Al Danto Al Danto will draw on more than 20 years experience with start-up and entrepreneurial companies when he delivers the Lamar University Institute for Entrepeneurial Studies "Entrepreneurship" Lecture, Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Frank Trost's famous photo of the Spindletop gusher in 1901. BEAUMONT � After Hurricane Rita shut it down for more than two years, the replica of the oil well that put Beaumont on the map is ready to blow its top once again.
Beaumont attorney Hubert Oxford was honored with a Legends Scholarship at Lamar University. Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have announced the ninth and final Southeast Texas Legends Scholarships � this one honoring Beaumont attorney Hubert Oxford III.
Judge Bob Wortham Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have announced the eighth of nine Southeast Texas Legends Scholarships � this one honoring Judge Bob Wortham, who, throughout his distinguished career as a federal prosecutor, district judge and private attorney, has been known as an innovator and legal pioneer whose landmark cases have had national impact.
Cardinal Village A woman living at the Cardinal Village Apartments claims she was bitten by brown recluse spiders that had infested her apartment. She is accusing the apartment owners and managers of negligence and suing them for medical expenses and other damages.
An Allco site Summit Electric Supply Co. says it supplied nearly $100,000 worth of materials to an Allco Construction, Ltd. subcontractor so it could renovate the McDonald Recreational Sports Facility at Lamar University, but has still not received a payment for its services.
Criminal District Court Judge John Stevens Jr. will be one of three featured speakers at the Lamar University event set to celebrate the U.S. Constitution.
Lamar University Montagne Center, home of Cardinal Basketball The NCAA defines an extra benefit as any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution's athletics interest ("booster/donor") to provide a student-athlete (or a student-athlete's relative or friend) a benefit that is not generally available to other LU students and their relatives and/or friends.
Judge Don Burgess Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have announced the seventh of nine Southeast Texas Legends Scholarships � this one honoring Judge Don Burgess, whose distinguished legal career includes two decades as an appellate judge, as well as tenure as a district judge, prosecutor and in private practice.
John O'Quinn An arbitration panel that includes a Jefferson County native has ordered prominent Houston plaintiff lawyer John O'Quinn to refund at least $35.7 million to more than 3,000 former clients.
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, center, and U.S. Reps. Ted Poe and Kevin Brady, made a recent visit to the Advanced Fuel Cell Research lab at Lamar University. Lamar University is on the front lines of developing new energy systems for the U.S. military with its Advanced Fuel Cell Research laboratory.
In the mid-1950s, law partners Elmo Willard III and Theodore Johns Sr. sued the city of Beaumont to open its recreational facilities and libraries to blacks and then sued Lamar Tech, now Lamar University, to open its doors to black students.
U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe announced June 20 the $10 million criminal fine from OSG shipping for environmental violations. After admitting it deliberately polluted the waters in which its ships sailed, an oil tanker firm will be paying millions to East Texas for environmental protection projects.
Uliana Trylowsky, executive director of Beaumont Habitat for Humanity, was chosen Newsmaker of the Year by the Press Club of Southeast Texas.
Uliana Trylowsky, executive director of Beaumont Habitat for Humanity, was chosen Newsmaker of the Year by the Press Club of Southeast Texas.
The Waldman Smallwood Law Firm was named winner of the BBB Torch Award for Workplace Ethics at the May 15 annual dinner.Carl Waldman, firm founder, is second from left. The Waldman Smallwood Law Firm of Beaumont was the recipient of the Better Business Bureau's 2007 Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics.