News

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.

Vidor student to compete in state Citizen Bee

Kaileigh Courts, a student at Vidor High School, will advance to state-level competition after winning the Southeast Texas Regional Citizen Bee, recently hosted by Lamar State College Port Arthur. The competition is in its 31st year of existence.

One killed in weekend head-on collision

Just before 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 18, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers responded to a head-on collision on Highway 96 in Jasper County, near Pentecostal Street in Brookeland.

BPD investigates traffic fatality

Beaumont police are investigating a fatal car crash that left a 16-year-old injured and a 51-year-old woman dead.  BPD responded to a crash around 4:20 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in the 1400 block of S.11th Street.

Beaumont offers 700 additional vaccine appointments

The Beaumont Public Health Department has opened up 700 additional vaccine appointments for Friday, April 16, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., according to a news release. Additional appointments are available Saturday, April 24, as well as throughout the week.

Provost Umphrey Law Firm hosts free fun day for kids

Provost Umphrey Law Firm and the Union Sportsmen Alliance (USA) are partnering up to bring a sporting clays shoot and free youth outdoors day to Southeast Texas.  The two-day event will kick off Saturday, April 24, with the USA’s Inaugural Provost Umphrey Texas State Sporting Clays Shoot.

Officers seize seven kilos of cocaine in Orange County

Just before 6:30 a.m. April 13, a contingent of Orange County narcotics and Vidor Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop on a Nissan Armada that yielded seven kilos of cocaine, according to a news release.