The News

Downtown library closing for renovations on Jan. 3

Exciting things are happening at the Main library in downtown Beaumont. The Main library downtown located at 801 Pearl Street will be getting new carpet and selected shelving on the upper levels for the new year!

Starting Jan. 3, 2017, the library will be closed for a minimum of two months for the renovation. Any and all materials at the library will be inaccessible to the public. All other circulating branches will be open for business as usual.

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West African Kora harp performance on Jan. 11

West African Kora

A special performance on the West African Kora by Sean Gaskell will take place Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 6 p.m. at the Elmo Willard Branch Library.

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Driver has heart attack, hits pole and dies

On Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 8:55 a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a one vehicle crash on East Hamshire Road in Jefferson County.

Preliminary reports indicate that a 2001 Ford pickup truck was traveling eastbound on East Hamshire Road when the driver suffered a heart attack and drove off the roadway. The vehicle continued off the road and struck a utility pole.

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Game room robberies in Beaumont and Port Arthur during the holidays

On Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 at 9:08 a.m., Beaumont police officers responded to an aggravated robbery in the Goliad Game Room at 2900 block of Goliad, BPD Officer Carol Riley said in a statement.

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Dairy Queen robbed in Port Arthur

On Dec. 21 at 9:33 p.m., Port Arthur Police officers responded to the Dairy Queen at 3010 39th Street in reference to an aggravated robbery that had just occurred.

Upon arrival, officers learned that a subject entered the restaurant armed with a handgun and demanded money. The suspect fled on foot from the restaurant after obtaining an unknown amount of money from the register.

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