Jefferson County News

Jefferson County authorities don't believe a body recovered from the Neches River this week is related to another pulled from the river near the same location earlier this month.

One dead in 5-vehicle crash Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

Law enforcement divers have recovered a body from the Neches River in the Beaumont area.

Video link to judge lets Southeast Texas foster kids be heard Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

The Bill Pickett Trail Riders are hosting their 9th Annual Trail Ride, Zydeco Festival and Rodeo.

From right, Claudia Lincoln lines up photos Friday of her son Michael Gatlin who is a hit-and-run victim.

The time has come for the citizens of Port Arthur Texas to wake up and demand change.

A man authorities say is wanted for murder in Harris County was arrested late Friday after a nearly 100-mile car chase from Beaumont to Houston.

Shoes1.jpg Bracelet1.jpg Orange and Jefferson county sheriff's offices are conducting a death investigation after a body was discovered in the Neches River near the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge this past weekend.

That's almost double the number opened only four years ago. Parents are terrified of the trysts with students and in Texas, it's becoming a terrible truth.

A spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says deputies may be close to ending a rash of burglaries that has plagued the town of Nome for the past several weeks.

A Nederland man has been indicted on a capital murder charge in connection with the shooting death of his own mother.

mike-and-tom.jpg A hearing conducted Tuesday morning, May 7, in the 136th District Court of Jefferson County essentially ended a nearly yearlong battle for documents waged by two sitting Beaumont Independent School District trustees against the entity they serve.

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It's been a decade since Ford Park was built, and now Jefferson County is looking at adding to the entertainment venue.

Jefferson County Tax Office will close from Noon until 5 pm on May 16 J. Shane Howard, Jefferson County Tax Assessor-Collector, announced that the Tax Office will close for a half day on Thursday, May 16, in order for the staff to participate in training and planning meetings that afternoon.

A registered sex offender from Jefferson County is jailed accused of running a fraudulent business to solicit applications for female models.

Granger was convicted last week of capital murder in the March 2012 Jefferson County Courthouse shooting that killed 79-year-old Minnie Sebolt of Deweyville.

Houston police say airport shooter kidnapped woman, checked into hotel Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle.

At 9:46 a.m. at least 9,000 Entergy Texas customers were without electric power according to the Entergy Texas web page.

About $10.7 million in Deepwater Horizon oil spill restoration money will be used for improvements at Galveston Island State Park, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said Thursday.