Photo: Galveston County Sheriff’s Office If you get arrested in Galveston County, you’re going to have to wear hot pink. The Galveston County Jail is replacing the typical olive green uniforms often used in Texas jails with “new safety pink jumpsuits,” Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Feb. 24. The Sheriff’s OfficeContinueContinue reading “Galveston County Jail inmates now have to wear hot pink to ‘prevent crime’”
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Here’s what my Saturday nights look like as a journalist
Here’s what my Saturday nights look like as a journalist. This is from one night a few weeks ago when both of the freelance stringers went out to other calls and I got video of a police chase. Walking up with a camera while the scene is still happening is quite an experience. I’ve stoodContinueContinue reading “Here’s what my Saturday nights look like as a journalist”
‘Killing Spree’ survivor turns trauma into art
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on April 26, 2018. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Erin DeLeon shows off her ceramic plate which she made as a tribute to her uncle who was murdered in 1998. Her work will be featured in the senior thesis art show, which opensContinueContinue reading “‘Killing Spree’ survivor turns trauma into art”
Lamar University Police, Beaumont Police investigating possible attempted kidnappings
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on April 26, 2018. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Breland Patterson’s aunt posted a Facebook warning April 20, describing how Patterson was approached by a white female in her mid 40s driving a white car. The woman rolled her window down and askedContinueContinue reading “Lamar University Police, Beaumont Police investigating possible attempted kidnappings”
Wanted: Beaumont Police seeks identity of gas station robbery suspects
Photo: Beaumont Police This article was originally published in The Examiner on Feb. 8, 2018. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Two suspects robbed a gas station in Beaumont’s South End Tuesday night,. The robbery happened at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at the Shop ‘N Save, which is located in the 2600 block of South FourthContinueContinue reading “Wanted: Beaumont Police seeks identity of gas station robbery suspects”
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