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, ...

Jasper County Jail is expanding to combat overcrowding as arrests surge 37%. A $800K project will convert storage into 14 new ...

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, ...

HOUSTON -- Theresa Balboa, the girlfriend of Samuel Olson's father, has been charged after a body believed to be the missing 6-year-old boy was found in a motel room in Jasper, Texas. A tip led police ...

JASPER, Texas — Jasper ISD announced the loss of a seventh grade student after a 'tragic accident' in a Facebook post on Saturday, and is reminding the community that a Crisis Intervention Team is in ...