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Church holds first gathering since fire

The Central City Baptist Church held their first gathering since the fire at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 31. The event was in the parking lot at the corner of Franklin Street and Avenue E in Beaumont, across the street from the church.

SETX AgriLife announces new hires

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service recently announced several new hires in Southeast Texas. The county agents are the agency’s connection with the people in area communities and are instrumental in providing hands-on education and programming based on scientific research.

Continuous wildfire danger

  Of the 254 counties in the state, 224 of them now have instituted burn bans, reported the Texas A&M Forest Service on July 28.

Editorial: Calculated or complacent

Home Rule Charters are the Constitution of the city. It is not a document that is created by the elected officials through ordinance, or a vote of the city council, but a document that the voters approve – word for word.

City Manager contract would violate city law

Although the Beaumont City Council has named three finalists for the municipality’s open city manager position, an offer for employment has stalled behind the closed doors of executive session. Following yet more hours of private deliberation on Aug. 2, still nothing.

PA employee killed by alleged drunk driver

Port Arthur police arrested a 40-year-old man for intoxicated manslaughter after responding to an accident that killed a 47-year-old city employee. On Friday July 29, 2022 at approximately 11:41 p.m.

City Limits larcenist sought

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in identifying this person of interest in a theft that took place on Wednesday, June 13, at City Limits Bar and Grill, located at 8399 Fannett Road in Beaumont.

Texas joins anti-robocall task force

The Texas Attorney General announced Aug. 2 that the state  is joining a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force with 49 other states to investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the United States.

Teens indicted on attempted BPD shooting

July 27, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted two Beaumont teenagers for allegedly attempting to fire a gun at Beaumont police officers weeks before. A grand jury indicted Jalon Nixon, 18, and Reginald Guillory, 19, for aggravated assault on a peace officer July 27.

Woman with active warrants arrested

Officers arrested a Spurger woman, who had two active arrest warrants from Hardin County, July 21, according to Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford.