AUSTIN—Residents in a total of 35 Texas counties now qualify for individual disaster assistance following a series of severe storms and flooding that began in late April, The Dallas Morning News reported.

by Dan Eakin In May, we observe Mother’s Day and in June, we observe Father’s Day. It is rightly so that there be one special day each year set aside to especially honor our mothers and our fathers.

A 23-year-old Saratoga man was killed in an oilfield accident south of Batson last Thursday. Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis said Hardin County Sheriff ’s Office investigators responded to 25375 FM Hwy 770 south of Batson about 12:45 p.m.

The Silsbee Police Department has released the following information. Each individual in this report is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The Hardin County Tax office will be closed from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Hardin County Sheriff ’s Office has released the following information. Each individual in this report is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The Lumberton Police Department has released the following information. Each individual in this report is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

A total of five law enforcement officers, either with Hardin County or with a police department in Hardin County. received awards at an appreciation dinner sponsored by the Hardin County Crime Victims Assistance Center at the Abundant Life Church in Silsbee Thursday night.

Southeast Texas Wrestling (SWF) will be starting live shows at the gymnasium used by the Boys and Girls Club of Hardin County (BGCHC) beginning Saturday, June 29. The gym is located at 1005 North Seventh Street in Silsbee. The wrestling promotion approached the BGCHC in the middle of April to ask for use of the facility and were given permission to do so. The SWF will share proceeds from ticket sales with the BGCHC.

The public is invited to drop by the Silsbee Bee office at 404 Hwy 96 S. between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday, June 20, to help The Bee celebrate 105 years of being in operation and to meet the owner, former owner and the Silsbee Bee newspaper staff..