Darker picture emerges: East Texas man faces new sexual assault, bestiality charges
A Polk County man already under investigation following the suspicious death of a 31-year-old woman is facing a new round of serious charges.
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Port Arthur credit rating drops to A-minus after city drains millions from general fund
Port Arthur’s credit rating has been downgraded two notches, falling from A-plus to A-minus after the city drained millions from its general fund to cover capit...
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Elderly Jasper County suspect charged with Child Indecency, Solicitation of Prostitution
A 72-year-old Jasper man turned himself in to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct involving a child.According to the sheriff’s office, d...
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72-year-old suspect indicted in fatal crash; DPS says he drove two miles in wrong lanes
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...
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Texas DPS blames third-party software update for Jefferson County application backlog
Voters in Jefferson County are being urged to double-check their registration status as county officials work through a backlog of voter registration applicatio...
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Baytown has been your Buc-ee’s stop; this will be your eastbound I-10 beaver stop in '28
For 12 years, Southeast Texans traveling west on Interstate 10 have made the stop at Buc-ee's in Baytown since 2014 for Beaver Nuggets, brisket and Buc-ee’s fam...
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BREAKING: Grand jury no bills Mike Getz in robbery case linked to sign dispute
KFDM News has learned the Jefferson County grand jury no-billed, or chose not to indict, former city councilman Mike Getz in a robbery case linked to a dispute involving an organization’s signs placed in the median on Ph...
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Having a (rice) ball at the Texas Rice Festival
The rides are spinning, the carnival lights are glowing and the smell of festival food is filling the air in Winnie.The Texas Rice Festival got rolling Wednesday night, with the carnival midway opening at 5 p.m. and fami...
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Lamar State College Orange reaches record 8,000+ enrollment
Lamar State College Orange has reached a milestone, surpassing 8,000 students for the first time in the college’s history.LSCO’s preliminary Fall 2026 enrollment has topped 8,000 students, an increase of about 40% from F...
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BREAKING: Suspect caught after deputy shot, patrol car stolen
The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of a Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy is now in custody, according to a statement Sheriff Ed Gonzalez released this morning.Chase Layne Patin was caught in the gen...