Michelle Heat
Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont, TX, United States
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Gun goes off inside Christus facility, injures woman
Police on Monday were investigating the accidental shooting of a woman inside a Christus waiting room. A woman was checking her mother out of Advanced Cardiovascular Specialists inside the Christus Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth Outpatient Pavilion on 11th Street when she reached into her mother's purse to grab some paperwork and a gun fell out, according to Beaumont police. → Read More
Nederland's 'It Spot' runs hot and cold
While shoveling water out the back door of her business, a wheelchair-bound Debi Peck decided it was time to move from Nederland's historic Boston Avenue retail district. There's a list of businesses waiting to rent a spot on Boston Avenue, but the street is not always the local business haven it appears to be, say owners and others. Kay DeCuir, director of the Nederland Economic Development… → Read More
Nederland's 'It Spot' runs hot and cold
While shoveling water out the back door of her business, a wheelchair-bound Debi Peck decided it was time to move from Nederland's historic Boston Avenue retail district. There's a list of businesses waiting to rent a spot on Boston Avenue, but the street is not always the local business haven it appears to be, say owners and others. Kay DeCuir, director of the Nederland Economic Development… → Read More
Symphony captivates audience during festival
The tunes from "West Side Story" and "Rocky Horror Picture Show" emanated from the symphony to a captive audience of more than 1,200 sitting on a lawn amid scarecrows and gardens. Three attendants, however, got to experience the Symphony of Southeast Texas' Sunday concert at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Orange from a completely unique point of view. A headless horseman atop… → Read More
'Pinkwash' diluting breast cancer message?
The 43-year-old breast cancer survivor finds herself surrounded by a sea of pink products that she knows won't do anything to help cancer research. Even with local organizations raising money for people within the community, Southeast Texas is not immune to "pinkwashing," a term coined in 2002 by Breast Cancer Action, a San Francisco organization, to refer to companies and organizations claiming… → Read More
Photos: "Gift of Life" 5K Ribbon Run Color Rush
More than 5,000 participates ran or walked to raise awareness for breast and other gynecological cancers on Saturday during the Julie Rogers' "Gift of Life" Program's Julie Richardson Procter 5K Ribbon Run Color Rush in downtown Beaumont. Read the story in Sunday's Beaumont Enterprise. → Read More
Port Arthur trustee wants homes to lure teachers
McCoy wants the City of Port Arthur to ask for a business district route designation from the Texas Department of Transportation and address traffic issues at the cloverleaf interchange on Texas 73. [...] there aren't any grocery stores or many restaurants near the proposed location that would make living in the community an attractive opportunity for prospective residents. Dave Mulcahy, the… → Read More
Beaumont student wears Muslim garb for a day
[...] when Barnhill walked up to the counter to make copies, a worker complimented her sparkling, striped hijab, not knowing that Barnhill was only Muslim for the day. Barnhill, a 30-year-old Lamar University student, on Wednesday wore a head scarf, or hijab, traditionally worn by Muslim women for a project in her sociology of religion class. Barnhill spoke with Nada Hammad and Oruba Shahid, two… → Read More
Texas Rice Festival celebrates farming culture in Southeast Texas
Commercial production of rice picked up in Texas after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1883 and the establishment of a rice irrigation and canal system, which led to the formation of the Lower Neches Valley Authority. The family farms that were once passed down from one generation to the next aren't seeing the same excitement from young people today or even the youths going… → Read More
Lamar State College-Orange to launch maritime program
The college received $1 million in state funding, to be disbursed over the next two years, to start a maritime program that should eventually grow into a two-year associate's degree. [...] high school seniors feel more pressure to seek college degrees, causing the mariner ranks to dwindle, he said. According to the job search website, Career Cast, "seaman" ranks as one of the most stressful, but… → Read More
Port Arthur City Council votes to adopt 2015-2016 budget
The council-approved 2015-16 city budget will set aside a combined $291,000 for a water utility office manager and an operations manager, said Jerry Dale, the city's interim finance director on Monday. An estimated 30 percent of water customers fail to pay their bills, costing the city's general fund around $2.5 million annually for many years, Dale said. In addition to the three new positions… → Read More
Former mayor sues City of China over housing complex
The former mayor of China has sued the city to overturn a decision preventing her from selling land to builders of an affordable housing complex. At a hearing Wednesday, former Mayor Ella Johnston Leger will try to rescind a resolution that withdrew financial support from the development of the affordable housing complex, the Carlyle, according to a lawsuit filed last week by Leger's attorney,… → Read More
State seeks to revoke Harbor Hospital's license
The Texas Department of State Health Services is seeking to revoke Harbor Hospital's license and fine the facility almost $500,000 for alleged safety violations, according to a notice sent to the hospital last month. The notice of violation sent to Harbor Hospital on Aug. 10 lists 19 allegations with proposed penalties totaling $462,000. → Read More
Fake $20 bills circulating through Kountze businesses
The Kountze Police Department is warning people to be aware of fake $20 bills circulating through local businesses. The bills were made from scans of three $20 bills and are thicker than a real bill, Chief Brent Slaughter said. → Read More
Family: VA 'red tape' delays Beaumont man's cancer meds
The pain in his back, brought on by terminal pancreatic cancer, was becoming too intense for him to sleep. Dennis' daughter-in-law, Angie Griggs, filed a complaint on Aug. 8 with U.S. Rep. Randy Weber's office, contending that a Veterans Affairs Medical Clinic "refused" to rewrite and fill Dennis' prescriptions prescribed by his doctor at Texas Oncology-Beaumont. Angie Griggs' complaint joins a… → Read More
Shock of deputy shooting prompts awareness at local level
Rod Carroll usually thinks about mundane things while he pumps his gas - what time he has to get up in the morning, if he needs to run by the store to buy milk and the like. Not this week. Jefferson County's assistant chief deputy drives an unmarked car, but it's clearly a law enforcement vehicle, he said. Since Friday, when a Harris County deputy was shot and killed at a Chevron gas station,… → Read More
Authorities hunt 6-foot snake in Beaumont's West End
Theo, a 6-foot red-tailed boa constrictor, left his West End home this week hungry and on the prowl for his next meal. Joseph Dark, 26, has been searching for his 11-year-old boa constrictor since Sunday. He said Theo escaped from his Central Drive home after slithering through a hole in the floor. Dark reported Theo missing on Monday, according to Beaumont Animal Services. Dark said Theo got… → Read More
An authentic stay: Airbnb New Orleans rentals
Airbnb allows travelers to book unique places to stay, often charming residences and quaint apartments. Hosts are sometimes present to give visitors a native's perspective on happenings around town. → Read More