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12th Annual Scarecrow Festival - Tues-Sat Oct. 11-Nov. 5 - Free Admission

12th Annual Scarecrow Festival - Tues-Sat Oct. 11-Nov. 5 - Free Admission

Scarecrow season at Shangri La

Chad Cooper
Thursday, October 6, 2022
It’s beginning to look, and feel, a lot like fall. Each October, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in nearby Orange hosts the largest Scarecrow Festival in Texas with dozens of hand-crafted scarecrow exhibits displayed throughout the gardens.
A diagram from the cdc detailing how to handle a stroke

A diagram from the cdc detailing how to handle a stroke

CHRISTUS launches new stroke treatment program

News Staff
Friday, September 30, 2022
CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System has launched a new stroke treatment program that its doctors say is “improving treatment for stroke patients.” The health system has implemented the CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Stroke Program at three local facilities, St. Elizabeth, St.

Hardin County Health Inspectors Report

News Staff
Friday, September 30, 2022
The result for August inspections were released by Inspectors ReJena Bolton, CP-FS, Health Inspector Manager and Sheli Richardson, Foodborne/Waterborne Health/Pool Investigator: Kat’s Korner – 130 E. Ave.
Sheila Umphrey, wife of the late Walter Umphrey

Sheila Umphrey, wife of the late Walter Umphrey

Sports shorts: Week of 9/29/22

Chad Cooper
Friday, September 30, 2022
Museum of the Gulf Coast The Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur welcomed four new members into the Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 24, including three into Sports and one into Notable People. Jason Tyner, a West Brook graduate, is a former Texas A&M and Major League Baseball player.
First Baptist Church Pumpkin Patch

First Baptist Church Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin season

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
First Baptist Church of Bridge City, 200 W. Round Bunch Road, is welcoming guests daily to its recently engorged Pumpkin Patch – perfect for pictures, picnics and bring-home purchases.
Southeast Texas Press Club members present a $12,000 check.

Southeast Texas Press Club members present a $12,000 check.

Press Club funds scholarship endowment

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Sept. 26, the Press Club of Southeast Texas officially presented the Lamar University Foundation with a $12,000 check to benefit the Lamar University Department of Communication and Media student scholarship recipient endowment.
Silsbee High School students in PPE pose with crushed watermelon pieces

Silsbee High School students in PPE pose with crushed watermelon pieces

SHS students learn importance of PPE

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
The Patient Care Technician students in Heather Wiggins’ Health Science class at Silsbee High School have been learning the importance of personal protective equipment (PPE), when to wear it, and how to wear it correctly.
Elderly hands

Elderly hands

Delayed retirement credits

News Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2022
People who delay starting their Social Security beyond their full retirement age get a bonus equal to two-thirds of 1% added to their Social Security checks for each month they wait to begin benefits.
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