Jasper News

Former Slowdive drummer Simon Scott has been building up to releasing his debut solo album for quite some time and his meticulousness and deliberation were decidedly not in vain.

A 5-year-old Nederland boy has become the first confirmed fatality victim of the H1N1 virus in Southeast Texas.

SCOTT LEE ZULFER pleaded guilty to 69 counts of aggravated sexual abuse and 11 counts of continuous sex abuse.

A new hate crimes bill is waiting on the President's desk to be signed. The bill will make it a federal crime to assault someone because of their sexual orientation or gender.

Today, the U.S. Senate passed the conference report for the FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill by a vote of 68 to 29.

On one hand, you have to tip your John Deere hat and salute this little feat of deep East Texas Redneck ingenuity and derring-do. On the other hand, you just have to wonder WTF they were thinking.

Amy Stubblefield Chapter 713 of National Active and Retired Federal Employees was organized in February 1959.

House and Senate lawmakers are including a hate crimes provision in the conference report for a major defense bill, according to a summary of the legislation.

Dear Readers: STORING BANANAS can be a problem for some people. Is there any way to keep them from going "bad"? Yes, there is: * If you don't plan to use bananas right away, purchase less-ripe ones or a few of each.

The nearest one was in Silsbee, over 30 miles away. According to Kirbyville Police Chief Jeff Clopp, his department received a report of a man in cardiac arrest at the Burke Center on Highway 96.

Danny Iles of Hemphill, Texas, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Louisiana/Texas Division two-day Super Tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir Sunday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 39 pounds even.

One year into the construction phase of the new $27 million Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fish hatchery near Jasper, work is about 30 percent complete, although weather delays and infrastructure issues have created significant construction challenges.

The mother of a boy who was allegedly beaten by his father while they were living in Jasper was awarded joint custody of the child.

Three women were killed and a 3-year-girl was critically injured in a wreck about 9 p.m. Tuesday on FM 1442 near the intersection of Cajun Way Road.

Three women were killed and a 3-year-old girl was seriously injured after they were involved in a wreck about 9 p.m., Tuesday, on FM 1442 near the Cajun Way Road intersection.

Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future.

While keeping the tax rate unchanged at .1482% per $100.00 taxable value, council passed a $21.9 million dollar budget.

It all began at about 2:30 pm when 23-year-old Kerby Hallam launched his jet-ski and headed out to check on his duck blind.

U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a Broaddus, Texas couple has been convicted of health care related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.

Highway 255 in Newton County was a road less traveled for 83-year-old James Lenington from Toledo Bend.