Kountze City Administrator Rod Hutto was reprimanded by the Kountze City Council at a regular council meeting last Thursday, but is being allowed to remain on paid administrative leave at least for a time.

The Silsbee Police Department has released the following information. Each individual named in this report is assumed to be innocent until proven guilty.

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

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

Terri Woods, Administrative Coordinator of the Newton County History Center and Museum in Newton, Texas. will be the speaker for a meeting of the Hardin County Genealogical Society at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at 220 West Main Street in Kountze. The public is invited.

A name was misspelled in last week’s list of marriage licenses issued during the month of June in Hardin County. Among those were those of Nathaniel Allemang and Ashley Faye Alexander.

A 37-year-old woman was taken by helicopter to Houston Kingwood Hospital and two children were taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after an ATV flipped over on private property north of Silsbee shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday.

On Saturday, August 5, 2023, at approximately 12:08 p.m., the Vidor Police Department Dispatch Center received numerous calls of a disturbance at the intersection of N. Main and East Tram. The caller advised that there were several armed individuals with masks that were causing a disturbance.

In the vibrant town of Beaumont, Texas, a young Trent Ebarb discovered a passion for martial arts by the age of 14. Raised by his loving and supportive parents, Kerri Leonard and Randall Ebarb, and with guidance from his uncle, Jason Ebarb, Trent’s family played an essential role in shaping his journey.