Silsbee News

This week's Restaurant Report Card comes to us from the Hardin County Health Department.

Hardin County is gearing up for a Silsbee fireworks display Tuesday night. Silsbee and surrounding communities will gather at the Silsbee High School Parking lot for a huge fireworks display courtesy of the Texas Fireworks Company.

Fireworks are in season which usually means big bucks for James Pitts. But this year his business is going to take a hit.

Acadian Ambulance is acquiring Priority One Ambulance based in Silsbee, according to information provided to KFDM News by Jerry Romero, Acadian Vice President of Operations.

Business is booming in Silsbee and city leaders say it appears its economy is headed for some pretty green pastures.

A Hardin County man accused of using the Internet in an attempt to lure an underage girl for sex is in custody.

Eastex Crime Stoppers and the Silsbee, Texas Police Department are seeking the public's help in apprehending Jason Clay Gilbert, charged with inducing or directing a child to perform sex acts.

KFDM News has learned a special prosecutor has been appointed to assist a Hardin County grand jury when it re-investigates a case involving a Silsbee High School cheerleader who says she was sexually assaulted by three football players.

For Stephanie Spears, December 17, 2007, is a day she'll never forget. It's the day her 17-year-old son Zachary Spears was killed by an alleged drunk driver.

Funeral arrangements are now finalized for a woman killed in a car accident early Friday morning.

A Vidor woman accused of falsely impersonating a FEMA employee in Silsbee pleaded guilty to theft of government property in a federal court in Beaumont.

"Right now we have a 12 a.m. curfew with a 1 a.m. Saturday extension," Derek Billingsly, owner of the U.S. 96 facility told commissioners when making his request, hours that were confirmed by a representative of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in a phone interview.

A small white cross was recently placed near the roadway on FM 105 in Vidor to mark the location where Learlie Tyler, 43, of Silsbee lost her life when a drunk driver struck her vehicle.

Worried about keeping your kids busy this summer? A program in Hardin County is providing fun activities and free food for kids.

A man who led state, local and federal law enforcement on a six-hour manhunt after shooting two Silsbee residents was arrested about 9 p.m., according to the Silsbee Police Department.

A newly seated Hardin County grand jury will take a second look at evidence collected in the alleged sexual assault of a Silsbee cheerleader last October.

Authorities have filed charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a man accused of firing about two dozen rounds from a semi-automatic weapon Sunday afternoon and striking two men at a trailer park in Silsbee, according to information KFDM News received from Silsbee Police Chief Dennis Allen.

Hardin County Sheriff Ed Cain and Silsbee Police Chief Dennis Allen tell KFDM News officers are searching for two men following a shooting at or near a trailer park off Gentry Road.

KBMT 12 News ABC/NBC has been informed that the Silsbee Police are responding to a report of a shooting at Walmart.

A Silsbee man is one of seven that have been sentenced to federal prison sentences for being part of a Southeast Texas meth ring.