Evadale News

According to Chief Deputy Ralph Nichols, an investigation recently began after the child's mother discovered the messages on the girl's cell phone and contacted the Sheriff's Department.

A Newton man is jailed in Jasper County accused of sending explicit text messages and photos to a 12-year old Evadale girl.

A Newton County man is in the Jasper County Jail after deputies say he sent nude pictures of himself to a young girl.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department says a high speed chase late Wednesday evening covered three counties, but ended without any injuries and two suspects in custody.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department says three Buna area teenagers have been arrested and charged with several crimes in south Jasper County, including extensive damage to a historical church.

Standing in the shade of oak and sweet gum trees, the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church has survived the wind and rain since the 1870s.

Otis Deon Collier, 41, died Friday afternoon at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, according to his sister, Monica Williams.

A worker at the MeadWestvaco plant in Evadale was injuried in a flash fire and flown to a Houston hospital for treatment, according to a company spokeswoman.

The Jasper County grand jury has indicted a woman who is charged with murdering her husband last year at the couple's Evadale home.

Fifty high school students from 18 area schools will visit Lamar University and Christus Hospital St.

My fellow Aggies: Howdy! My name is Jason Staggs, and I am a senior pre-law history major from Evadale, Texas.

Orangefield offensive coordinator Mike Stewart is the new head coach at Kountze, the school's athletic director said today.

Day three of testimony has wrapped up in the capital murder trial of Crystal Desormeaux.

KBMT has learned a second area student has been diagnosed with viral meningitis.

"She did it, "she killed my son." Those were the words of Leo Desormeaux IV on the stand in the Jasper County district courtroom on Tuesday afternoon.

The Orange County grand jury met this week and returned an indictment against Cory Lee Gaspard, 28, of Groves, for felony burglary of a vehicle.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning in the capital murder trial of a woman charged with the death of her young stepson.

A Jasper County Sheriff's Deputy lost control of his cruiser this morning and crashed.