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Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont museums team up for month of hands-on events
Did you know that Beaumont has more museums per capita than any other Texas city? “We have 12 museums just in this city,” Desiree Pete, director of marketing at Beaumont Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), said. “There are six that are downtown within a five-block walkable stretch.” More than a decade ago, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the Texas Energy Museum teamed up for Museum Madness Day, which featured the art museum’s Eat-A-Bug Family Arts Day event and the Energy Museum’s Dino Day. Five years ago, the other downtown museums joined in to create Museum Madness Week. This year, so many organizations wanted to be involved that the CVB designated October as Museum Madness Month. Christle Feagin, director of the Texas Energy Museum, said the initial collaboration with the Art Museum of Southeast Texas was a way to promote both institutions. “You want people when they come downtown to have as many things as they can to go to,” she said. “If come here only for this and don't know the art museum, it's a perfect draw. You see people outside. It looks fun. It's cross promotion as well.” Downtown visitors on Oct. 17 will find downtown packed
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Texas Ethics Commission orders Port Arthur Mayor Charlotte Moses to pay $956 penalty
Port Arthur Mayor Charlotte Moses has agreed to pay a $956.45 civil penalty and donate $2,000 to charity for campaign finance violations involving her 2025 mayoral campaign. Port Arthur Mayor Charlotte Moses has agreed to pay a $956.45 civil penalty and donate $2,000 to charity after the Texas Ethics Commission found campaign finance violations involving her 2025 mayoral campaign.
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Port Arthur credit rating drops to A-minus after city drains millions from general fund
Port Arthur’s credit rating has been downgraded two notches, falling from A-plus to A-minus after the city drained millions from its general fund to cover capital needs, including emergency spending tied to its water and sewer system. S&P Global Ratings cited years of deficits and significant transfers out of...
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TxDOT selects preferred route for new FM 787 Trinity River bridge
After years of washouts, repairs and lengthy closures, TxDOT is moving ahead with plans for a new FM 787 bridge across the Trinity River between Romayor and Rayburn — and the agency has now settled on a preferred route. Three possible routes were presented to the public July 1....
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Texas school district switching from Chromebooks to 14,585 iPads and MacBook Neos
A Texas school district is replacing thousands of aging Chromebooks with iPads and MacBook Neos after mounting repair costs helped make Apple’s hardware the cheaper option over a four-year period. As reported by AppleInsider, Beaumont Independent School District has approved a four-year lease covering 14,585 Apple devices, including 4,085...
KFDM-TV
Warren ISD says charges filed after substitute employee made threatening comments
WARREN — The Warren ISD has says an investigation into allegations a substitute employee made threatening comments at Warren Elementary has led to charges filed and the employee's removal from the district. WARREN ISD STATEMENT. Warren ISD understands that our recent statement regarding an incident at Warren Elementary has...
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Billing errors tied to aging system lead Beaumont to weigh water department policy fixes
BEAUMONT — Concerns about customer service and billing problems at the City of Beaumont Water Department are prompting city leaders to consider policy changes and fill key vacancies, even as a citywide hiring freeze remains in place. At a Beaumont City Council meeting, Councilman Corey Crenshaw said he wants...
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Baytown has been your Buc-ee’s stop; KFDM learns the new eastbound I-10 destination coming
For 12 years, Southeast Texans traveling west on Interstate 10 have made the stop at Buc-ee's in Baytown since 2014 for Beaver Nuggets, brisket and Buc-ee’s famously clean restrooms. The Buc-ee’s in Baytown, at I-10 and John Martin Road, is the closest current location for Beaumont-area drivers and opened...
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'Victory or Death’ letter forever memorialized in Chambers County
ANAHUAC— William Barret Travis’ famous “Victory or Death” letter is forever cemented in history, and now it is forever cemented outside the Chambers County Courthouse. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, a large crowd gathered at the Chambers County Courthouse for the unveiling of the bronze memorial to Lt. Col. William Barret Travis’ letter “Victory or Death,” as part of the Alamo Letter Society’s larger mission to display the letter at courthouses statewide.
The Orange Leader
Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Levee-Floodwall System Project Review Available
BRIDGE CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Southwestern Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC), hereby informs the public that the 2026 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) […]
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Vidor City Council approves property tax rate increase for 2026-27
Vidor City Council approved a property tax rate increase from 63.4391 cents per $100 to 65 cents per $100, resulting in an average homeowner's annual city tax bill increasing by about $43.12. Vidor City Council approved a property tax rate increase Tuesday that will raise the average homeowner's annual city...
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Groves National Night Out brings food, fun and a chance to dunk a first responder
If you’ve been looking for a good excuse to get outside, meet the neighbors and have a little fun, National Night Out is headed to Groves with a full evening of family-friendly activities. The Groves Police Department and Groves Fire Department are inviting the community to National Night Out...