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A 21-year-old woman is charged with DWI, accused of having a blood-alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit after Beaumont Police say she crashed into a utility pole, knocking it down across Dowlen Road,Gracyn...
BREAKING: Beaumont Police, EMS, and Fire were on scene on Dowlen at Old Dowlen where a driver crashed into a utility pole, knocking it to the ground.The crash was reported at about 8:45 p.m. near 5Point Credit Union in t...
Video captures the startling sound of explosions as firefighters battle Fairmount-area house fireA house fire in Sabine County erupted into a dangerous scene Tuesday morning, with multiple explosions reported as firefigh...
Families in a 250- square-mile section of Jefferson County can go to bed knowing they'll have extra fire protection when they wake up in the morning.Several new part-time paid firefighters have joined ESD 3, a fast-growi...
Beaumont police are following leads and asking witnesses to come forward with information and video after a double shooting at a homecoming party left two teens...
Interstate 10 West at I-10 in Sulphur, Louisiana has reopened this afternoon following a major crash involving multiple vehicles.Trooper Roy Jones with Louisiana State Police confirmed to KPLC-TV that one person died and...
What Beaumont police believe was an organized homecoming party erupted into chaos and resulted in multiple shots fired, leaving two teens injured, one critically, and many witnesses refusing to cooperate despite the seri...
A quick stop for coffee in Buna turned into an arrest for Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard as he headed to the Homecoming Parade in Kirbyville.Havard said in...
A search warrant executed at a home in Nederland led to the seizure of large amounts of suspected drugs, dozens of firearms and other items that police say poin...
Tony Romo and CBS Sports are parting ways, ending the longtime broadcaster's nine-year run with the network just over two months after his arrest on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in Milwaukee.CBS Spo...
The mother accused of fatally shooting her 4-year-old daughter following a custody hearing has died after turning the gun on herself, Houston police said Thursday.The child, identified by her father as Vivian Savalla, wa...
KFDM News has learned the Hardin County grand jury took action in the case of a 72-year-old man state troopers say drove more than two miles in the opposite lanes of U.S. Highway 69, crashing head-on into a car and killi...
A Brookeland family is picking through the charred remains of a home that had been in their family for generations after a fast-moving fire destroyed nearly eve...
Four people have been arrested and a fifth is wanted after Sabine County deputies say several people were caught with property believed to have been stolen from a home.The investigation began Friday, Sept. 25, at about 5...
For Kathleen and JimSzczesny, the fire that destroyed their Brookeland home didn't just take a house.It took 30 years of their lives.It took furniture, clothing, photographs, personal belongings and keepsakes. It took K...
Jim Szczesny of Brookeland was sitting in his wheelchair inside his longtime home on Barrow Drive, just off Loop 149, when he suddenly smelled smoke.Within moments, he discovered his bathroom was on fire.Szczesny said he...
A town hall in Chambers County is putting a growing public safety and privacy debate back in the spotlight across Southeast Texas.Chambers County Sheriff Brian...
Newton County Judge Milton Powers issued a burn ban Tuesday due to the high fire danger, adding to the list of counties now putting bans in place, according to theTexas A&M Forest Service.The ban will remain in effect u...
Door-to-door solicitors showing up late in Nederland neighborhoods have prompted safety concerns from residents and calls to police, according to Nederland Poli...
Port Arthur police are preparing to expand their use of drones with a new pilot program designed to give officers a faster, safer look at priority emergencies b...
AGoFundMeaccount is set up to help pay for the funeral of a man who died in a Jasper County UTV crash and had his entire life ahead of him, a life that included an impending marriage to his fiancée.The Texas Department...
The Texas Department of Public Safety is identifying 23-year-old Dylan Lind of Vidor as the man who was killed in a UTV crash in Jasper County.Troopers say Lind was riding a Polaris utility vehicle Friday night in a ditc...
He was an offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator from about 2015 until 2017 at West Brook High School before Nicholas Alan Codutti moved on to Tomball and later other schools, where his accomplishments prompted...
Police in Rosenberg say a driver really took to heart the phrase, “when you gotta go, you gotta go,” deliberately crashing his car into a Kroger store because he needed to use the restroom and was mad the doors were lock...
The Texas Department of Public Safety is providing new information Saturday morning about a UTV crash in Jasper County that killed the driver.The DPS says the victim is a 23-year-old man from Vidor.They'll release his n...
A tragedy is unfolding tonight in Jasper County where one person is dead in an ATV crash.The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash, while the Jasper County Sheriff's Office is on scene near the int...
The Beaumont Police Department is reaching out to the public and asking for help in finding 45-year-old Derrick Sigarst.Sigarst has no known or current address.BPD says his last known location was at Fannin Behavioral H...
A 14-year-old Livingston High School student was rushed by air to a Houston hospital after her family says she was brutally attacked by fellow students in what they describe as an unprovoked assault.Five people have been...
A registered sex offender convicted today of Online Solicitation of a Minor for Sexual Conduct and Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced to ( ) years in state prison after a plea agreement between the defense an...
A passenger is in critical condition after a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed blew past barricades, left the IH-10 service road and flipped in a violent Thursday night crash.The wreck unfolded around 7:10 p.m. i...
Firefighters from several departments rushed back to Jasper County on Wednesday morning to battle a wildfire that burned through the Hog Creek Hunting Club, des...
Friends remember Jeffrey Charles Roberts as the kind of man people wanted to be around — someone who built relationships, loved helping others and never seemed to meet a stranger.Roberts, 52, of Spring, a Houston-area re...
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard is releasing the name of a man whose body was found by first responders near debris from a large fire at a hunting club.He identifies the man as 52-year-old Jeffrey Charles Roberts from...
Multiple fire departments and the Texas Forest Service have brought a fire under control after it broke out in a hunting club near Lake Sam Rayburn, and there is one fatality that may be linked to the fire, according to...
People with certain outstanding Port Arthur Municipal Court warrants will have a chance to resolve them without being arrested during a five-day warrant resolut...
A young Vidor woman remembered for her infectious smile, big heart and love of family and her dogs will be laid to rest Friday — just days after her life was tragically cut short in a Beaumont crash that also led to her...
Beaumont police say a 20-year-old man who was driving a car near the Saltwater Barrier has died from injuries in a crash that claimed the life of his girlfriend, who was a passenger.Police identify the driver as Trent Ko...
A reported overdose in Kirbyville early Sunday led Jasper County sheriff’s deputies to a home where they found a person dead and later arrested two men after lo...
The Beaumont Police Department says it has received questions about immigration enforcement activities and BPD’s role in the operations. The department is sharing its views on that and security for a peaceful protest pla...
A disturbance at the Saltwater Barrier in Beaumont ended in tragedy early Saturday morning when a 21-year-old woman was killed in a crash involving a vehicle that was leaving the area at a high rate of speed, according t...
A truck hauling jet fuel and possibly other liquids rolled over Thursday morning on Farm-to-Market Road 201 south of Pineland, trapping the driver inside and triggering a rescue response from two volunteer fire departmen...
Beaumont police say a compliance operation today targeting registered sex offenders living in the city found 13 who may have failed to comply.During the operation, officers and detectives conducted compliance checks on 6...
A 72-year-old driver is facing a Criminally Negligent Homicide charge after Texas DPS investigators say he traveled more than two miles in the wrong lanes of U.S. 69 before crashing head-on into a car, killing a 24-year-...
A theft from the Jasper Fire Department’s Fire Safety Trailer has left the department scrambling to replace critical equipment just weeks before firefighters are scheduled to bring their fire prevention programs to local...
The Beaumont Police Department says a citizen with keen eyes spotted an elderly man reported missing, and the man is now safe.Arvester Hadnot, 76, was reported missing from the 1400 block of Pipkin Street.Hadnot had been...
The Port Arthur Health Department is investigating what it calls possible food poisoning symptoms that have sickened nearly 200 workers at Golden Pass LNG.Fire Chief Robert Havens tells KFDM they began getting phone cal...
A lightning strike late Monday afternoon ignited a marsh fire in Jefferson County, not far from Taylor Landing, and viewers shared images of ash raining on pools and property.The marsh fire and ash were beginning to ease...
