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Louisiana native, former The Voice contestant to headline Lake Charles music festival
An annual southwest Louisiana festival that has been around for more than 30 years will feature artists from the region as headliners this year. On Wednesday, the Marshland Music Festival announced that its headliners for 2026 will include Zydeco legend and Soileau native Keith Frank, along with The Voice season 16 runner-up and Singer native Gyth Rigdon in a Facebook post.
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Liberty Municipal Golf Course now ranks among Texas’ best nine-hole public courses
For many years, the golf course off Beaumont Avenue in Liberty was known as Magnolia Ridge Country Club. Some residents remember it as a familiar community landmark. Others remember when it struggled and eventually closed. Today, it has a new identity and a new energy as Liberty Municipal Golf Course,...
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Museum of the Gulf Coast highlights Southeast Texas veterans, shipbuilding history ahead of America 250
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The Gorgeous Texas Library That Looks Like Something From A Book Lover’s Dream
The Tyrrell Historical Library in Beaumont, Texas, is proof that fairy tales can exist right here in Southeast Texas. This isn’t your average library with fluorescent lights and industrial carpeting. You know that feeling when you’re reading a fantasy novel and the author describes some impossibly grand castle library...
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Historian reflects on the lasting impact of the 1943 Beaumont Race Riot
The 1943 Beaumont Race Riot left three people dead, displaced thousands of residents, and destroyed parts of Beaumont's Black community. Eighty-two years after the Beaumont Race Riot, a local historian says remembering one of the city's darkest chapters is essential to understanding its past and building a stronger future. The...
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Juneteenth events Friday and Saturday span Port Arthur, Beaumont, Orange and Galveston
Communities across Southeast Texas are marking Juneteenth with parades, festivals, music, cultural performances and family activities Friday and Saturday. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, informing enslaved people in Texas that they were free. The announcement came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Port Arthur kicks off Juneteenth celebration with parade, block party and more
Port Arthur is hosting a series of Juneteenth events, including a brunch with guest speakers and entertainment, a parade along Proctor Street, and a Culture Block Party with live entertainment and DJs. Port Arthur is preparing to celebrate Juneteenth with a series of events, and city leaders are inviting people...
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Historian reflects on the lasting impact of the 1943 Beaumont Race Riot
BEAUMONT, Texas — Eighty-two years after the Beaumont Race Riot, a local historian says remembering one of the city's darkest chapters is essential to understanding its past and building a stronger future. The 1943 Beaumont Race Riot left three people dead, displaced thousands of residents and destroyed parts of...
KPLC TV
Local Star-Spangled Sing-Off winner advances to regional round
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Over the past few weeks, we’ve been searching for a standout performance from right here in SWLA, and 43 local singers stepped up to deliver their best take on the Star-Spangled Banner. You watched, and thousands of you voted to narrow it down to...
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County Line 5 Takes the Stage for State Convention Fundraiser
Kirbyville FFA Band, County Line 5, will perform Saturday, June 20, at Kirbyville Magnolia Park before their trip to the 2026 Texas State FFA Convention. County Line 5 is made up of Kirbyville FFA members Case Loper, Thomas Glenn, Sydney Chambers, TJ Roberts, and Kaleb Wingfield. The band was formed after several Kirbyville FFA members attended the 2025 Texas State FFA Convention and watched Huntington FFA win the state talent contest. Huntington is also part of the McGee Bend District and Area 9, which inspired the Kirbyville students to start their own talent team.
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Juneteenth events Friday and Saturday span Port Arthur, Beaumont, Orange and Galveston
Communities across Southeast Texas are marking Juneteenth with parades, festivals, music, cultural performances and family activities Friday and Saturday. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, informing enslaved people in Texas that they were free. The announcement came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.