Miss Louisiana USA Erica Matthews of Lake Charles (right) applies make-up as she and other performers get ready for Friday night's drag show backstage at Fame, Beaumont's newest gay club, which opened in the location formerly occupied by the Orleans Street Pub & Patio. Photo taken Friday, January 9, 2015 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Runners dance and cheer as they get doused in the color blast at the finale of the Color Vibe 5K held at the Event Centre in Beaumont Saturday. Similar events were being held in cities across the country. Photo taken Friday, April 3, 2015 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Paul Franklin Smith, leader of the Second Squad of the First Platoon, Company C, of the Sons of Confederate Veterans awaits the start of a march while gathering with others at Silsbee Middle School. Supporters of the Confederate flag, including members of the regional chapters of Sons of Confederate Veterans, march up Highway 327 in Silsbee Saturday morning. Organized by Ricky Stuart, the event was intended to celebrate the pride in heritage associated with the flag, and comes in the wake of recent calls to ban the flag throughout several southern states. Photo taken Saturday, July 04, 2015 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Family members, including (from right) sister Constance Oliver-Fields, Benjamin Roper and girlfriend Dominick Oliver, and cousin Brittney Jefferson, are mournful and somber as they watch the newly released balloons drift across the sky as family and friends gather Tuesday at the Gulfway Drive location of a drunk driving accident that claimed the life of Pamela Gail Fields a year ago Tuesday. Ms. Fields was killed when the driver of a vehicle in which she and two other women lost control of her vehicle on the busy thoroughfare through Port Arthur. The gathering released 51 balloons, the age Ms. Fields would have been on her birthday one day later. The memorial was done not only in remembrance of Ms. Fields, but also as a means of raising community awareness to the problem of drunk driving. The case against the driver is still pending indictment by the Jefferson County District Attorney's office. Photo taken Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Fall leaves drift in the fountain outside of the Julie Rogers Theatre in downtown Beaumont Photo taken Tuesday, October 21, 2014 Kim Brent/@kimbpix
Caitleigh Mann, 17, gives her boyfriend James Bares, 16, a kiss after he wis her a prize at a carnival game at the 46th annual Groves Pecan Festival Friday night in Lion's Park. The event continues through the weekend. Photo taken Friday, November 6, 2015 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Evening News photo by KIM BRENT Firefighters extinguish a blaze on a large propane tank during a propane fire training session held behind the Monroe Charter Township Hall Thursday night. Approximately 10 departments from Monroe County and surrounding counties took part in the class, which was put on by the Michigan Propane Gas Association's Emergency Response Team, and included classroom training followed by live burn scenarios. Firefighters battled blazes ranging from small propane-fueled grills to a large storage tank, which sent a fire ball 70 or more feet into the sky.
The Miracle Faith Missionary Church in Monroe (MI) is filled with songs of praise as the congregation, including Beverly Chambers, left, and Adealia Turnage, wife of founding pastor Robert D. Turnage, join in the Easter celebration. Ms. Chambers came to Monroe from her home in Ypsilanti to spend the holiday with her 7-month-old granddaughter Malicia Hart and family. The service was followed by an Easter presentation performed by the church youth, including 6-year-old Calvin Turnage, Jr., at right.
Cindy Castle feeds newborn son Brian at her fiance's home in Manchester, NH, before she and daughter Katelynn, 5, return to Odyssey House, a residential treatment facility for drug and alcohol-dependent pregnant women in rural New Hampshire. Cindy will be moving in with her fiance and his family when she leaves the program in the next 2 days, and the stressors to come have already begun to weigh heavily upon her.
Evening News photo by KIM BRENT Douglas Road Elementary fifth-graders (from left) Hailey Furll, 10; Amber Wiederhold, 10, and Havin Hoobler, 10, react as they dig into their dissection project, examining hearts and lungs, Wednesday afternoon. Science teacher Mark German leads the annual dissection day, which is part of the fifth and sixth grades' studies.
Six-year-old Brandon Huckelby, of Otwell, IN, stops to watch as friend Zack Boyer, 5, at top, and cousin Tyler Huckelby, 8, right, take turns doing flips on the trampoline at Tyler's Jasper home. The boys were among many who enjoyed Sunday's sunshine before the onset of late afternoon storms.
Frenchtown Twp. Fire Marshal Jim Grayhek with the county's recently restructured fire investigation team, peers up through the hole in the first floor dining room as he examines the basement of a Bacon St. home which was destoyed in a fire Monday morning. The 10-man team is composed of representatives from all area levels of law enforcement as well as members of various fire departments and state fire investigators.
"I can see you in there," jokes Tina Neely, an employee with the IPI photography company, as she peers inside the Easter Bunny's eye while awaiting customers to have their pictures taken and visit with the holiday figure at the Mall of Monroe.
Monroe's Frank Domansky and WWII buddy Gordon "Smitty" Smith hold hands as they take their seats and begin to recount war stories for friends and family during the surprise reunion and 80th birthday party held for Mr. Domansky.
Reigning Tiny Miss Monroe Olivia Moore, 7, of Monroe and Little Miss Monroe Courtney Baumann, 10, of Monroe watch the Little Miss Monroe performances from the wings during the talent portion of the Tiny, Little and Junior Miss Monroe pageants Tuesday night at the La-Z-Boy Center Meyer Theater.
Evening News Photo by KIM BRENT Grace Carrell, 4, and her cousin Koen Peleshok, 2, play along the Lake Erie shoreline in Sterling State Park Wednesday while spending time outdoors with Grace's father Ben Carrell. The Allen Park family has spent the past week camping in the park, which they usually visit once or twice a season. Today being their final vacation day, they plan to toast s'mores in their campfire.
Evening News photo by KIM BRENT Snowflakes become dancing maidens and perform their piece during Sunday's onstage rehearsal for the RRCA's annual holiday classic, "The Nutcracker."
Rick Waynick, or "Rollover Rick" as he is known among the regulars who fish at Rollover Pass in the Bolivar Peninsula, gets in some late day fishing before sundown Wednesday. Waynick has been fishing at the popular waterway between the Gulf and East Bay for 30 years and has a number of reasons why he believes the pass should remain open. The Galveston County Commissioners Court recently voted to close Rollover Pass, which is part of the land owned by the Galveston Rod, Reel, and Gun Club. After sealing the connecting waterway, plans may be to build a state or county park with fishing piers extending out into the Gulf. Photo taken Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Port Arthur Memorial fans, school members, players and cheer squads enjoyed the festivities during Wednesday night's homecoming parade and pep rally. 2005 Memorial graduate and 2016 high jump Olympian Inika McPherson joined in the parade festivities, and was later awarded a key to the city by new mayor Derrick Freeman during ceremonies outside the Jefferson County Sub Court. Photo taken Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Competitors line up behind the curtains for their next onstage event during the morning portion of Saturday's Southeast Texas Championship at the Julie Rogers Theatre. The National Physique Committee's event is the first body building, fitness and physique competition to hit Beaumont since 1996. Photo taken Saturday, April 23, 2016 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Z'aiden Warnell (left) and Ja'Leigh Tims, wearing the headbands they made in pre-service Bible study learning about Black history, occupy themselves with a game while congregants join in hymns of praise during Sunday morning services at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Orange. In honor of Black History Month, part of Rev. C.W. Crawford's message to the congregation was on the role the church has played within the community as the first established Black church in Orange, and the part it continues to play in bettering the lives of those within the community. Photo taken Sunday, February 19, 2017 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
From left, Kaelyn Smith and Kailey Lewis hug as they join the crowd in a march end celebration during Beaumont's Sister March, which was held in conjunction with Saturday's national Women's March in Washington, D.C. Marches were held in cities of all sizes across the world to unite for women's rights and equality. Photo taken Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kim Brent
The landscape of Cow Bayou, both the natural and man-made, unveils itself on an early morning boat ride through winding canals and open ponds. Tall marsh grasses are reflected among the clouds on the still waters, which give way to abstract variations as the water churns with the boat's passage, at times a rainbow trailing alongside amid the speeding spray. Photo taken Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Beaumont Rice Mill worker Jakyiren Smith takes a brief rest as he waits for a truck to finish unloading its haul of regionally harvested green rice Tuesday. A recent deal allowing the sale of rice to China will provide a boost to the struggling rice farming industry. Photo taken Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Kim Brent/The Enterprise