The Beaumont
A horrific head-on crash the DPS says was caused by a wrong-way driver on Highway 73 has claimed her life and the life of a woman in the other car.The DPS responded to the crash at about 9;15 p.m. Saturday, July 4 near t...
Fireworks lit up the night sky in Beaumont as the city hosted a Fourth of July celebration in downtown Beaumont.The city of Beaumont held a firework viewing par...
A man was left in critical condition after an overnight shooting in Beaumont, and police have identified a suspect and obtained arrest warrants.Beaumont police...
The pop of fireworks is a familiar sound as the Fourth of July nears, and fireworks stands across Southeast Texas are working overtime to keep up with demand.At...
BREAKING: Suspects arrested in Beaumont drive-by s...
Beaumont police credit technology and solid police work for the arrest of multiple suspects accused of a frightening drive-by shooting that left a home with bullet holes and multiple shell casings littering a street.Poli...
Two drivers were hurt and Interstate 10 South near Walden Road was closed for hours after one 18 wheeler struck a second big rig that had parked on the shoulder after it was sideswiped by another vehicle.Beaumont police...
When Tropical Storm Harvey stalled over Southeast Texas in August 2017, emergency first responders carried out hundreds of water rescues. But the Lawson Pump S...
Sheriff Chuck Havard says a suspect in a burglary and theft investigation was captured, thanks in part to footage from a stolen security camera.Jasper County Sheriff's Office deputies today located and arrested Lloyd Wal...
A woman is charged with prostitution following a raid targeting a Jasper massage parlor the police chief says was offering more than the 'standard' services.Chief Garrett Foster told our media partner, KJAS, that Huiying...
The Texas Department of Public Safety says 31-year-old Eddie Alvarez of Baytown is the man killed in Tuesday's collision with a vacuum truck on Highway 73.The preliminary crash investigation indicates that shortly after...
Interstate 10 East at the Jefferson/Chambers County line reopened at about 1 this afternoon following a crash involving an 18-wheeler.First responders were on scene early this morning following the accident on Interstate...
The Jasper Police Department partnered with the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division in a joint undercover investigation after receiving multiple complaints from concerned citizens about a s...
As Fourth of July celebrations approach, CHRISTUS Health is reminding families to put safety first when using fireworks. According to the American Fireworks Sta...
Beaumont Police Department Patrol Officers assisted the U.S. Marshals Service in serving a felony family violence warrant at about 10 a.m. today in the 4300 block of Westridge Lane.The suspect, 54-year-old Elonzo Shay, w...
Beaumont Police have identified a body found Friday night in Hillebrandt Bayou as Joseph Posey Jr., 25. BPD says it doesn't suspect foul play and the preliminary cause of death indicates drowning, although the investigat...
National CPR & AED Awareness Week, observed June 1–7, encourages everyone to learn the simple skills that can help save a life during a cardiac emergency. More...
The Texas Department of Public Safety says the driver of a commercial truck tractor caused a fatal crash on Highway 73 early this morning by failing to yield the right-of-way.Troopers are investigating a two-vehicle fat...
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is assisting the Texas Department of Public Safety at a crash along Highway 73 eastbound near Veolia, one mile west of the...
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is releasing new information about a crash this past Sunday that led to the line-of-duty death of 24-year-old Deputy Erika Serrato.Shortly before 2:45 a.m. Sunday, MCSO deputies res...
What began as a reported armed robbery in Port Arthur on Saturday morning quickly escalated into a major drug investigation after police recovered more than 28...
City of Beaumont and Beaumont Police Officers Association Reach Four-Year ...
A body in a Beaumont bayou tonight is raising questions that don't yet have answers.Beaumont police have tell KFDM first responders recovered a man's body from Hillebrandt Bayou behind the Interstate 10 West service road...
Tydrick Davis has been arrested today in the North Texas town of Corinth by members of the U.S. Marshals Service after his mistaken release from the TDCJ, according to information Sheriff Zena Stephens provided to KFDM N...
KFDM has obtained a probable cause affidavit for the arrest of a man after a nearly ten hour SWAT standoff, and according to the document, he punched the mother of his children in the face, then threatened to kill her an...
Beaumont Police tell KFDM a two-year-old girl is safe and her father is in custody after a standoff that began shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday ended at about 3:30 this morning, according to Officer Chancellor Van Houten.Of...
Beaumont Police called out the SWAT team after a man barricaded himself in a home in the south end of town.The call began as a disturbance at about 6 p.m. Thursday in the 1700 block of Rena Street, near West Virginia and...
Seven men arrested in a prostitution sting conducted by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office have bonded out of jail, according to a probable cause affidavit o...
Beaumont police are investigating a shooting near East Virginia Street and Highland Avenue.An officer on scene confirms a call came in around 2:30 a.m. Thursda...
A 47-year-old Port Arthur woman is recovering in a hospital after firefighters rescued her from a house fire Wednesday afternoon on Seventh Avenue, revived her...
Doctors in Galveston are treating a woman after Port Arthur firefighters pulled her out of a burning home and revived her when they found no pulse.Interim Chief Robert Havens tells KFDM the fire broke out at about 1:30 t...
A multiagency effort aimed at repeat violent offenders in Southeast Texas has made 146 arrests in the past six months, including arrests of five murder suspects...
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office conducted a sting operation and arrested seven men on charges of Solicitation of Prostitution, according to probable cause affidavits for their arrests obtained by KFDM News.Accordin...
The Jefferson County grand jury has indicted two men charged with murdering a woman who was on the phone with 911 when the dispatcher heard the chilling and disturbing sound of gunshots fired at the victim's car, accordi...
The Vidor community is recognizing a little boy for alerting his grandparents to a devastating fire that destroyed their home and claimed the life of their beloved dog.Kason Butts is a student at Vidor Elementary.The com...
A multi-agency task force focused on violent crime across Southeast Texas is touting new enforcement numbers as evidence that coordinated policing efforts are m...
Firefighters quickly brought a fire under control at a Cleveland funeral home, preventing the blaze from spreading beyond an exterior wall, according to the Cle...
The Beaumont Police Department says a 20-year-old woman reported missing has been found and is safe.Earlier today, BPD asked for the public's help in locating Zenobia Moore.She was last seen June 22 leaving a location on...
BREAKING: Teacher/coach arrest...
A newly-hired Jasper ISD coach and educator is jailed in Jefferson County on charges of sexual assault involving allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a student at Hardin-Jefferson High School.Derek Peveto, 4...
A woman is jailed in Jefferson County on charges linked to a stabbing, and an affidavit KFDM obtained from Magistrate Marc DeRouen indicates it was captured on surveillance video.The suspect is Lakotah Philley, 29, of Ne...
Workers removed up to two million bees after a truck carrying hives overturned in a ditch Sunday morning in Orange County.Christie Ray of Queen Bee Supply provided the video and photos to KFDM. You can see and hear the...
People in the area of 1130 Colony Drive in Orange were urged by Orange County ESD#4 to stay indoors after an 18-wheeler carrying beehives overturned, leaving a...
The Southeast Texas Violent Crime Task Force has added to its list of felons taken into custody in connection with gun crimes in the area.Beaumont Police, working alongside members of the Task Force, arrested 21-year-old...
Port Arthur Police at this hour are searching for two juveniles who may be connected to a shooting, according to information Chief Tim Duriso provided to KFDM.The victim was shot in the head at about 9 p.m. Wednesday on...
The Veterans Administration is providing new details about the roof collapse at the Beaumont VA Clinic, crediting alert staff with spotting the approaching danger and getting everyone out safely before the roof caved in....
A fire that tore through Beaumont’s historic Gilbert Building on June 6, 2024, left parts of the 124-year-old downtown landmark “beyond repair” and forced some...
Camp Mystic did not have state-required written emergency plans or adequate evacuation measures that could have prevented the deaths of 25 campers and two counselors in last year’s July 4 flood, state-appointed investiga...
Port Arthur police are searching for a gunman after a man was struck in the head and injured by a bullet.Police Chief Tim Duriso tells KFDM investigators believe the man was shot on Lincoln Avenue at about 9 p.m. Wednesd...
