Newspaper veteran Jeffrey T. Reedy has been named publisher of The Jasper Newsboy. Reedy, previously director of operations of The Beaumont Enterprise, which also owns The Jasper Newsboy, will assume his new post Jan. More...
Jasper County commissioners voted Friday, Dec. 15, to pay all $1.3 million of the outstanding bills from Hurricane Rita, so that the new 2007 court and the county will start with a clean slate. More...
James Jones has only been the warden at the Goodman Unit a few months, so he wasn’t certain how his staff would respond to a Christmas idea he had. While it is fun to shop for toys, Jones knows many groups like Toys for Tots provide gifts for children. He was thinking of remembering the elderly, a... More...
J ASPER COULD and should be known as “a giving community.” That's a designation the area has long earned and deserved. People at every economic and social level in this city are involved year round in helping those at least in temporary need or who are simply less fortunate than most. More...
County Treasurer Mary Jane Hancock says after serving Jasper County more than 20 years, she is not retiring in January, she’s “graduating.” She will continue to assist in the treasurer’s office while her protegé, René Kelly, takes state-mandated training in January. More...
Joy Manchack Caraway Joy Manchack Caraway, 77, of Jasper died Dec. 19 at Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Dec. 21, at Stringer and Griffin Funeral Home, with burial following in Newton City Cemetery. More...
Luke 3:7-18 Christmas is celebrated all over the world by Christians of all denominations. The Greek Orthodox actually celebrate Epiphany, the anniversary of the visit by the Magi (Wisemen) rather than the event we know as the Nativity, but they still celebrate the birth of Jesus. More...
The Jasper Lady Bulldogs couldn’t get anything going against the Orangefield defense Tuesday night, resulting in a 80-16 loss. It was their second district loss in two outings. Orangefield held Jasper to only two points in the first quarter while they sank 36, several from the outside. More...
The American Bass Anglers Dist. 53 held their fourth tournament of the 2006/07 season Dec. 17 at Cypress Bend on Toledo Bend. There were 29 anglers fishing the tournament, and watching the first few come in, it was apparent that for some, the bite was tough. More...
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