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Labor Day Picnic draws large crowd

Solid Rock Community Church second annual Labor Day picnic

Solid Rock Community Church hosted its second annual Labor Day community picnic on Monday, Sept. 7, offering guests free food, fun, parting gifts and entertainment at the downtown Beaumont Civic Center. Doors opened at 10 a.m., with more than 1,000 meals served shortly thereafter before multiple musical acts took to the stage.

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Dubious defense: arrestee charged with burglary says he was just cleaning the neighbor's yard

Sears and Martin

Two Vidor men were arrested for possession of marijuana and burglary of a habitation in Vidor on Sept. 4, the Vidor Police Department reports. One of the arrestees told officers he was just "trying to do the right thing" and "clean up the yard next to my house," but police did not buy his dubious defense, and took both suspects into custody.

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Major traffic switch at Neches River Bridges set for Friday

A major traffic switch of the eastbound I-10 lanes at the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge over the Neches River will take place Friday night, 9 p.m. – 5 a.m.. At that time, eastbound traffic will be moved to the new eastbound side of the bridge and the eastbound I-10 entrance ramp from downtown will be reopened.

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Suspected gunman kills self during police standoff

Derek Zagone and Bryan Winslow Phillips (inset)

A Beaumont man was shot and killed at a Texas City apartment complex September 7, reports Joe Stanton, captain with the Texas City Police Department, but before investigators could arrest the prime suspect in the murder, police say the gunman barricaded himself inside a Ke

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MISSING: Beaumont police searching for mentally diminished man

Sherman Joseph Jr., "Bob"

Police in Beaumont are searching for a local man with diminished mental capabilities who went missing from his residence in the 2400 block of Brooklyn Street on Sept. 10. Sherman Joseph Jr., 63, of Beaumont, is approximately 6-foot-2, 160 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. When he was last seen, he was wearing a red and black checkered flag plaid shirt.

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Saving Southeast Texas women

Marlene Cardena; Norma Sampson, executive director at Gift of Life; Regina Roger

Through the support of Jon Huntsman Sr., board member of the Beaumont Foundation of America, 34 medically underserved Southeast Texas women received free Gift of Life clinical breast exams and mammograms on the UTMB mobile van at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Beaumont last week. One client who had an abnormal mammogram screening was referred immediately for diagnostic testing, which is also completely underwritten by the Gift of Life.

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Bright lights, big city

Krista Herbrich and sister Becca give their new puppy, Bella, a bath.
Tyler Chatangier holds his nephew,

Photos of two Southeast Texans are being featured in a video that will soon be seen in the bright lights of Broadway in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, the month of October.

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Man flees in stolen car, hides from police in business

Beaumont Police Officers recovered a stolen vehicle after a brief pursuit of the two suspects in the theft early Saturday morning.

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Beaumont youth cited for pointing laser at aircraft

A Beaumont youth was cited and learned a valuable lesson after shining his laser pointer at a passing aircraft, reports the Beaumont Police Department.

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Helicopter rescue of stranded surveyors in Jefferson County

Emergency responders rescued two contract surveyors who got mired in a marsh while performing a job for the Navigation District on Wednesday, Sept. 2, reports the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

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