A grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned multiple indictments Dec. 3 against Tyrone Grant, charging him with ...

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, Texas — Food insecurity continues to grow across Southeast Texas, particularly in rural areas where access to fresh ...

(The Root) — The head of the Texas NAACP described the unceremonious firing of Jasper’s first black police chief as nothing short of a virtual lynching, and praised the former law-enforcement ...

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, ...

Jasper continues to deal with fallout from the dismissal of its first black police chief. Black community leaders in the East Texas town say racial tensions are at "an all-time high." Reverend Rodney ...

EVADALE, Texas — Two Jasper County deputies who previously spent their careers in education put their quick thinking to work ...

JASPER, Texas — 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 ...

An introspective but somewhat Hollywoodized treatment of a hate crime that shook the nation, Showtime's "Jasper, Texas" offers an even-handed account of the intense emotions surrounding the murder and ...

Jasper, Texas – 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 ...