JASPER COUNTY, Texas — December 10, 2025 The Jasper County Commissioners Court gathered for a Special Session on Wednesday, tackling a full slate of end-of-year items ranging from public safety board appointments to school district recognitions. SART Report Presented Acting Criminal District Attorney John Burt opened the meeting with the biannual report from the Jasper/Newton Counties Sexual Assault Response Team (SART). The Court accepted the report as presented. Donation to

Photo by Dam B VFD DAM B, Texas — Multiple volunteer fire departments responded Wednesday morning to a garage fire that was already fully engulfed when units arrived, according to Dam B Volunteer Fire Department officials. Dam B VFD reported that the call came in shortly after 9:00 AM on FM 92 near County Road 4096. Six Dam B volunteers responded with one pumper, a tanker, and two brush trucks. Upon arrival, crews found the detached garage heavily involved, with flames exten

Photo by Tyler County Sheriff's Office DAM-B, Texas — A late-night traffic stop in the Dam-B/Town Bluff area ended with a felony drug arrest after Tyler County deputies say they discovered methamphetamine inside a vehicle during a roadside search. According to the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were patrolling FM 92 around 2:25 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, when they pulled over a Kia Nitro for a traffic violation near County Road 4175. Several individuals were inside

Darrin James Piazza, of Jasper, TX – Age 60 Criminal Trespass Arresting Agency: Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 11:10 AM Warrant: CJ-2025-0200 Melissa Loudenslager, of Jasper, TX – Age 34 Criminal Trespass Arresting Agency: Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 12:11 PM Warrant: CJ-2025-0199 Melvin Brim Jr., of Jasper, TX – Age 69 Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility Arresting Agency: Jasper Police Department at 12:16 PM William Lawrence Kelly, of Brookeland, TX – Age 6

JASPER COUNTY, Texas — A day-long manhunt involving multiple law-enforcement agencies came to an end Wednesday afternoon after all three suspects connected to a stolen vehicle out of Beaumont were taken into custody in south Jasper County. The incident began early Wednesday morning when three young Black males fled from a traffic stop and ran into a wooded area near County Road 803 and County Road 797, just east of Highway 62 in Buna. Their vehicle was later confirmed to be

Photo by East Texas Banner JASPER COUNTY — Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday evening, December 9, 2025, on State Highway 63 East near Farm-to-Market Road 1408. According to DPS, the collision happened around 7:05 p.m. when a Chevrolet passenger car traveling eastbound struck a Chevrolet pickup that had entered the highway from the FM 1408 intersection. Preliminary findings indicate the pickup driver fa