Mark Armstrong

A Beaumont mother is suing BISD, alleging a Fletcher Elementary employee hurt her 6-year-old son.

New claims and a new push to preserve evidence in the growing legal fight over the Valero refinery explosion in Port Arthur.

Another ExxonMobil carbon capture project is proposed for Southeast Texas. After pushback in Cheek and Newton County, will this one face resistance too?

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The State of Texas just finalized enforcement action against the City of Port Neches over water pollution violations at its sewage treatment plant.

But our review of federal EPA records suggests Port Neches may not be alone.

We found other public sewage treatment plants in Jefferson County also have significant violations.

“Trump” reverse graffiti is still showing up in parts of Southeast Texas more than a year after cleanup efforts began.

Three workers were killed in the Port Arthur LNG collapse. Now new court filings suggest one family may have reached a settlement.

A high speed chase across multiple counties ended in a crash after a DPS trooper used a PIT maneuver, according to the Jasper County Sheriff. The driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

A woman called law enforcement saying she was being followed after leaving a Beaumont hotel and stayed on the line for more than 20 minutes. Before officers or deputies could catch up, dispatch heard gunshots.

Two weeks after the explosion & fire at the Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas — the latest pollution report shows the air emissions lasted nearly seven times longer than initially disclosed. According to the TCEQ report, 157,000 pounds of chemicals were released into the environment for 244 hours — more than 10 days — including ethylene, benzene, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides.

Chevron Phillips’ Port Arthur petrochemical plant is now facing a $184,000 state penalty after TCEQ said a five minute release in 2022 sent more than 21,000 pounds of ethylene into the air. The order says people or environmental receptors were exposed to pollutant levels above protective thresholds.

Denied again. 12NewsNow asked to see the body camera footage tied to the viral video of a Beaumont, Texas officer punching a man on the ground and the City of Beaumont said no again. The contradiction is glaring. The city is still leaning on an old Attorney General ruling from when the case was active, even though later city records show prosecutors declined the case and police now say they don’t have the technology to edit the video. Taxpayer owned footage in a high profile case remains hidden and that is raising major transparency questions.