January 10, 1935 - January 26, 2026 U.S. Veteran Herbert Ray Morrell, 91, of Woodville, passed away Monday, January 26, 2026 at Harbor Hospice in Jasper, Texas. Visitation will begin 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. service time on Monday, February 2, 2026 at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home with Military Honors burial to follow in Campground Cemetery all in Woodville. Officiating will be Rev. Doug Wintermute. Serving as pallbearers will be Jay Larrison, Jerad Larrison, Cody Larrison,

As of 9:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Power outages across Jasper County and Newton County increased sharply Tuesday morning after a damaged transmission line forced additional load shedding, according to Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative. As of mid-morning Tuesday, more than 3,700 customers combined in the two counties were without electricity — a significant increase from fewer than 300 outages reported earlier in the morning, based on outage tracking data. In an updat

Odis Chester Lewis Jr., 41 , of Woodville, was arrested for criminal trespass. Bond was set at $1,000 . Charles Lee Baird, 41 , of Houston, was booked on a charge of theft of property valued between $100 and $750. Bond was set at $750 . Ismael Facundo, 43 , of Chester, was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Bond information was not listed. Donnise Lewis, 60 , of Woodville, faces multiple felony charges including manufacture or delivery of a controlled s

DETCOG Executive Director Lonnie Hunt speaks during a Jan. 22 reception in San Augustine celebrating the organization’s 60th anniversary. DETCOG will observe the milestone with meetings and receptions across all 11 Deep East Texas counties throughout 2026. SAN AUGUSTINE — The Deep East Texas Council of Governments officially launched its 60th anniversary year Thursday, Jan. 22, during its first board meeting of 2026, held at the San Augustine Community Shelter, followed by a

January 26, 2026 Hopefully everyone is staying warm. It’s been a busy week around the county, let’s see what’s been going on. On Monday, January 19, 2026, Sergeant Cagle was dispatched to a report of a suspicious person on State Highway 12. Sergeant Cagle made contact with Tony James Miller, who was ultimately arrested for being in possession of a stolen trailer out of Calcasieu Parish.   On Friday, January 23, 2026, Sergeant Scarborough was dispatched to a report of a suspic

Jail Activity Report for January 19, 2026 – January 25, 2026 Chad Allen Britt, 38, of Nederland, Texas, was arrested for a blue warrant related to a parole violation involving assault. Britt remains in custody. Devin Charles Burch, 38, of Orange, Texas, was listed as serving days and is no longer in custody. James Lee Evans, 52, of Burkeville, Texas, was arrested on a motion for adjudication of guilt in connection with a kidnapping charge. Evans posted a $50,000 bond and is