The Tyler County Sheriff’s Department has turned to the public for assistance in locating a wanted fugitive. Sheriff Bryan Weatherford’s office says that 29-year-old Jesse Evetts Jones is named in several arrest warrants for various crimes.

Texas blues & boogie band ZZ Top announced Wednesday that bassist Dusty Hill has died. He was 72.

Jasper Police say a business owner discovered Wednesday morning that someone stole his pickup truck overnight. According to Sergeant Cody Christopher, it was taken from Lakes Area Trailer Sales at 302 South Wheeler Street, next door to Boot Barn.

A weekend accident in Angelina County involving four vehicles has now claimed a second life. Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant David Hendry said Tuesday that 33-year-old Alicia Stephenson, of Portage, Wisconsin, died in a Houston hospital on Monday.

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Information provided by the Jasper-Newton County Public Health District

Emergency crews in Angelina County were busy late Sunday afternoon after a crash involving four vehicles left a teenage girl dead and several others injured. Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant David Hendry said the crash occurred shortly after 4:00 on U.S. Highway 59 South, just outs…

Louisiana State Police say a Merryville man died in a weekend motorcycle crash in Beauregard Parish.

A Buna man escaped injury despite being involved in a fiery crash in Polk County over the weekend. It happened Sunday afternoon on State Highway 146 in the Schwab City Community, about 9 miles southeast of Livingston

A local man is dead following a tragic accident that occurred shortly before 9:00 on Saturday evening on Edgewood Street on the east side of Jasper.

A fire that had reportedly been set to burn a small pile of brush is thought to be the cause of fire that destroyed an abandoned home just south of Jasper on Saturday evening.