Beaumont News

There was a packed house for Thursday night's Beaumont Independent School District board meeting.

Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in US history.

If you drive along Concord road in North Beaumont then you've probably noticed construction has started on the street widening project.

Two students were identified, Thursday, as having thrown water balloons, eggs and a cleaner with bleach on the campus of Austin Middle School in Beaumont.

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Dylan Garsee is the co-host of Paranoid Video and a regular contributor to the film and tv section of Comics Bulletin.

From left, Charles Lee, Traci Syas, and Debora Hunter picket in front of the Dowlen Road Post Office on Thursday.

Law enforcement divers have recovered a body from the Neches River in the Beaumont area.

Without a right hand since birth, a Southeast Texas man has been given a new way of life, thanks to a new set of robotic fingers.

American Idol participant Michael Sarver makes a guest appearance to sing with the Mid Life Crisis band at the Gift of Life Champagne and Ribs 2013 event at Cowboy Harley-Davidson dealership in Beaumont on Thursday, April 18, 2013.

So @ texasmonthly claims @ franklinbbq to be the best in the world? Is their staff completely made up of Austin hipsters and frat guys? Lame.

Former BISD leader Mike Taylor dies Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

Beaumont police detectives are looking for a man they are calling a person of interest in a recent murder.

But it's mostly for the birds. There are lots of them. Waterbirds, raptors, migrating birds.

A group of protesters gathered at a Beaumont post office to show their opposition to moving a mail processing plant where they work on Walden Road The protestors say postal management is misleading the public into thinking that such a move is cost effective to the U.S. Postal Service.

The April 17th fire at the Exxon-Mobil refinery in Beaumont has claimed a second life.

Mark Adkins named publisher of the Beaumont Enterprise Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

The Bill Pickett Trail Riders are hosting their 9th Annual Trail Ride, Zydeco Festival and Rodeo.

Arelon Trahan, human resources supervisor at Home Depot, 3910 Eastex Freeway, said the Beaumont location is in the middle of hiring 80 seasonal employees with about 20 positions still open.

Michael Degarmo shows off a book that belongs to his wife, Melissa, titled Beer Awesomeness during American Craft Beer Week at Madison's on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.