The News

Plan now to join KVLU on Canada trip

Lamar University public radio 91.3 KVLU will host “The Best of Eastern Canada” travel adventure Aug. 19 – 27. The nine-day tour features stops in Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal, and will include a trip under the mighty Niagara Falls aboard the famed Maid of the Mist.

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Massive accident on Hwy. 73 near PA cleared

UPDATE: As of 1:30 p.m., officials have announced Hwy. 73 east and west bound lanes have reopened after this morning's pile-up. The total number of vehicles and victims involved in the crash is still undetermined, but reports estimate up to 200 vehicles were affected with more than 50 persons reporting injuries. At least four people were critically injured in the major traffic incident, but no fatalities have been reported. 

 

Prior Coverage:

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Car crash narrowly misses apartment building

Beaumont police officers and fire department personnel responded to an accident along Eastex Freeway just past Austin Middle School Wednesday afternoon after a man driving a 1999 Pontiac lost control of his vehicle, went over the grassy median, across the access road slamming into an oak tree and then through a brick wall at the Longfellow Apartments.

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Beaumont Police looking for large robbery suspect

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West End Little League of Beaumont registering players

The West End Little League (W.E.L.L.) will be registering players for the spring baseball season Jan. 7 and 14 at the Regina Howell Elementary cafeteria from 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. The league will be accepting players who are as young as 4 years old as of May 1, 2012 to the t-ball program. Players are accepted as old as 12 as of May 1, 2012 to the baseball program.

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