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My five cents...

News Staff

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

1. Property tax relief passes Senate One hundred years ago this week, Lamar University in Beaumont originated as South Park Junior College when the Beaumont ISD superintendent sought to develop plans for a junior college.

Servicemen in Vietnam top Vidorian front page stories this week in 1968

News Staff

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

5 YEARS AGO March 29, 2018: 2,600 candy Easter eggs were dropped from a helicopter hovering over the Pine Forest Elementary School playground on Wednesday morning. The father of one of the school's fourth graders is flying the chop per.

Long time Sheriff's Deputy and Investigator Captain David Reeves has been promoted to Chief Deputy of the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Reeves, who has been in law enforcement for 34 years takes over the reigns of the Sheriff's Office from Vidorian Mike Marion who recently left the department to join the Orange County Attorney's office as a prosecutor. Archive Photo

Looking Back 3/27/2018

News Staff

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Ask Rusty – How Do I Withdraw My Application for Social Security?

News Staff

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Dear Rusty: I will be 67 next month and reached my full retirement age in July 2022. My wife and I are discussing whether we should take Social Security now or wait until we are age 70 to get a higher benefit.

Aging workers are in demand; they are reliable, mature and professional

News Staff

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

ASSOCIATION OF MATURE AMERICAN CITIZENS It’s a given that the state of the U.S. economy over the past several years has caused many elders in our population to go back to work or, for those who are already in the workplace, to keep their jobs as long as they can.

Mayor Rainbolt announces opening of new city dump on Sparrow Lane

News Staff

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

5 YEARS AGO March 22, 2018: Two men wearing masks and brandishing weapons robbed the Lakeview Grocery in the 900 block of FM 1131.

Bill would require fentanyl education

News Staff

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The death of a Leander High School graduate from a fentanyl overdose has prompted state Rep.

Dozens died in 1912 locomotive explosion

Texas History By Bartee Haile

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Federal investigators and a blue-ribbon committee pressed ahead on Mar. 24, 1912 with probes of the worst manmade calamity in San Antonio since the fall of the Alamo.

Ask Rusty - Cutting Social Security Will Make Me Lose My Home!

Ask Rusty Cutting Social Security Will Make Me Lose My Home!

News Staff

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Dear Rusty: Politicians are talking about taking money from Social Security, but I need that money to support my daughter and pay for my home. I'm a widow, and my husband passed in 2017. I'll lose my home if my Social Security benefits are cut. Please help.

OPINION: An urgent immediate call for state laws & county ordinances by Paul S. Gardiner

News Staff

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

ASSOCIATION OF MATURE AMERICAN CITIZENS There is an urgent immediate need for specially crafted state laws and where necessary, county ordinances to protect American citizens from the totalitarian dictates of the international World Health Organization (WHO).

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