The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Independent School District reported no serious injuries following a wreck involving a school bus on Thursday morning.

*Information provided by the Jasper-Newton County Public Health District

The Texas A&M Forest Service has released an updated report on conditions being extremely conducive for wildfires in this region.

Jasper firefighters and the Texas A&M Forest Service had to deal with a grass and brush fire on Thursday afternoon that began as a controlled burn. It occurred at about 1:30 behind houses and businesses in an area encompassed by South Bowie, Hale, Springhill, and Johnson Streets.

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department has announced the arrest of a suspect in a recent case of criminal mischief at an oil well site in the south end of the county.

The Jasper-Lake Sam Rayburn Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 45th Annual Fall Butterfly Festival at Sandy Creek Park on Marvin Hancock Drive on Saturday, October 1st, 2022 from 10:00am to 4:00pm

A Wednesday afternoon wildfire burned close to the home of former NFL star Eugene Seale. The blaze was reported shortly after 2:00 in the 100 block of County Road 103 in the Dixie Community.

The Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday released the names of a man and woman who were involved in a fatal crash that occurred late Tuesday morning in Tyler County.

The Jasper Fire Department responded to a trash fire that grew out of control and began spreading shortly before the noon hour on Wednesday at 943 Fred Street.

A motorcyclist was injured in a crash in far south Jasper County Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the wreck at about 2:30 on Highway 105 in front of J-3 Metals, just south of Evadale.

One person was injured and traffic was backed up for miles following a Tuesday morning crash on the Highway 190 Dam B Bridge. It happened at about 7:30 on the Tyler County side of the Neches River.

Fire departments in the south end of Jasper County were busy dealing with a large wildfire on Tuesday afternoon south of Buna and east of Evadale.

It’s Homecoming Week in Jasper and activities will be taking place on Thursday and Friday evening.

The Sabine County Commissioners Court met in emergency session on Tuesday afternoon and implemented a burn ban which took effect immediately.

Jasper County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Scotty Duncan said Tuesday that firefighters on the local and state level were busy dealing with a wildfire in the far south end of the county.