July 15, Beaumont City Council met with City Manager Chris Boone and staff administrators to whittle away at a budget that will lead the municipality to depleted fund balance if real changes aren’t undertaken. Prior to the meeting, city officials presented their own overview of will take place…
BPD welcomes families to Rogers Park
The Beaumont Police Department spent Sunday afternoon building connections with local families during its monthly Fun Day at the Park on July 13 at Rogers Park.The community event, which draws dozens of children and their parents each month, gives officers an opportunity to step away from their…
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A Flash Flood Warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Lake Charles early July 14 warned residents of rough skies. When the storm subsided, Southeast Texans were left with flooded roads, wrecked vehicles, and scores of downed trees.According to the NWS, the Flash Flood Warning showed…
Beaumont ISD Superintendent Sandi Massey
Guests are invited to the Amelia neighborhood meeting held on the 1st Monday of each month at the building next to Amelia Elementary school. The next meeting is set for Aug. 3, at 6 p.m. Attending as a featured guest will be Beaumont ISD Superintendent Sandi Massey.
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The Gulf of America commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters reopened 30 minutes after sunset July 15, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).The TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division reported it uses data collected during routine bag seines and trawl sampling in June to…
SETX Auto Task Force
A JLG Lift listed for sale at $17,000, despite assigned valued at $48,5000, was described as “too good to be true” by the Southeast Texas Auto Task Force.The Auto Theft Task Force, working with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, conducted what the group coined as a “buy/bust” operation on July…
Jamorelyne Dearmon
A 17-year-old has been charged in connection with a shooting that left one person injured at a Beaumont apartment complex earlier this month.Beaumont police responded around 2:33 p.m. on July 8 to Autumn Oaks Apartment Complex in the 3100 block of Eastex Freeway after receiving reports of a…
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Joseph Ray Robertson, 37, of Frisco, pleaded guilty to transportation of minors and was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard Schell on July 13. Schell also imposed lifetime supervised release on the defendant.According to information presented in court, in May of…
John Wilson
July 10 at approximately 9:08 p.m., officers with the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) responded to a residence in the 1100 block of Porter Street in reference to a reported victim of a shooting.Upon arrival, officers located an adult victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Officers rendered…
Rakeem Allen
July 10, at 1:25 p.m., Beaumont Police Department’s Special Assignment Unit, Narcotics Unit and the Southeast Texas Violent Crime Task Force were conducting an operation when they reportedly attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle near MLK and Florida Avenue. The driver, 30-year-old…
