Beaumont News

Beaumont City Council discussed Tuesday a proposed tow truck ordinance that would almost double the allowed rate for towing cars and light trucks from $85 to $150. The draft also proposed a $200-per-hour rate for recovery of heavy vehicles of 10,000 pounds or more.

On its first day of operation, the Port of Beaumont's new dock on the Orange County side of the Neches River saved a factory owner at least $29,000 in shipping costs.

Source: Published: First responders walk out to a news conference at Fort Hood in Texas Nov.

Thursday afternoon Mark Owens received a text that there'd been a shooting at Fort Hood.

The "Tea Party Express" bus will roll into Beaumont's Rogers Park on Saturday, according to a press release from the Southeast Texas Tea Party.

From The Texas Historical Commission - The Texas Historical Commission recently announced the selection of three new communities to participate in the 2010 Visionaries in Preservation program.

Tickets go on sale Friday for a night of comedy with Ron White. The Behavioral Problem tour comes to Beaumont at 8 p.m., Saturday, January 9 at the Julie Rogers Theatre.

The Fugitive Unit of the Texas Attorney General's Office has arrested a sex offender from Beaumont accused of committing a parole violation on Halloween night, according to information released by the A.G's Office.

Jefferson County narcotics officers with assistance from a Beaumont Police K-9 found more than 20 pounds of cocaine hidden in an ice chest on a Mexican tour bus stopped in Beaumont.

A Beaumont school teacher has been arrested on drug related charges. 38-year old Clayton Allen, a teacher at King Middle School, was arrested after a search warrant at his apartment on Dowlen Road last night revealed drugs, guns, and drug paraphernalia.

A single vehicle accident has claimed the lives of three men in Vernon Parish. State police says the crash occurred around 9 p.m. Sunday on La.

A nun has been found dead in her residence at a church in a community on the Navajo Indian reservation near the Arizona-New Mexico border.

Beaumont police are investigating two aggravated robberies that occurred this morning.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says alcohol contributed to an accident that killed three people and critically injured a three-year-old girl.

A man with a gun forced two T-Mobile employees into a back office before robbing the business, according to Ofc.

The Jefferson County grand jury has indicted a man for Intoxication Manslaughter in the death of a West Brook High School graduate.

The Beaumont Public Schools Foundation sat down for breakfast this morning but it wasn't just any breakfast.

From Jefferson County Tax Assessor-Collector - Miriam Johnson, Tax Assessor-Collector for Jefferson County, announced the mailing of the 2009 Jefferson County tax bills.

Conna TMs Inc. [NDQ:CONN] - Oct. 26, 2009 $7.12 52-week range: $4.64 - $17.67 Conna TMs was founded in Beaumont, Texas in 1890 as a plumbing company, started selling appliances in 1937 and expanded to a second storefront in 1959.

According to Sabine County Chief Deputy Tony Miller, he and other deputies responded to 675 Hickory Hill, in the south end of the county, shortly after 2:00 Tuesday afternoon when the man called 911 and reported that he had been stabbed, and his wife had left the house.