Buna News

It's been a busy summer in the Orangefield Independent School District. Since the end of the 2008-2009 school year in May, there have been multiple changes in the Orangefield ISD administration ranks.

Fifty high school students from 18 area schools will visit Lamar University and Christus Hospital St.

Two days after a 33-year-old Buna man reportedly was beaten and robbed, he went to the Orange Police Department to report the incident, showing officers the bruises, chipped tooth and stitches as evidence.

The plump blue fruit is perfect for sitting atop breakfast cereals and can be bought fresh at most any Texas grocery store.

Jasper County sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects accused of dropping homemade bombs outside a home in Buna.

By KYLE PEVETO May, 7, 2009 It just doesn't add up. Banks are reeling from the global credit crisis and Texas farmers and ranchers are tormented by recent hurricanes, drought and wildfires.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department tells KFDM News it's investigating the shooting death of a 12 year old boy.

It's bad enough that roaming pit bulls brutally killed a week-old colt near Buna this week.

A Buna family woke up to a gruesome sight on Sunday, April 19, 2009. The Colley family walked out to greet their one week old horse to find it had been mauled by the neighbors pit bulls.

A week old colt was mauled and killed by several pit bulls over the weekend and now the colt's owners are hoping the dogs are taken away.

The heaviest rainfall tonight will be between Saratoga, Buna and DeRidder, La. In those areas, rain could exceed one inch per hour at times, the National Weather Service's Lake Charles office said.

By Debby Schamber The Orange Leader After striking an Orange Police officer's vehicle, the driver of a reported stolen vehicle drove head-on toward another officer before swerving and missing him.

A Buna woman has filed suit against Williams A. Ambulance and two of its employees, alleging her wrist snapped while she was attempting to adjust a stretcher.

A Southeast Texas woman remains in the Jasper County Jail today. That's after deputies reported finding her toddler wandering streets alone and methamphetamine and more than a dozen snakes in their home.

A baby found wandering in Buna Tuesday is with relatives while Child Protective Services investigates the case, said Shari Pulliam spokesman for CPS.

Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department have recovered another vehicle as the investigation continues into a ring of thefts allegedly tied to two residents of the Erin Community.

Police say two people apparently thought they could go around Hardin and Jasper counties and quietly collect money from different gas stations using what appeared to be stolen scratch-off lottery tickets.

In an attempt to clean up and clear out drug problems in the area, Jasper County Sheriff's Office deputies went to four houses Tuesday investigating possible drug dealers.

Jasper County law enforcement officers say what began as a drug investigation ended with the discovery of four malnourished dogs and the skeletons of several other dogs with the chains around them.