhibition: ART: It’s Elementary.

Beaumont traffic alert

The Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management issued a traffic alert for motorists traveling US 69 north through Beaumont for the next three days.

Couple sought in connection to child abuse

The Port Arthur Police Department is asking for help in locating two individuals wanted for several counts of injury to a child: Dylan Wiggins, 27, and girlfriend, Krystal Kirbow, 37. According to PAPD, the pair has 13 outstanding warrants for felony injury to a child.

Stolen utility wire lands Texas man in Louisiana jail

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives previously arrested two suspects for the theft of utility wire reported in November 2021, but this week, the Louisiana law enforcers collected a third suspect – a man from Port Arthur, who was arrested in Orange.

Lumberton man charged with video voyeurism

A 22-year-old Lumberton man is facing charges in Louisiana for allegedly video recording a woman in the nude without her permission.

Fleeing mother abandons son

In the wake of hit-and-run, a mother was indicted Jan. 26 for allegedly leaving her 13-year-old child in a wrecked auto when she abandoned the car – and the child – and fled from the scene on foot. A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Miranda Antoinette Kellogg, 36 for abandoning a child.

Middle school student detained for bringing weapon to school

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office reports that investigators responded to Orangefield Junior High School at approximately noon on Friday, Jan. 28, in response to a call from a school employee reporting that a 13-year-old student in the 8th grade was being detained following a fight on campus...