Kountze News

Hardin County authorities sweep down on over two dozen alleged criminals today looking to put a dent in drug trafficking.

A Saratoga woman was killed Fruday in an accident on Highway 69 two miles outside of Kountze.

Southeast Texas students could be seeing more math and science next school year because of poor performance on state tests.

Holding a damp rag to lift the rusty metal lid, Arthur Yarbough unveiled a bed of pork ribs.

Inside a big red barn just south of Kountze, modern-day alchemists have been turning piles of powdery brown rice bran into a type of diesel fuel for nearly a year.

If you're looking for some of the best barbecue in Texas, you don't have to go any farther than Kountze or Beaumont.

Investigators say the First Baptist Church in Kountze was deliberately set on fire last month. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

PETAL - Services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Moore Funeral Home in Petal for Barbara Jean Parrish, 46, of Petal, who died May 11, 2008, at her home. via Hattiesburg American

Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise Hardin County dispatcher Dee Ann Durbin answers calls at the Hardin County Dispatch Office in Kountze on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. via PhotoJournalism

“I have a gorgeous little bird with a deep blue color on my feeder, but it's not as big as a regular bluebird. What is it?”

A reader called excitedly to say, "I have a gorgeous little bird with a deep blue color on my feeder, but it's not as big as a regular bluebird. via Houston Chronicle

TA group is asking the $12.5 million dollars spent from a 2005 bond issue be investigated. via KBTV Beaumont

“Disappointing we have to do this. Everyone in this town was hoping that church fire would be ruled accidental”

Investigators say a fire that destroyed a church was no accident. Federal and local law enforcement officers say the fire that destroyed First Baptist Church in Kountze is a case of arson. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

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“We were trying to help firefighters put it out, there were a lot of people who came up here, we were pulling hoses and trying to help the best we could”

Federal investigators are in Hardin County searching for the cause of a fire that destroyed a church. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

Making the victims of crime a national priority. That was in the brochure tonight. via KBMT

“I got sick, I got physically sick not because of the building but knowing what the people are going through.”

The congregation at First Baptist Church in Kountze held worship service Sunday morning at Kountze Middle School. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

Firefighters and Police are on the scene of a major fire in Kountze. Details are still coming in but witnesses tell KFDM the fire is at the First Baptist Church located on corner of Highway 69 and 326. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

From staff reports BEAUMONT - A 35-year-old Kountze man is accused of beating and stripping the clothes off of his ex-girlfriend Monday morning. via Orange Leader

A Kountze man is in jail accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriends apartment. The charges are "unlawful restraint," a step up from kidnapping. via KBMT

Beaumont police arrested a Kountze man Monday morning after witnesses say he kidnapped a former girlfriend. via KBMT