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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Volume 33, Issue 1
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happy new year from the hometown press Driver Creates Drive Thru at Salon
Chambers County Sheriff's Office Makes Major Drug Bust
Firefighters, Deputies, and spectators survey the damage created when a vehicle plunged into Beauty Barn last Friday, December 31, 2021. Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports, on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at approximately 12:43 p.m., Deputies with the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Covert Investigations Unit conducted a traffic stop on a 2013 Chevrolet Impala. The stop was made near the east-bound 821 Mile Marker of Interstate Highway 10, Winnie,
Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident last week.
Chambers County, Texas. When deputies approached the vehicle, the driver was identified as 21 year old Kavyon Jacobe Harris from New Iberia, Louisiana. Upon making contact with Harris, the Deputy detected a strong odor of marijuana emitting from inside the vehicle. A probable cause search of the vehicle was subsequently conducted. Inside the
Chevrolet Impala, deputies located over 58 pounds of marijuana, individually packaged for sale, and a 9mm handgun. Kavyon Jacobe Harris was placed under arrest for Possession of Marijuana, greater than 50 pounds, a 2nd Degree Felony. “Interstate 10 is a frequent route for criminal activity coming into and through
Chambers county. The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction teams will continue patrolling our major roadways to help deter criminal activity, and in support of Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, combatting the smuggling of people and drugs into Texas” said Sheriff Hawthorne.
East Chambers Hosts Christmas Holiday Classic Tournament
Hamshire-Fannett girls took on Hitchcock during the Christmas Holiday Classic hosted by East Chambers.
This was certainly not a normal situation at Beauty Barn last Friday when confusion over the brake pedal and accelerator led to this mishap. By Wade Thibodeaux Noon on the last day A driver who accidentally of the year and left the slammed the excelerator owners scrambling to to the floor instead of find materials to secure the brake pedal found their belongings before themselves on the inside everything shut down for looking out as their car the holiday. Fortunately, jumped the sidewalk curb no injuries were reported and crashed through the and miraculously the windows of Beauty Barn vehicle was able to be last Friday, December driven away under its own 31, 2021. The incident power. happened just before
Dylan Winzer lines up a three point shot. By Wade Thibodeaux the week between Christ Basketball season is mas and New Years. The well underway and East Runnin Bucs finished the Chambers held their an- tournament in third place nual Christmas Holiday behind LaMarque in secClassic tournament during ond place and LaPorte who
The Bucs set up their defense against LaMarque. won the tournament and side, District opponent were undefeated. The Lady Woodville took first place Bucs had a rough time in in the tournament, while the tournament and did Hitchcock finished second not make it to the awards and Orangefield finished in ceremony. On the lady's third place.