The News

Operation Christmas Child underway

This holiday season, Beaumont residents are joining millions of people across the U.S. and around the world to fill empty shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for 9.8 million impoverished children.

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PODS of Beaumont collects Thanksgiving fare for food bank

One in six Americans does not know where their next meal will come from and 48.8 million are food insecure.  In southeast Texas alone, more than 900,000 people do not have consistent access to enough nutritious food.

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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office searching for fugitive

Alameda

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Warrant Division is asking the public’s assistance in locating a serial narcotic distributor. The warrant division is attempting to locate:

Name: Daniel Ignacio Alameda, Age: 30, Height: 5'3,  Weight: 150 lbs, Hair: Shaved, Eyes: Brown, Tattoos: (Left Shoulder) "Santa Muerte and Pit bull"(Abdomen) "ALAMEDA"

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UPDATE: Nederland Police nab liquor store robbery suspect

Christopher Hebert

Nederland Police caught up to the suspect in the Twin City Liquor store robbery and shooting Friday, Nov. 22. Police arrested Christopher Michael Hebert,33, of Groves, for Aggravated Robbery. 

Hebert is being charged with the November 16 robbery of Twin City Liquor located at 507 N. Hwy 347 in Nederland.  

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Former Rose City secretary pleads guilty to stealing from public

In what Orange County District Attorney John Kimbrough called a "surprise" move, former Rose City secretary Veronica Grant pleaded guilty to theft by a public servant charges in Judge Dennis Powell's courtroom on Nov. 14 and threw herself on the mercy of the court. She made an open plea of guilty, meaning no plea agreement was negotiated and a jury will not be responsible for determining her punishment.

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