This article was originally published in The Examiner on October 19, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer A mother and her five children died in a fire at their home just after midnight on Wednesday, according to Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis. The six victims were discovered in the remains of the home, and authorities sayContinueContinue reading “Mother, five children die in house fire near Silsbee”
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Outside the Box: God in the City program at Beaumont’s First Baptist reaches out to first responders, schools
Beaumont Police Officer Jason Torres, Robert Canizales, Beau Tallarita Moody, Brie Brady, Felicia Jerdee and Sam Rueda. | Photo: Eleanor Skelton This article was originally published in The Examiner on May 4, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Many people have criticized evangelical churches over the last decade for being politically divisive, shallow and disconnected fromContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: God in the City program at Beaumont’s First Baptist reaches out to first responders, schools”
Former Lumberton band booster treasurer faces up to 20 years in prison
Helen Louise Cox | Photo: Hardin County Sheriff’s Office This article was originally published in The Examiner on March 2, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Hardin County grand jurors indicted former Lumberton band booster treasurer Helen Louise Cox for second-degree felony theft. This new indictment replaces the original, lesser third-degree felony charge. A second-degree felony conviction canContinueContinue reading “Former Lumberton band booster treasurer faces up to 20 years in prison”
Lumberton band booster club treasurer charged with theft
Helen Cox, former Jason’s Deli forensic accountant, was taken into custody and charged with stealing more than $70,000 from the Lumberton Band booster club account summer 2016. | Photo: Eleanor Skelton This article was originally published in The Examiner on Dec. 8, 2016. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Helen Cox told police that she gambled inContinueContinue reading “Lumberton band booster club treasurer charged with theft”
No students injured after Hardin-Jefferson school bus crashes into telephone pole
Photo: Texas Department of Public Safety This article was originally published in The Examiner on Dec. 1, 2016. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer A Hardin-Jefferson ISD school bus crashed into a telephone pole on Old Sour Lake Road Tuesday morning. Troopers at the scene reported the school bus driver was turning right onto Patna Drive fromContinueContinue reading “No students injured after Hardin-Jefferson school bus crashes into telephone pole”
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