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PAPD investigates weekend shooting

Monday, April 13, 2020

Just before 11 p.m., April 10, PAPD officers responded to Louis Manor Apartments in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, police located a 33-year-old resident of the apartment with a gunshot wound to his lower leg. The victim was transported to St. Elizabeth for medical treatment.

Moses Ceciliano, far left, and Mike, far right, of Great China Restaurant pose with 1,000 medical masks they donated to a CHRISTUS warehouse in Beaumont on April 13.

Beloved Beaumont restaurateur donates 1,000 masks to CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth

Scott McLendon

Monday, April 13, 2020

A beloved Beaumont restaurateur is using his friends from afar to help area medical professionals in the fight against COVID-19.

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Virtual public hearing scheduled for I-10 project

News Staff

Monday, April 13, 2020

The Texas Department of Transportation will hold a virtual public hearing Tuesday, April 28, with a pre-recorded presentation video available for comment by 5:30 p.m. that day.

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Governor extends disaster declaration

News Staff

Monday, April 13, 2020

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation extending his Disaster Declaration for all Texas counties in response to COVID-19.

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Covid‐19 Daily Update Sunday, April 12, 2020

News Staff

Sunday, April 12, 2020

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Texas prisons won't accept new county jail inmates as coronavirus spreads in lockups

News Staff

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Starting Monday, the Texas prison system is no longer taking new inmates from county jails, according to an agency letter obtained by The Texas Tribune.

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Daily Briefing from Southeast Texas Regional Emergency Operations

News Staff

Saturday, April 11, 2020

BEAUMONT, Texas – The Southeast Texas Regional Emergency Operations Center has launched a website summarizing and consolidating all information related to COVID-19 activities in Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, and Tyler counties. https://covid-19-jeffco.hub.arcgis.com/

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$1M COVID-19 federal funding for Lamar State College Port Arthur

News Staff

Saturday, April 11, 2020

In what is the first wave of federal funding to help offset COVID-19 financial losses, more than $1 million has been dedicated to Lamar State College Port Arthur through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Beaumont Police Investigating Fatality- 2600 IH-10 E

News Staff

Saturday, April 11, 2020

On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 3:17 a.m. Beaumont Police responded to the area of IH-10 and College Street in reference to a silver Nissan traveling the wrong way on the interstate.

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Update: SETX EOC responds to College Street Health Care Center

News Staff

Saturday, April 11, 2020

The Southeast Texas Regional Emergency Operations Center and the Beaumont Emergency Operations Center formed a joint strike force today in response to the suspected presence of COVID-19 at a Beaumont-area nursing home facility.

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