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Tom Flanagan named a “suspected party” in Gilbert Building arson fire
An evidentiary search warrant was served Wednesday morning at the offices of Beaumont businessman Tom Flanagan in Downtown Beaumont. Investigators with the Beaumont Police Department are now indicating that Tom Flanagan, is a possible suspect…
Read article →House destroyed by fire in Hemphill
A house was destroyed by fire in Hemphill early Wednesday morning. It happened shortly before 7:00 at 720 Mann Street, about 3 blocks south of the Courthouse Square. According to Hemphill Fire Chief Glenn Chance,…
Read article →Vernon Parish Sheriff investigates murder at Hornbeck
Sheriff Sam Craft and his deputies with the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Department in Leesville are investigating what is believed to be a double murder in the small community of Hornbeck. Officers say the investigation began…
Read article →Suspects driving a stolen radio station van tried to burglarize an Evadale ATM
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department is trying to identify two suspects who stole a van that belongs to a Beaumont radio station, and then tried to burglarize an ATM in Evadale. The crime occurred at…
Read article →Week 7 – Local High School Football Schedule
Thursday, October 10th Calvert at Burkeville – 6:00 Friday, October 11th West Orange-Stark at Jasper – 7:30 Kirbyville – NO GAME Hardin at Buna – 7:30 Evadale at Sabine Pass – 7:00 Woodville at Newton…
Read article →DPS Captures Tren de Aragua Gang Member in Houston
AUSTIN – A confirmed Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang member is now in custody following his arrest on Monday, Oct. 7, by Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Special Agents in Houston. Working in collaboration…
Read article →Crash involving Gilmer ISD bus causes student injuries
GILMER, Texas (KLTV) - A Gilmer Elementary student has been taken to a hospital after a crash involving a bus Tuesday morning. According to Gilmer ISD administration, the crash happened around 7 a.m. on Highway…
Read article →Cherokee County Sheriff's Office seeks suspect in dump truck theft
C HEROKEE COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Cherokee County officials are looking for a person who abandoned a stolen dump truck Tuesday morning. According to the release from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, a report of…
Read article →Scammers once again using the telephone to get information
Local law enforcement is warning about another scam in the area. Interim Jasper Police Chief Mike Poindexter said Monday that someone is calling residents of the Jasper-Lake Sam Rayburn Area claiming to be a representive…
Read article →VPSO investigating Hornbeck double homicide
H ORNBECK, La. (KPLC) - A double homicide investigation is underway in the Hornbeck area, according to the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office (VPSO). Just after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the sheriff’s office and an officer from…
Read article →Webster Parish girl reported missing second time has been found
DUBBERLY, La. -- Peyton Saintignan has been found. Webster Parish sheriff’s Maj. Bobby Igo III said the 10-year-old was found by searchers about 1 p.m. in a wooded area near her Magnolia Road residence in…
Read article →Shelby County man dies after being found unresponsive in jail holding cell
CENTER, Texas — An East Texas man died Saturday after he was found unresponsive while waiting to be booked into the Shelby County Jail. A 24-year-old man was taken to the Shelby County Jail on…
Read article →Shreveport man killed in Red River Parish crash
WESTDALE, LA. -- A Shreveport man died early Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash in north Red River Parish. State troopers said the crash claimed the life of Melvin Henix, 64, of Shreveport. It happened…
Read article →Paddie Arrested For Drug Charges
October 7, 2024 @ 12:30PM - Sheriff Aaron Mitchell reports the arrest of Charles Merle Paddie (age-54) of Converse this morning, October 7, 2024. The Sabine Parish Sheriff Tactical Narcotic Team had been investigating the…
Read article →Silver Alert: Assistance Needed Locating Missing Jonesville Man
LaSalle Parish– The Louisiana State Police has issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office for 66-year-old William Sabitus. He was last seen at his residence on 145 Sanson Road in…
Read article →Local police hit stores accused of selling smokes or vapes to minors
The Jasper Police Department performed a so called "Sting Operation" on Friday in which they sent underaged youth into local businesses to try to purchase vapes and tobacco and Interim Police Chief Mike Poindexter said…
Read article →Man on the run following traffic stop on Sunday
Jasper Police say a routine traffic stop turned into a chase. Officers say it all began when they pulled over a vehicle on Highway 190 in front of Burger King around noon on Sunday. As…
Read article →Driver trapped upside-down with severe leg injury after crash near Burkeville
Burkeville Fire Chief Charles Duckworth says a driver was trapped in a car upside-down and suffering from a severe leg injury following a Sunday night rollover crash. It occurred at about 9:00 on Highway 87,…
Read article →1 dead, 1 arrested in Longview shooting
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - On Saturday, police responded to a shooting where they found one man dead and arrested another who has been accused of murder. At about 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a shooting…
Read article →Nacogdoches police respond to shooting on Main Street
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Police were called to a report of gunshots fired in Nacogdoches early Sunday, where they found one person in critical condition. Around 12:45 a.m., officers were sent to a private club…
Read article →Zavalla man arrested in Arkansas for a January murder has been extradited to Angelina County
KTRE 9 News in Lufkin is reporting that a Zavalla man who was captured and arrested in Arkansas for a murder that occurred earlier this year has now been extradited back to Angelina County. Jeremy…
Read article →Worker dies in Golden Triangle industrial accident
Our news partner KFDM in Beaumont reported on Thursday that a worker died after falling at a Jefferson County industrial operation. Capt. Crystal Holmes with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 36-year-old…
Read article →One killed and two seriously injured in a Polk County crash
Polk County Today is reporting that one person was killed and two others were very seriously injured in a Thursday night head-on collision. It happened shortly before 9:00 on Highway 190, about 4 miles east…
Read article →Week 6 High School Football Scores
Jasper Off Newton 56 New Waverly 14 Evadale 45 West Hardin 38 Coldspring-Oakhurst 50 Kirbyville 12 Woodville 58 Warren 0 Hemphill 44 Merryville 12 LCM 49 H-Jefferson 13 Deweyville 56 Colmesneil 6 Bridge City 49…
Read article →Two injured in a Wednesday evening crash in Brookeland
Two people were injured in an early Wednesday evening crash just north of Brookeland. It happened shortly before 6:00 on Highway 96 near the Jasper/Sabine County line. According to Texas Department of Public safety Sergeant…
Read article →Man dies after coming in contact with live wire
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department say a man died on Tuesday when he came into contact with a live wire while installing a water line under his home. Officers were called to the…
Read article →Week 6 – Local high school football schedule
Friday, October 4th Jasper – Idle Kirbyville at Coldspring Oakhurts – 7:30 Evadale at West Hardin – 7:00 Burkeville at Legacy Christian – 7:00 New Waverly at Newton – 7:00 Deweyville at Colmesneil – 7:00…
Read article →Louisiana man under federal indictment for a Vidor bank robbery
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted a Louisiana man for a bank robbery in Orange County. It happened on July 18th at First State Bank in Vidor. The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District…
Read article →Natchitoches Police Department chief releases statement following arrest of officer for alleged drug charges
N ATCHITOCHES, La. (KSLA) - A Natchitoches Police officer, who was placed on administrative leave during an internal investigation, has been arrested by the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office. On Oct. 2, an officer with the…
Read article →Man found dead in his yard, autopsy ordered
Jasper County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Scotty Duncan says deputies are investigating the death of a man in Rayburn Country. According to Duncan, the man’s body was in an advanced stage of decomposition when he…
Read article →Shreveport man dies from injury in fight, fall
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A man who died Sunday days after he fell following a fight in which he was struck in the head has been identified by the Caddo Parish Coroner's Office. Billy Sanders, 43,…
Read article →Escaped inmate from Rapides Parish Courthouse located
GRANT PARISH, La. (KALB) - The inmate who escaped from the Rapides Parish Courthouse has been found and is back in custody. According to the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office, a GPSO deputy was at the…
Read article →Angelina County store robbed at gunpoint Wednesday morning, suspect captured
Angelina County Sheriff Tom Selman says a convenience store was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday morning, and the suspect was captured a short time later. The crime occurred shortly after 9:00 at the 69 Country Store…
Read article →Two women charged with drug crimes after Polk County traffic stop
Polk County Today is reporting that two Livingston women were arrested after a Tuesday traffic stop involving Polk County deputies and DPS state troopers. According to the report, officers found methamphetamine in the vehicle and…
Read article →Havard tabs Steve Crowell to serve as a Major in Jasper County Sheriff’s Department
Jasper County Sheriff-Elect Chuck Havard has announced the selection of law enforcement veteran Steve Crowell to serve with the rank of Major. According to Havard, Crowell has 37 years of law enforcement experience which began…
Read article →Former DeRidder mayor Misty Roberts Clanton indicted on sex charge
D ERIDDER, La. (KPLC) - The former mayor of DeRidder has been indicted in connection with her alleged sexual relationship with an underage teen. Misty Roberts Clanton, 42, resigned in late July. She was arrested…
Read article →Both suspects in custody in Natchitoches homicide
NATCHITOCHES, La. – Natchitoches police now have both suspects in custody in connection with the shooting death last week of a 17-year-old. Alasia Lashay Hamilton, 20, was arrested today. She was booked into the Natchitoches…
Read article →Three suspects now in custody in connection with Beaumont shooting death
KFDM is reporting that a third suspect is now in custody in Beaumont on charges of murdering 39-year-old Ebonie Gilbert outside her home on the city's north side in what police have called a brutal,…
Read article →Wreck at Dam B results in traffic jam but no injuries
The volunteers of the Beech Grove Fire Department and other emergency crews were dispatched to the section of Highway 190 just east of the Neches River Bridge at Dam B, shortly before 5:00 on Tuesday…
Read article →Death toll from Hurricane Helene over 100, more than 600 missing....equipment and support from Jasper is there
As the death toll from Hurricane Helene exceeds 100, crews and equipment from Kelly and Company is there. Even before the storm struck the coast of Florida, Kelly and Company, an emergency response business based…
Read article →Zwolle Tamale Fiesta decorative window judging
The 48 th annual Zwolle Tamale Fiesta decorative window judging will take place on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, beginning around 10:00 A.M. and the winners will be announced at the kickoff supper on Thursday, October…
Read article →SFA, Northwestern State announce new rivalry trophy
N ACOGDOCHES, Texas (News release) - When the football teams from Northwestern State and Stephen F. Austin resume their rivalry as Southland Conference foes Saturday night, they’ll play for the largest trophy in sports, a…
Read article →Tatum police, firefighters responding to fire find ‘very large amount’ of narcotics, marijuana
TATUM, Texas (KLTV) - On Sept. 29, Tatum Police Department and Tatum Fire Department responded to a residential fire, and ended up arresting the homeowner. Police say that Alexander River Clark was arrested and booked…
Read article →3 East Texas students killed in crash on Highway 69
GRAYSON COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Three juveniles died in a three-vehicle crash in Grayson County on Friday. According to a DPS report, Hyrum Grandy, 40, of Lone Oak, was driving south on Highway 69 in…
Read article →1 arrested, 1 still wanted in Natchitoches homicide
NATCHITOCHES, La. – Natchitoches police have arrested one of two suspects wanted in the shooting death last week of a 17-year-old. Arrest warrants were issued for Alasia Lashay Hamilton, 20, and Jody Hamilton, 16, both…
Read article →Prior Lecompte Chief of Police Arrested for Malfeasance in Office
Alexandria – In August 2023, the Lecompte Police Department (LPD) requested the Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigation Unit (LSP CIU) to investigate missing evidence from the LPD evidence storage facility. LPD personnel discovered that guns…
Read article →One injured after two pickup trucks collided near Kirbyville
One person was injured after two pickup trucks collided just north of Kirbyville on Friday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the crash shortly before 2:00 to Farm to Market Road 252 near County Road 506.…
Read article →Ring video shows woman shot, killed in cold blood confronting auto burglars
Beaumont police are searching for gunmen caught on Ring Doorbell Camera video shooting and killing a woman in cold blood when she interrupts them while they're burglarizing her car. Detectives say 39-year-old Ebonie Gilbert was…
Read article →Week 5 - Local high school football scores
Carthage 58, Jasper 14 Anahuac 49, Kirbyville 6 East Chambers 34, Buna 6 Evadale 34, Acadiana Christian 6 Newton 62, Anderson Shiro 7 Deweyville 27, West Sabine 18 Oakwood 64, Chester 34 Sabine Pass 27,…
Read article →Two suspecst in jail and police in Beaumont seek another in north end murder
Two suspects have been arrested and police in Beaumont are seeking another in connection with a robbery and murder that occurred on Thursday at a home on the north side of town. A 21-year-old Beaumont…
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