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‘One Pot Throwdown’ returns Oct. 10

United Way of Beaumont and North Jefferson County will host its 8th annual United Way One Pot Throwdown fundraiser at the Civic Center in downtown Beaumont on Thursday, Oct. 10, from 5:30 - 8 p.m.

reVision reroutes pipeline to prison

If hope for the youth is hope for the future, then volunteers manning the reVision mission in Southeast Texas see a bright outlook on the horizon.

Beaumont writes off thousands in unpaid water bills while citizens brace for rate hikes

Residents of Beaumont are grappling with the news of impending water rate increases while witnessing local businesses having thousands of dollars in unpaid water bills written off by the city. The Beaumont City Council, in a meeting Sept. 17, agreed to write off over $53,000 of a total $91,829.

School districts respond to threats, one arrested

Threats made at a host of Southeast Texas school districts this month has led to multiple districts enacting safety protocols to address potential violent activity from the student body. Sept.

Mid-County woman indicted for $271K theft

Ashlea Hoke Sanders, a 40-year-old Nederland woman, was indicted and arrested on Aug. 9 on a second-degree felony theft of service charge, accused of stealing $271,494.90 from a local small business.

More than one million names taken off voter rolls

The Nov. 5 General Election is less than two months away and more than 1 million names of ineligible voters have been removed from the state’s voter rolls since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law in December 2021, according to Gov. Greg Abbott.

Man sentenced for death by dragging

Sept. 11, Jefferson County Criminal District Judge John Stevens sentenced a Nederland man to 15 years in prison for his role in a woman’s death that resulted from her being pushed out of a moving vehicle and drug.

Million-dollar fraudster sentenced to federal prison

Years of theft, as well as wide-spread investigation of the same by the FBI, various state attorneys general, Beaumont Police Department and the local Better Business Bureau, concluded with Beaumont conman Michael James White, 35, pleading guilty to wire fraud and finally being sentenced to federal...

CHRISTUS Health to open new hospital in Beaumont

CHRISTUS Health, an international not-for-profit Catholic health system, announced this week that it is expanding access to health care services in Southeast Texas with a new hospital facility in Beaumont that will open to area residents in the coming months.

Record-breaking student engagement charted

In conjunction with National Arts in Education Week at the beginning of September, the Stark Museum of Art celebrated a year of achievements in arts education, stating a mission to reinforce a commitment to fostering creativity and learning in Southeast Texas.