http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local RSS Feed for KBMT - 12 News - Local News en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:11:34 GMT http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23343789.html Fireworks, bursts of red white and blue could be seen throughout the Golden Triangle from Port Arthur to Beaumont and beyond. Here's a look at the fireworks display from the riverfront in Beaumont.. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23350159.html Since 2004 he's been serving our country in Afghanistan and spent the last year in Iraq. And on this 4th of July, he's home in Tyler County just before the last couple of months of his military service. Our Brian Burns visited Specialist Joshua Coke lucky enough to be free on this 4th. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23347074.html Jasper County authorities say the skyrocketing price of copper is tempting the criminal element in their community to engage in a costly and potentially deadly type of theft. Here's Lt. Paul Tomplate with the Jasper County Sheriff's Office. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23090359.html Members of the Beaumont Rotary Club spent time early Friday making sure homeowners had a patriotic start to their 4th of July. Rotarians along with the Boy Scouts of America placed flags in front of 470 homes. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23079814.html A Beaumont neighborhood began its 4th of July celebration with gunshots rather than fireworks. Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday police were called to the Concord Homes in the 2000 block of Cottonwood. When officers arrived they found a 25-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23088064.html An off-duty Beaumont police officer says he was nearly hit by an extended-cab pickup truck that was driving erratically Friday morning. When the patrolman tried to stop the driver, the man kept on going. At one point a bicyclist barely escaped the path of the truck. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/22856819.html Officials say a 59-year-old Vidor man fed more than 40 dogs -- seized Wednesday -- decayed meat. Jack Houseman faces allegations of animal cruelty and is expected in court today. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23076429.html Galveston psychologist Freddy Paniagua came to Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont to complete his jihad. Although many Americans define the word as a Muslim holy war, there is another definition Paniagua said. His jihad fits another definition: an individual’s struggle for individual growth. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23075289.html A presentation of a new scholarship in memory of the late Don “Jerry” Sparks will be made at the United Steel Workers Local 13-423, 1500 Jefferson Drive in Port Arthur at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 8. A key labor leader in Southeast Texas and beyond, Sparks passed away June 1. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/23070094.html Fifty high school students will participate in a new summer camp at Lamar University July 7-11 to gain a new appreciation for science, technology, engineering and math. The gO W.E.S.T. Academy, which stands for gO Women for Engineering, Science and Technology Academy,is for high-performing, under-represented high-school females.