May 16, 1996 - November 30, 2025 Khalil Gooch, 29, of Kountze, Texas passed away Sunday November 30, 2025. Obituary for Khalil Gooch is currently pending. Services for Khalil Gooch are as following: Saturday, December 6, 2025 Celebration of Life Service: 2:00 pm Greater Mt. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church 111 East 5th St. KOUNTZE, TX 77625 Interment: Trinity Valley Cemetery Kountze, Texas Services for Khalil Gooch, are under the Professional Care of Coleman's Family Mortuar

September 20, 1966 - November 9, 2025 Darby Wilson, 59, of Woodville,Texas passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2025. The obituary for Darby Wilson is currently pending. Cremation services for Darby Wilson are under the Professional Care of Coleman's Family Mortuary 409 South Magnolia Woodville, Texas 75979 and CFM Jasper Funeral Home and Cremations 601 W. Gibson St. Jasper, Texas 75951 / (409) 283-3031 / www.colemansfamilymortuary.com

John Allen Wilcox, 54. Photo by Jasper County Sheriff's Office BUNA, Texas — The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, working in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, arrested a Buna man Tuesday who was wanted on a federal probation violation warrant. According to JCSO, deputies and Marshals responded to the 11000 block of Highway 62 in Buna on December 2, 2025, in an attempt to locate John Allen Wilcox, 54, who was the subject of an active Federal Probation Vi

Hillary Ann Stephenson, of Jasper, TX – Age 29 Abandon/Endanger a Child — Intentional/Knowing/Reckless/Criminal Negligence Arresting Agency: Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 10:09 AM Warrant: 14824JD; 14824JD Christopher Jordan Hand, of Buna, TX – Age 35 Burglary of Building Arresting Agency: Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 11:37 AM Zander Smart, of Houston, TX – Age 24 Order of Commitment Arresting Agency: Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 7:12 PM Warrant: JD13843 Keagan

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I sure did. Several citizens and community leaders made sure our staff and inmates had a great Thanksgiving Day meal at the Jasper County Jail. There was plenty of turkey, dressing and all the fixings for everyone, even officers from other agencies were able to come and enjoy a meal at our facility. I’d like to give a big shout out to Jasper County Cowboy Church, Jasper Quality Meats, Brother Tommy Cunningham and his wife, the Ratcliff

TCSO escorting Furman to court ahead of his 30-year sentence. Photo by Trinity County Sheriff's Office. Trinity County – A former Trinity County Sheriff’s Office employee pled guilty Tuesday to Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, a first-degree felony, and has been sentenced to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, according to Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace. The defendant, previously employed as an animal control officer, was arrested on July 1, 2025,