A 19-year-old man and his 20-year-old bride died only minutes after their wedding in Orange County when their car and a pickup truck collided as they were leaving the Justice of the Peace courtroom and pulling onto a highway.

In June KJAS News told you about a man who was arrested after he was accused of impersonating a Texas Ranger in Nacogdoches County. KTRE 9 News is now reporting that the Nacogdoches County Grand Jury has indicted 39-year-old Ford Truitt Cummings on a charge of impersonating a public servant.

Dr. Ron McMurry, a member of the Jasper Hospital District Board of Directors, has filed a complaint against the board with the Jasper County District Attorney’s Office.

Louisiana resident Shannon Gentry has taken home a 32" high definition TV courtesy of the Pillars of the Community Organization. Shannon was the lucky winner in a drawing that was held late Thursday afternoon as the 3rd Annual Pillars of the Community FREE Haircut Event was wrapping up here …

The 3rd Annual Pillars of the Community FREE Haircut Event wrapped up at KJAS on Thursday and organizers say it was again a huge success, with some 70 children receiving haircuts.

In a special called joint meeting of both the board of directors for the Jasper Economic Development Corporation (JEDCO) and the Jasper City Council, the two entities on Thursday afternoon voted in favor of constructing a building for Provalus. The Alabama based information technology compan…

Jasper ISD students will be going back to school on Monday, and Jasper Police say they’ll be out and about working school zones heavily over the first few days of school being back in session.

With the Associated Press this year discontinuing their Texas High School Football Poll, rankings for schoolboy football in our state will now come from specialized publications such as Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine and MaxPreps. Their 2019 pre-season numbers are out, and Jasper an…

There were some tense moments on College Street, near the intersection of Hodges, on Wednesday evening, when a back hoe struck a gas line, causing it to spew.

About 50 people turned out on Wednesday for a rally on the lawn of the Jasper County Courthouse which organizers said was to remember those that had died in violent acts and denounce violence in the community.