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Drunk driver pleads guilty in officer death

Taking on ever-changing indictments against a then-teenager accused of drunkenly driving his Mustang into a Beaumont patrol car, killing 23-year-old BPD Officer Sheena Yarbrough-Powell, Judge John Stevens accepted a plea deal in Jefferson County’s Criminal District Court that could send the...

Meet the man behind the Southeast Texas Crawfish Festival madness

Get ready to peel some crawfish and jam to some fantastic music at the inaugural Southeast Texas Crawfish Festival on Saturday, April 23, at Ford Park. Headlining this massive event at Ford Pavilion is the popular Southern rock/country band Whiskey Myers.

Provost Umphrey Law Firm to host free fun day for kids

Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP and the Union Sportsmen Alliance (USA) are partnering to bring a sporting clays shoot and free youth outdoors day to Southeast Texas on Sunday, April 24, during the second annual "Get Youth Outdoors Day." From 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Manslaughter trial starts for accused BPD killer

Nearly two years after investigators say an intoxicated 18-year-old motorist killed a Beaumont police officer while driving his Mustang down the wrong lane of Highway 69, the Port Arthur man’s intoxication manslaughter trial is slated to begin Tuesday, April 19.

TxDOT urges drivers to pay attention

A family’s quiet Sunday in the park turned tragic when a driver, distracted while talking on her cell phone, struck two-year-old Allie White in a parking lot, killing her.

Marine Force Reserve Band performs in Beaumont

Beaumont ISD students at the United campus enjoyed the sounds of the Marine Force Reserve Band’s Rock and Brass Ensembles during a stop at the Jackson Center on April 1.

Remembering Larry Hunter

Larry Charles Hunter, 69, passed from this life into the grace of God our father with his wife and two children, their spouses and grandchildren at his side in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 10, 2022, at Baptist Hospital Beaumont.

The best Social Security book I've read

I just finished reading the best book about Social Security that I have ever read. In just under 100 pages, the author explains everything you’d probably ever need to know about our nation’s bedrock social insurance program.

Easter events this month

April 14 2nd Annual EGG-ceptional Easter Drive-Thru Thursday, 4:40 p.m. Exceptional Emergency Center, 3330 FM 365 Port Arthur   April 16 John Jay French Museum Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, 1 – 3 p.m.

Southeast Texas celebrates spring with Easter events

Southeast Texans hoping for reprieve from early April showers can look forward to a more sunny, event-packed Easter weekend.