A three-vehicle crash on State Highway 62 near the Jasper–Newton county line has resulted in a fatality.

A vigilant captain's alertness helped contain two suspicious fires near Jasper, prompting a swift response from local ...

JASPER, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Relatives have dedicated a bench to honor a black man who was chained to a pickup and dragged to his death in East Texas 20 years ago. James Byrd Jr. was 49 on June 7, ...

A fatal wreck has shut down part of State Highway 62 Friday night.

JASPER, Texas — Even a glance at the city limit sign brings to mind one memory, and evokes one very strong emotion. But insiders say the outsiders who think “hate” when they think of Jasper, Texas, ...

John William King is scheduled for execution Apr. 24 in Huntsville. He’s convicted of a murder that many have called a modern-day lynching. In the early hours of June 7, 1998, King, along with ...

A technology company was almost ready to bring up to 300 new jobs to Jasper, Texas, but in the final stages of recent negotiations, a potential deal-breaker emerged: the community's history as the ...