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No injuries reported in bus accident

Little Cypress-Mauriceville (LCM)CISD Bus No. 14, carrying 15 junior high and high school students, slid into a ditch off Glenda Road the morning of Monday, May 3. There were no injuries reported, according to Community Relations Coordinator Sherry Combs.

Beaumont City Council decided, mayoral election set for runoff

Results are in for Beaumont's municipal elections, with two new city council members elected and a mayoral runoff set after a single candidate failed to garner more than 50% of the vote.

Regan to perform at Julie Rogers Theatre

Standup comedian Brian Regan will perform at the Julie Rogers Theatre on Thursday, June 10, at 7 p.m..

YMBL 'has not canceled' the fair

Despite the YMBL South Texas State Fair event being shown as "cancelled" on the Ford Park event section of their Facebook page, the popular fair is not canceled and will go on as planned May 20-30 at Ford Park in Beaumont.

PAPD arrests game room robber

At about 10:30 a.m., Port Arthur police officers responded to a robbery that just occurred at Golden Coin Game Room on Gulfway Drive, according to a news release.

Vandals target black candidates at Rogers Park

Beaumont police were at Rogers Park April 23 after vandals destroyed tents and campaign signs — only targeting black candidates running for municipal offices.  City Councilwoman Robin Mouton’s campaign tent was found with broken legs, and several of her signs were removed from the ground.

Major accident reported on I-10

Motorists reported a “major” accident where a construction crane fell on a truck and killed two people at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday on I-10 in the area of Smith Road.  Near mile marker 844, witnesses saw part of a crane crush a 2013 Toyota truck almost beyond recognition.

Career fair

Spindletop Center will host a career fair on Wednesday, April 21, from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. at the Center’s café, 655 S Eighth St. (Fannin Street entrance) in Beaumont.

TWIA to again talk rates

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Board of Directors will hold a public workshop meeting via Zoom to study issues related to rates on Wednesday, April 21, at 1 pm. No action on a rate filing will be taken at the workshop meeting.

State COVID vaccine campaign to target Beaumont in first days

Jefferson County will be one of first communities featured in the next phase of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) vaccination campaign. DSHS is launching the next phase of its campaign, encouraging Texans to be vaccinated against COVID-19.