Houston train collides with 2 cars, injuring 7
HOUSTON (AP) — Two adults and five children were hurt after a freight train collided with two cars in southwest Houston. The Houston Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1A2tfpD ) that a BNSF train hit the vehicles around 1:30 p.m. Friday. The drivers of …
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Beaumont schools lose more state aid for overstating attendance, total loss …
BEAUMONT, Texas — For the second time in three months, state education officials have notified the Beaumont school district that attendance accounting errors will result in the loss of state aid, bringing the total withheld to $ 2 million. The district …
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Day Trips: St. Anthony's Cathedral, Beaumont: A beautiful basilica in Beaumont
There are four major Catholic basilicas (all in Rome) and 1,609 minor basilicas, with 79 in the U.S. and three in Texas. Texas is also home to seven of the 193 cathedrals in the U.S.. St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica is at 700 Jefferson Street in Beaumont.
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Police ID weapon used in fatal shooting of Beaumont taxidermist
A Beaumont police officer used an AR-15 rifle to a shoot a well-known taxidermist who was brandishing a telescope-mounted rifle Tuesday night in the first officer-involved fatal shooting in perhaps two years, said police Chief James Singletary. Stanley …
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