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West End Little League of Beaumont registering players

The West End Little League (W.E.L.L.) will be registering players for the spring baseball season Jan. 7 and 14 at the Regina Howell Elementary cafeteria from 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. The league will be accepting players who are as young as 4 years old as of May 1, 2012 to the t-ball program. Players are accepted as old as 12 as of May 1, 2012 to the baseball program.

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BISD realignment moving forward after vote

Never before in the history of Texas had a school district been made to change from seven single-member districts to five single-member districts with two at-large seats as a result of a forced election brought about by the citizenry petitioning the move.

From the outset, Beaumont Independent School District leadership has rallied against any change – forcing voters to gather signatures on a petition to get the measure on the ballot for consideration.

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Cleveland Nisby, 1919-2011

In the course of human events, the wheels of history turn slowly – but they do turn. Not on their own but with human shoulders on the wheel – the shoulders of men like Cleveland Nisby.

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DeGuerin wants Walker acquitted on all counts

In a post-Christmas court filing, Calvin Walker’s attorney Dick DeGuerin is asking U.S. Judge Ron Clark to give his client a gift by acquitting Walker on all charges brought against him by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas.

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Parking space spat leads to shots fired

 

From the Beaumont Police Department:

On Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 6:10pm, Beaumont Police Patrol Officers responded to Park St. and Lavaca in reference to shots fired.  Officers spoke with a 29 year old black male who reported he was at the Khwana Food Mart at 4025 Park St., and  attempted to pull in the parking lot when an unidentified black male confronted him.

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Warren man killed in Eastex accident

The Beaumont Police Department has released the identity of a man killed in an accident that shut down Eastex Freeway on Wednesday. He was identified as Johnny Langton, 36, of Warren.

According to police reports, Langton was driving southbound on the freeway when it was struck by a Jeep hat had crossed over the median from the northbound lanes. The investigation is still ongoing as to why the accident occurred.

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Lacey finally goes home to mother

A three-year nightmare for a young mother ended in January when the late-Judge Britt Plunk ordered Lacey Marie Salter returned to her mother by the paternal grandparents who sought custody of the child based on the theory they could be better parents because they had more money than the mom.

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Traffic accident shuts down part of Highway 69

The Beaumont Police Department is tending to an accident on Highway 69, just north of the Delaware and 11th Street exits and entrance ramps. The release from the BPD is as follows:

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Beaumont police seek woman for questioning

The Beaumont Police Department is looking for clues to the identity of a woman who was using a homicide victim’s debit card days before her body was found.

Officers say 72-year-old Robbie Rae Allen was last heard from by family members on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The next day, a black woman wearing a large red jacket, white hat and jeans used Allen’s card at the Fastlane at Major and Phelan in Beaumont, according to surveillance footage from the store.

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Continued improvement key for Port Arthur in 2012

As a year marked by significant changes for Port Arthur and its people comes to a close, city leaders are looking back and looking forward.

2011 didn’t have any hurricanes, there was no major crime wave and there weren’t any scandals that rocked the local government in southern Jefferson County, but PA had its moments.

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