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3 weeks ago | 
5newsonline.com | Mark Armstrong
BEAUMONT, Texas — Masked. Organized. And targeting banks in broad daylight. Federal prosecutors say four men tied to a Houston street gang pulled off two high-stakes robberies in Beaumont. ATM technicians were ambushed in broad daylight and nearly $300,000 in cash was stolen. Now, the suspects face federal charges, and the case is shedding light on a growing crime trend known as jugging.
Masked men in stolen cars, cash in hand, and gone in seconds.
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3 weeks ago | 
12newsnow.com | Mark Armstrong
BEAUMONT, Texas — Masked. Organized. And targeting banks in broad daylight. Federal prosecutors say four men tied to a Houston street gang pulled off two high-stakes robberies in Beaumont. ATM technicians were ambushed in broad daylight and nearly $300,000 in cash was stolen. Now, the suspects face federal charges, and the case is shedding light on a growing crime trend known as jugging.
Masked men in stolen cars, cash in hand, and gone in seconds.
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1 month ago | 
wkyc.com | Mark Armstrong
SABINE PASS, Texas — Three construction workers died and two others were injured after a scaffolding collapse early Tuesday morning at the Port Arthur LNG site in Sabine Pass, according to officials. The incident, which occurred around 2 a.m., prompted an immediate work stoppage at the massive industrial construction project.
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1 month ago | 
12newsnow.com | Mark Armstrong
BEAUMONT, Texas — If you've driven past a polling place in Beaumont lately, you may have noticed something. Or rather, you may have tried not to notice something: a sea of political signs so dense they practically form their own ecosystem. At Rogers Park, one of the city’s busiest early voting sites, the signs are packed tighter than rush-hour traffic on College Street. Dozens — maybe hundreds — are planted with wild abandon near the entrance.
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2 months ago | 
eveningnews24.co.uk | Mark Armstrong
2 1/1 Norwich City have sacked head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup and his assistant Glen Riddersholm with immediate effect. The decision follows a poor run of results that has sparked growing discontent among supporters. Thorup, who arrived from Nordsjaelland last summer, lasted less than a season in charge.
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2 months ago | 
edp24.co.uk | Mark Armstrong
Ben Youngs will retire from rugby at the end of the season (Image: PA) Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped men’s player and former pupil of Gresham’s School in Holt, has announced he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2024/25 season. The Leicester Tigers scrum-half, who also played junior rugby locally for Holt RFC and North Walsham, confirmed the news after making his 332nd senior appearance for the Tigers in their Easter Sunday victory over Bristol Bears.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
abc10.com | Gabby Gaspard |Mark Armstrong
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — One mother in Port Arthur is demanding transparency from the police department after her daughter died in a suspicious manner.
So far, Port Arthur police haven't said if they're investigating the death of 33-year-old Donesha Buckner as a homicide.
Her mother, Sharon Shelvin, received a call on Saturday, January 18 that Buckner had been rushed to the hospital after a medical emergency.
"You're just never prepared," said Shelvin.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
astronomynow.com | Mark Armstrong
There’s a picturesque early evening scene at the start of February as the Moon passes dazzling Venus and fading Saturn. Breathtaking Venus burns brilliant throughout February in the south-west soon after sunset, in the midst of a dazzling apparition. Lying close by at the start of February is Saturn, by contrast a fading force that will be in conjunction with the Sun in March.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
pinkun.com | Mark Armstrong
Plymouth Argyle could be without star man Morgan Whittaker against Norwich City this evening. The winger had to be substituted midway through the second half in the Pilgrims’ 2-2 draw on Friday evening against Watford because of a toe injury, which has been an issue for their top goalscorer. Plymouth boss Wayne Rooney hopes the extra day recovery could work in their favour but believes the fact his side had to play on Friday after the international break is ‘crazy’.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
astronomynow.com | Mark Armstrong
Amateur astronomers just love the challenge of checking out those horizon-hugging southern constellations and seeking the deep-sky gems they host. At the time of the year the great southern constellation of Sculptor fits the bill perfectly. Sculptor is the largest of the southern constellations invented by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1756.
