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Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

Residents on 23rd Street have faced sewer backups during rain that have caused water to back up in showers and toilets. The city will install a new sewer line and close the section between Laurel Avenue and Bayou Road for a month while it works on fixing the system and later extends repairs to Fannett Road.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

The Symphony of Southeast Texas will launch its 73rd season this Saturday at the Julie Rogers Theatre with a Hispanic Heritage Month concert featuring Grammy Award-winning guitarist Jason Vo and works by Hispanic and Mexican composers, while Bob Hope School’s mariachi band will perform in the lobby at 6:55 p.m.—Maestro Chelsea Tipton II promised several surprises during the show.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

On Saturday, visitors including Patricia Hill-Wilson and Antoinette Reed attended the Agatha Babino exhibit at the Blessed Sacrament auxiliary center, where panels showed her journey from enslavement on a Louisiana plantation to building a life in Beaumont—descendants from as far away as Lake Charles joined to learn her story. The exhibit, now in its second showing by the Beaumont Heritage Society, offered genealogical insights and a chance to reconnect with family history.