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‘Steel Curtain’ sting yields six arrests

Six Beaumont scrap yards were busted by Beaumont Police after a six-month long undercover investigation discovered the businesses were buying illegal scrap metal, the Beaumont Police said in a statement released Aug. 1.

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Local parish celebrates 75 years of service and fellowship with banquet

Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church commemorated its 75th anniversary Saturday, July 28, with a celebration banquet at the Beaumont Civic Center. “It was an opportunity to both celebrate the church’s achievements over the last 75 years, as well as to honor some of our parishioners for good stewardship,” said Coquese Williams, banquet chair.

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Carrol Thomas retirement party venue is changing

The retirement “Extravaganza” for Dr. Carrol Thomas wasn’t supposed to cost taxpayers a dime when the Beaumont Council of PTAs was sponsoring the event. Yet, less than two months later, the PTA’s been dropped, BAABSE is now headlining the event and taxpayers are on the hook for $1,600 after BISD put down a deposit for the event — and canceled.

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Hate finds new home

President Barack Obama

BU study shows racism alive, well among new media users

 

In the days before the civil rights movement, blacks were stereotyped as “animalist, evil or shiftless.” A recent Baylor University study showed that these labels are not a thing of the past; nor does a person’s political or societal status make them immune. There has been a resurgence of these images on social networking sites such as Facebook.

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News of the Weird

Urinal Technology

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Keystone pipeline coming

Construction of Gulf Coast Project underway in Jefferson County

Those big tractor-trailer rigs transporting large quantities of pipe across Jefferson County represent the advance guard of a huge construction project that will bring crude oil to the thirsty refineries along the Texas Gulf coast – and jobs to Southeast Texas.

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BISD still making questionable Top 10 claim

Motorists cruising down Highway 69 in Beaumont near the Delaware exit might notice a large yellow banner on the side of Austin Middle School’s gymnasium proudly proclaiming that Beaumont Independent School District is among the “Nation’s Top 10 School District(s).”

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One year later, city property sits empty

When owners of Hotel Beaumont announced its impending closure in August 2011, there was plenty of concern regarding the historic building’s future. First, the roughly 50 tenants staying at the senior housing facility had to find alternate homes, and 27 employees had to find alternate jobs. Then, everyone with a stake in the revitalization of downtown Beaumont was left to contemplate what would become of the 90-year-old landmark, hoping that demolition wasn’t in the cards.

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What you don’t know might kill you

HIV/AIDS epidemic taking heavy toll on the South, including east Texas

 

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S.O.C. trip to court beneficial for local youths

 

Four-hundred-plus Jefferson County youths were seen in the county courthouse July 11, although none were there to directly participate in court proceedings. “I want to let these kids know there is more to the courthouse than getting in trouble,” Save Our Children (S.O.C.) founder the Rev. J.D. Roberts said when planning the July 11 Know Your County Courthouse program, now in its fifth year. “There is so much more than criminal proceedings going on at the courthouse.”

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