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The Beaumont Enterprise

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    May 16, 2012

    Paige Parkerson: Killed Fiance Because His Mother's Day Gift Wasn't Good Enough? (UPDATED)

    A tip for any future suitors of Paige Parkerson, whether it's in prison or not: Go big on Mother's Day. Beaumont police say Parkerson killed her fiancé early Monday after the two "had been arguing over the Mother's Day holiday. The Beaumont Enterprise says the mother of victim Clifton "JR" Barkin ... More >>

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    March 22, 2012

    Setting Boundaries

    A tip for any future suitors of Paige Parkerson, whether it's in prison or not: Go big on Mother's Day. Beaumont police say Parkerson killed her fiancé early Monday after the two "had been arguing over the Mother's Day holiday. The Beaumont Enterprise says the mother of victim Clifton "JR" Barkin ... More >>

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    March 8, 2012

    Port Arthur School District: Sorry One of Our Principals Hit Your Fifth-Grade Children

    Port Arthur police are investigating an elementary school principal who reportedly hit fifth-grade students who performed poorly on practice tests last week. The Beaumont Enterprise reported that the Port Arthur Independent School District has apologized for the behavior of Travis Elementary School ... More >>

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    January 28, 2011

    Tamraka McGriff: Judge Says No More Tattoos for School Administrator

    Tamraka McGriff's philosophy​Tamrake McGriff is the coordinator of transportation for the Beaumont school district and, apparently, she loves her skin art as much as she doesn't like her body. So much so, in fact, that a judge has barred her from getting any more tattoos or plastic surgery unt ... More >>

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    January 4, 2011

    Millet Harrison Jr.: Dude Who Removed His Mom's Brain Says He's Better Now

    Millet Harrison believes in the first part of this message, at least​It's January, which means it's time once again for Millet Harrison Jr. to ask a Jefferson County court if he can leave the mental hospital he's been locked up in since he cut out his mother's brain and heart in 1994. E ... More >>

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    December 28, 2010

    Ann Huey: Beaumont Artist Makes Funny Short Film That Almost Makes You Want To Visit

    Beaumont -- a/k/a The Poor Man's Houston -- has image problems that puts Houston to shame. Which is nice if you're from Houston. It's always good to have someone to look down upon. But like any ridiculed city, Beaumont does have its charms. And now, thanks to local artist Ann Huey , they're avail ... More >>

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    December 14, 2010

    David Joseph Latta: Drunk, Possibly Pee-Filled Man Stars In Hilarious Security-Cam Video

    David Joseph Latta probably wishes he wasn't on camera​It was a night of horror in the lobby of the Beaumont Enterprise. At least for one guy who apparently broke in trying to take a leak. The paper's blog reports that David Joseph Latta, of Lake Charles, was "feverishly searching for a urina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Darrell Craig Vogel: Beaumont Prosecutor Picked Up Twice In 24 Hours For DWI

    The prosecution rests, excessively​Darrell Craig Vogel, 50, is an assistant prosecutor for the city of Beaumont, meaning he deals with municipal court stuff. The pressures of holding in your hands the Sophie's Choice of whether or not to prosecute that 41-in-a-35 mph-zone case may have been t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Bath Salts As Fake Coke: How Five Movies Would Have Been Different

    Bath salts: The first taste is free​With all this talk about synthetic marijuana (K2), Hair Balls was already feeling despair for kids these days. But when we checked out the Beaumont Enterprise recently, we completely lost all faith: people in southeast Texas are now apparently snorting bath salt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Nick Kosir: The Rapping Weatherman's San Francisco Gig Is Over

    All of Houston has been following semi-breathlessly the sage of rapping weatherman Nick Kosir who has either appalled or entertained viewers (in Beaumont and on YouTube) with his white-man-raps schtick.He seemingly rode his talent to the big time -- San Francisco, which is a hell of a lot better TV ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Mike Lout, Mayor Of Jasper: Drunk, Shirtless And Arrested At A Sonic

    Photo via KJASMike Lout at his swearing-in, with a shirt (sort of)​Jasper is a true Piney Woods burg -- it's got a notorious bit of racist history, it's got an isolated, closed-off feeling to it, it's got a mayor arrested for public intoxication when he was found wandering down the road from where ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    R&B Legend Ivory Joe Hunter To Get State Historical Marker

    ​Rocks Off's predecessor John Nova Lomax, who normally reports on much more sordid goings-on in East Texas, tipped us off to a story in today's Beaumont Enterprise that reports late Texas R&B legend Ivory Joe Hunter will have an official Texas State Historical Marker erected at his gravesite n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Apparently The Noid Was Unavailable for Questioning

    No one can tell when a hot wing jones will overcome them. You might be sitting on the couch, watching a Saved by the Bell marathon, when bam, you get the fierce craving for spicy Buffalo goodness. When we've been broke and this happened, we've done some crazy things, like pour ranch sauce on our fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    A Playoff Victory For The Ages, Or For The Want Of A Good Travel Agent A Championship Was Lost

    ​As fans travel to Houston for the NCAA regionals, they can only hope their favorite team shows as much spunk, as much desire, as much can-do spirit as Beaumont's Southeast Texas Mavericks.The Mavericks are part of the American Basketball Association (suggested slogan: "Not the ABA You're Thinking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Flag Down The Police Chief, Show Him Your Weed, Go To Jail

    ​A word of caution: if you're walking the streets at 4 a.m. with an ounce of weed in your bra, randomly flagging down cars so you can find someone who wants to party, try to make sure you don't run out and wave your arms in front of a car driven by the chief of police.This is a lesson that 25-year ... More >>

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    July 21, 2009

    Bayou Beat: Movie Night at the Mink, Scout Bar Beaumont Shut Down, Yeah Yeah Yeahs at ACL? and More

    Seems the Mink has found an old movie projector and is planning to put it to good use this evening. After a couple of Charlie Chaplin shorts, the bar will screen the superb 2007 documentary Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, and even provide free popcorn. "A makeout row can be provided on reque ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Beaumont News Anchor Indulges (Allegedly) In Insane Facebook Feud

    What the hell is going on in Beaumont?Now granted, that's a question you could ask pretty much any day of the week, but right now it concerns a Facebook spat between a prominent local news anchor there and a critic.Jim Walker, a main anchor at Fox affiliate KBTV, seems to be going nuts, if the Beaum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    This Just In: A Wiffle-Ball Bat Is Not A Deadly Weapon

    Partying in Beaumont -- does it get any better? The smoky industrial fumes, the Golden Triangle aura, the knowledge that at any moment you could up and visit the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum if you wanted to: It's what makes life in Beaumont so good.As long as you keep the Wiffle-Ball Bats safely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Houston's Better Business Bureau Has No Love For Conn's, Despite What Conn's Implies

    Yesterday, when we told you about Texas AG Greg Abbott going after the Conn's appliance chain for deceptive practices, we included the company's response.Conn's said "a current measure of our dedication to customer service by our more than 3,200 employees is our Better Business Bureau rating. We cur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Gatemouth Brown Needs a Gravestone

    Yesterday, when we told you about Texas AG Greg Abbott going after the Conn's appliance chain for deceptive practices, we included the company's response.Conn's said "a current measure of our dedication to customer service by our more than 3,200 employees is our Better Business Bureau rating. We cur ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita

    For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Jeffrey Klem

    For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    Bragging Rights

    The Port praises itself, with omissions

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    November 3, 2005

    Rookie of the Year

    A Houston lawyer's fight for Series tickets

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Total Contempt

    He cheated a family out of $120,000. It took four years in jail to make him the victim.

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    January 8, 2004

    Head Ways

    Dillard's may dominate advertising -- and be all but absent from news headlines

  • News

    June 27, 1996

    Fleck Exonerated; Stockman Sued

    Dillard's may dominate advertising -- and be all but absent from news headlines

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