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Main Library Beaumont on Pearl Street

News Shorts: Main Library closed for repairs

News Staff

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Starting Jan. 2, Beaumont’s Main Library downtown will be closed for two to three months to repair the HVAC system. “But don’t despair!” Library officials wrote.

KOGT radio station in Orange Texas

News Shorts: KOGT ceases operations

News Staff

Thursday, December 30, 2021

An Orange-based radio station, KOGT Radio, announced that Friday, Dec. 29 would be its last day on air. According to a story from the station, “KOGT Radio, one of Orange’s oldest, continually-operated businesses, will be ceasing all operations Friday.

Volunteers walk among sparsely populated forest growth in the Big Thicket National Preserve

Big thicket volunteer tree planting

News Staff

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Big Thicket National Preserve is expanding the volunteer longleaf pine tree planting efforts to multiple events this coming winter. Volunteers can join park staff and partners to plant over 20,000 longleaf pine trees in January and February.

Beaumont COVID cases count for December 2021

Cases climb, Omicron confirmed in SETX

Scott McLendon

Thursday, December 30, 2021

With Beaumont continuing to average more than 100 new COVID-19 cases each day as the new year begins and Southeast Texas confirming its first two cases of the more contagious Omicron variant, local doctors and health care officials say the message remains the same: Get vaccinated, and wear a mask.

Kids celebrating new year with confetti and props.

Ring in the new year, safe and sound

Chad Cooper

Thursday, December 30, 2021

By Chad Cooper Entertainment Editor Safety should be the No. 1 priority when it comes to ringing in the New Year. Whether home or away, safe and sound should be everyone’s goal while celebrating on New Year’s Eve. Going out? Staying in to watch the ball drop?

A photo montage of several positive aspects of the City of Beaumont in 2021

Beaumont 2021: contemplating city successes

News Staff

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Beaumont officials say city departments accomplished numerous important tasks to propel the community forward into 2022. “While many places pumped the brakes during a tough year, we had our foot on the gas pedal the whole time,” city officials reported.

Wayne A. Reaud, founder of the Reaud Charitable Foundation

Bicycles and Bibles

Scott McLendon

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Her mother was taken by the COVID-19 pandemic just two months ago, but a Beaumont 5-year-old told her 23-year-old sister/soon-to-be adopted mom that Christmas 2021 was the best she’s ever had – all thanks to the Reaud Charitable Foundation’s annual Bicycles and Bibles event.

PAPD is investigating a fatal shooting

PAPD investigates fatal shooting

Scott McLendon

Monday, December 27, 2021

The Port Arthur Police Department (PAPD) is investigating a fatal shooting they say occurred just before 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27 on Liberty Avenue. PAPD officers responded to the front yard of a home in reference to shots fired.

HHS prevents $100 million in fraud

News Staff

Monday, December 27, 2021

Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) has prevented the misuse of more than $108 million since 2017, according to a news release, by identifying and stopping potential fraudulent payments for public assistance programs including Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the...

Leister appointed County Clerk

News Staff

Monday, December 27, 2021

During a called meeting Thursday, Dec. 16, Jefferson County Commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of appointing an interim county clerk to replace another temporary placement.

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