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Get Youth Outdoors Day

Get Youth Outdoors Day

Provost Umphrey Law Firm to host free fun day for kids

News Staff
Monday, April 18, 2022
Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP and the Union Sportsmen Alliance (USA) are partnering to bring a sporting clays shoot and free youth outdoors day to Southeast Texas on Sunday, April 24, during the second annual "Get Youth Outdoors Day." From 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Luis Torres, 20, of Port Arthur

Luis Torres, 20, of Port Arthur

Manslaughter trial starts for accused BPD killer

Scott McLendon
Monday, April 18, 2022
Nearly two years after investigators say an intoxicated 18-year-old motorist killed a Beaumont police officer while driving his Mustang down the wrong lane of Highway 69, the Port Arthur man’s intoxication manslaughter trial is slated to begin Tuesday, April 19.
In Texas, distracted driving deaths increased 17% in 2021 compared to 2020, claiming the lives of 431 people and seriously injuring another 2,934

In Texas, distracted driving deaths increased 17% in 2021 compared to 2020, claiming the lives of 431 people and seriously injuring another 2,934

TxDOT urges drivers to pay attention

Scott McLendon
Monday, April 18, 2022
A family’s quiet Sunday in the park turned tragic when a driver, distracted while talking on her cell phone, struck two-year-old Allie White in a parking lot, killing her.
Larry Hunter

Larry Hunter

Remembering Larry Hunter

News Staff
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Larry Charles Hunter, 69, passed from this life into the grace of God our father with his wife and two children, their spouses and grandchildren at his side in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 10, 2022, at Baptist Hospital Beaumont.

The best Social Security book I've read

News Staff
Thursday, April 14, 2022
I just finished reading the best book about Social Security that I have ever read. In just under 100 pages, the author explains everything you’d probably ever need to know about our nation’s bedrock social insurance program.
Bunnies.

Bunnies.

Easter events this month

News Staff
Thursday, April 14, 2022
April 14 2nd Annual EGG-ceptional Easter Drive-Thru Thursday, 4:40 p.m. Exceptional Emergency Center, 3330 FM 365 Port Arthur   April 16 John Jay French Museum Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, 1 – 3 p.m.
A series of snapshots depicting Miller running out of court

A series of snapshots depicting Miller running out of court

'Serial runner' leaps from second-floor balcony

News Staff
Thursday, April 14, 2022
By B. Scott McLendon Staff Writer   Immediately conjuring abject chaos in the Jefferson County Courthouse on April 13, a man hopped from the second-floor balcony in an apparent – and failed – attempt to rabbit when a judge told him he’d be taken into custody for a failed drug test.
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