Item #221111 was a request submitted by Dan Priest to rezone his property from R-1 (Single-Family Dwelling District) to C-2 (Community Business District). The property is located at 317 S. Main Street Tract 140, Abstract 53, in the SK VanMeter Survey, P#53-230, 1#2012-33951, in Lumberton, Hardin County, Texas.

11-01-2022 - Akiyah Lynn Nash, black female, age 19, arrested on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity-theft greater than or equal to $500 and less than $1500. 11-02-2022 - Tiffany Ann Andrews, white female, age 33, arrested for an outstanding warrant from another agency, on a charge of failure to identify a fugitive from justice (MB) and a charge of tamper fabricate physical evidence with intent to impair (F3).

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

The City of Silsbee and the members of Boy Scout Troop 88 will be holding a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, November 12 at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the Veterans Memorial Park on Earnest Ave.

Beaumont – The spotlight will soon shine on ten Lamar University students who will star in the next episode of “The College Tour,” an award-winning series streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Stephanie Barron, Jay Fields, Antonio Lopez Maldonado, Allaina Melancon, Alexis Miller, Zaid Mohammed, Jacob Murphy, Hannah Norwood, Landon Richard and Emily Smith will each lead a segment focusing on their own student experiences and love for Lamar University.

BEAUMONT – Two Southeast Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

The Silsbee Fire Department answered 77 calls during the month of October. These included 17 fire calls.

School Boards The Lumberton ISD Board of Trustees meet the first Thursday after the first Monday each month at 7 p.m. at the Administration Building, 121 South Main Street.

HARDIN COUNTY – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers investigated a non-injury crash involving a commercial motor vehicle on Farm-to-Market Road 418, just east of Village Creek, today, November 8, 2022.

The Hardin County Commissioners court met before a packed house Tuesday with a long agenda of largely housekeeping topics. However, one of the items of interest was a resolution number 30-22 in support of project safety for our local communities and protections to the Big Thicket National Preserve with the retention of native vegetation on US Highway 69 Gateway to the Big Thicket Parkway. The item largely had to do with a proposal to remove trees from the median on Highway 69 from Village Creek to the Tyler County line. The item was requested by Ellen Buchanan and Mary Bernard of the Big Thicket Association.