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A contractor was injured while working at the Exxon Mobil polyethylene plant on U.S. 90 in Beaumont, a company spokeswoman said.

Parkdale Mall's owner has submitted plans to the city of Beaumont proposing four stores to fill more than 100,00 square feet of empty retail space this coming year. The plans, which are still under review by city officials, call for the "partial alteration" of the former Macy's and two adjacent storefronts, as well as a 28,959 square foot addition. HomeGoods and Five Below are listed as intended tenants for the addition and the former Ashley HomeStore space. The furniture store moved to a free-standing location at the corner of Dowlen and Folsom last year.

As the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum prepares to celebrate the 117th anniversary of the Spindletop gusher this Saturday, we dug through the Enterprise archives to find photos of the museum's history. The museum was opened in 1976 as a project for the United States Bicentennial celebrations.

Although widely condemned as ugly and offensive, signs on a Groves resident's property that prod at sensitive subjects like race and religion are protected by the First Amendment, city police and legal experts say.
The black signs with white block lettering are posted along the fence and the entrance to the driveway of the
man's Taft Avenue home.

After seven months of discussions over buffer zones and traffic concerns, the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont is backing a plan to build an affordable housing complex near Kelly High School, which could push city leaders to support the proposal after opposing it last winter.
Developer ITEX Group, LLC plans to apply to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for Housing Tax Credits to build a 110-unit senior housing development on land currently owned by Games People Play on College Street.

Hardin County's oldest capital murder trial, which is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Kountze, could be delayed again after a last-minute request by the defense for a change of venue.
Ryan Gertz, one of Jason Wade Delacerda's two defense attorneys, said he filed a change of venue motion on Thursday requesting the trial be moved out of the county.

A Jasper man pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for driving his car while his wife was on the hood, causing her to fall off and later die from her injuries.

A former Hardin County candidate who filed to run for Jefferson County District Attorney has asked the state Supreme Court to intervene after he was declared ineligible.