The Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) Foundation hosted the 25th annual A Salute to the Real American Heroes event honoring southeast Texas first responders
safety
A 21-year-old woman is charged with DWI, accused of having a blood-alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit after Beaumont Police say she crashed into a utility pole, knocking it down across Dowlen Road,Gracyn...
safety
BREAKING: Beaumont Police, EMS, and Fire were on scene on Dowlen at Old Dowlen where a driver crashed into a utility pole, knocking it to the ground.The crash was reported at about 8:45 p.m. near 5Point Credit Union in t...
safety
Video captures the startling sound of explosions as firefighters battle Fairmount-area house fireA house fire in Sabine County erupted into a dangerous scene Tuesday morning, with multiple explosions reported as firefigh...
government
More than two decades after Vickie Swartout was shot and killed in Silsbee, the city’s mayor says the case still stands out as a shocking act of violence in a s...
government
Voters in Jefferson County will have a chance to hear directly from candidates in five local races during a nonpartisan debate and meet-and-greet hosted by the...
schools
An 84-year-old Lake Charles man is facing a felony charge after investigators say they uncovered a stash of homemade explosives and materials used to make them inside his home — located less than 500 feet from a school.D...
News
El Refu says it is permanently closing its doors in Port Arthur following the recent food-related illness investigation connected to a catered breakfast at Gold...
parks
Gov. Greg Abbott raked in over $20 million from July through late September,outpacing Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa’s more than $13 million haul — and al...
government
The City of Port Arthur has rescinded a Boil Water Notice issued after a water main leak.On October 4, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the City of Port Arthur public water system to issue a Boil Wa...
schools
Golfers will have a chance to play for a potential $1 million prize while helping Lamar Institute of Technology students pay for college.The LIT Foundation will...
safety
Families in a 250- square-mile section of Jefferson County can go to bed knowing they'll have extra fire protection when they wake up in the morning.Several new part-time paid firefighters have joined ESD 3, a fast-growi...
Local
Three years after Beaumont received millions in federal funding to replace aging city buses, transit officials say the city remains committed to compressed natu...
