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A late Friday night thunderstorm over the Magnolia Springs Community put on quite a lightning show. The small thunderstorm cell formed at about 10:30 and slowly meandered to the east. Read more
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Friday, July 31, 2020
Emma Jane Stephenson, the widow of the recently deceased Wayne Stephenson, has died at the age of 82, just 7 weeks after her husband of 62 years passed away. She slipped away Friday morning at her home in the Curtis Community.
A Newton native accused of hitting and injuring a man, woman, and child in Beaumont is now free from the Jefferson County Jail under a $120,000.00 bond. It happened early Wednesday evening in the Oak Trace neighborhood in the west end of Beaumont.
There has been a tragedy in Nevada with a connection to the Southeast Texas aviation community. Reports are coming out of an area about 150 miles north of Las Vegas where two planes, owned by M & M Air Service in the Winnie area, collided and crashed Thursday afternoon while they were pe…
A longtime Vidor store was robbed at gunpoint late Thursday night. According to Vidor Police Chief, the crime occurred shortly before 11:00 at The Falls, located in the 1900 block of South Main Street, also known as Highway 105.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
An incident in the Warren Community has reportedly left a woman seriously injured. It occurred shortly before 6:00 on Thursday evening on County Road 1325, about a mile off of Highway 69.
Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department are investigating what they believe to be an accidental shooting in the south end of the county.
Jasper Police Captain Mike Poindexter says a Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper late Thursday afternoon found and recovered a pickup truck that had been reported stolen in Jasper on July 17th.
Jasper County Judge Mark Allen reported Thursday that there has been another drop in the amount of active Coronavirus cases.
Good news for two Jasper nursing homes. After having a combined total of 10 active Coronavirus cases among their residents earlier in the week, that number has now dropped by nearly half to 6 active cases.
A woman has been arrested in Beaumont after police there say she hit a child and two adults with a car, and then fled from the scene on foot. It happened shortly before 7:00 on Wednesday evening in the Oak Trace neighborhood in the west end of Beaumont.
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Friday, July 31, 2020
Coronavirus testing in Newton:
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The Hardin County Health Department is reporting 151 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hardin County this week, which is unfortunate, but due to a large number of recoveries over the past 7 days, our number of Active cases is only up by 19 since this time last week. I appreciate the har…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced a bill to extend and expand access to Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment administered in the home for Medicare patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD).
School News
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The Jasper Independent School District has announced three new or returning employees.
The Jasper Independent School District has issued the following notice regarding the destruction of special education records:
The Jasper Independent School District has issued the following notice regarding those with disabilities from birth to age 21:
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Obituaries
Anna “Ann” Theresia Benton, 90, of Colmesneil, passed away, Th…
Mark Lewis Rawls passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Preced…
Ruth Burney (Smith) Gill, 91, of Jasper passed away on July 22…
Mikie Simmons, 68, of Call passed away on Monday, July 27, 202…
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