Janis Holt of Silsbee appears to have unseated District 18 State Rep. Ernest Bailes of Shepherd in Tuesday’s Republican Primary.

The Silsbee Tigers will now play Canyon Randle in the state Semi Finals in San Antonio at the Alamodome at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

A woman who allegedly had agreed to sell her child and the couple who allegedly bought it were arrested last Thursday by Lumberton police. Harley Dee Matthews, 28, remained in the Hardin County jail at press time Tuesday on charges relating to the sale of the child and for insurance fraud.

More than 500 people came to the Lumberton High School Performing Arts Center Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17, to get free dental work done by an organization named Texas Mission of Mercy.

An unofficial group composed mostly of senior citizens met at the SCAT (Senior Citizens All Together) building in Kountze last Saturday night and voted 8-3 to keep the building at 250 E. Deer Street and to resume monthly meetings which offer meals, activities and fellowship for senior citizens.

The Silsbee Little League is getting a new menu this year in the form of a local restaurant. Wendy Rodgers, owner of the Tiger Hut, has agreed to run the Little League’s concession stand under the new moniker “Tiger Hut at the Ballpark” with a portion of the proceeds from sales going to the Little League.

A Texas Community Futures Forum has been scheduled in Hardin County to assist local Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Agents and the Leadership Advisory Board identify the most critical issues affecting local citizens.

The Silsbee 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 considered to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

PCT. 1 - Hardin County Courthouse - County Courtroom 300 West Monroe Street, Kountze, TX 77625 PCT. 2 - Hardin County Emergency Service District #6 - Main Building, 1205 North 5th Street, Silsbee, TX 77656 PCT. 3 - Saratoga Volunteer Fire Station - Main Building 16628 FM 770, Saratoga, TX 77585 PCT. 4 - First Baptist Church of Batson - Fellowship Hall 42803 Hwy. 105, Batson, TX 77519 PCT. 5 - Votaw-Thicket Fire Station - Main Building 27917 FM 787, Thicket, TX 77374 PCT. 6 - Crestwood Baptist Church - Fellowship Hall 1150 Hwy. 69 South, Kountze, TX 77625 PCT. 7 - Honey Island Assembly of God Church - Fellowship Hall 9097 FM 1293, Kountze, TX 77625 PCT. 8 - Village Mills VFW Post 1514 - Main Building 13534 Hwy. 69 North, Village Mills, TX 77663 PCT. 9 - First Assembly of God Church, Silsbee - Fellowship Hall 950 Hwy. 96 South, Silsbee, TX 77656 PCT. 10 - St. Johns Episcopal Church, Silsbee - Fellowship Hall 1305 Roosevelt Drive, Silsbee, TX 77656 PCT. 11 - Genesis Baptist Church - Fellowship Hall 8840 Hwy. 92, Silsbee, TX 77656 PCT. 12 Kountze Church of Christ - Fellowship Hall 1035 N. Pine Street, Kountze, TX 77625 PCT. 13 - Pete Trest Community Center - Main Building 140 East Chance Road, Lumberton, TX 77657 PCT. 14 - Pinewood Fire Station - Main Building 333 Commercial Drive, Sour Lake, TX 77659 PCT. 15 - Sour Lake Community Center - Main Building 350 South Ann Street, Sour Lake, TX 77659 PCT. 16 - Parkway Life Church, Lumberton - Fellowship Hall 1865 FM 3513, Lumberton, TX 77657 PCT. 17 - Pine Ridge Baptist Church - Fellowship Hall 13430 FM 421 (ARIOLA RD), Kountze, TX 77625 PCT. 18 - Lumberton Church of Christ - Fellowship Hall 90 West Chance Road, Lumberton, TX 77657 PCT. 19 - Rose Hill Acres Town Hall/Lumberton Fire Station #2 100 Jordan Road (at Keith Road), Lumberton, TX 77657