Steve Stewart

2 days ago | kjas.com | Steve Stewart

You’ve heard the Brian Burns song “The Crash at Crush” on Swap Shop many times, it’s a true story and we want to tell you the entire story. The deadly incident occurred on Tuesday, September 15th, 1896 at a location 14 miles north of Waco which was temporarily named “Crush” for the occasion. The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Company, commonly known as the Katy Railroad, was retiring their old fleet of 30 ton steam locomotives and was replacing them with new 60 ton steam locomotives.

2 days ago | kjas.com | Steve Stewart

Jasper County deputies arrested a man after they caught him in the act of trying to commit a burglary in Buna. It happened at about 5:30 Monday morning at Tractor Supply on Highway 96. According to the report, deputies responded to a burglar alarm at the business and arrived to find 37-year-old Kyle resident Brett Joseph Atkins trying to hide from them. Atkins was also arrested earlier this month for a theft from the Kirbyville Barn Feed Store and was out of jail on bond.

3 days ago | kjas.com | Steve Stewart

The Jasper City Council convened in a special called meeting on Monday evening with one item on the agenda, which was to consider removing certain members of the Jasper Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors and replacing them with new board members. Mayor Clark McClane said that he was going to have each council member make one recommendation for one new person to serve on the board, however, this method did not cover removing current board members.

4 days ago | kjas.com | Steve Stewart

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Department says a county jail inmate has additional charges after he set his mattress on fire and then assaulted a jailer. It happened during the noon hour on Friday. According to Sheriff Mark Davis, 33-year-old Houston resident Willie Ray Brown was jailed on charges of Burglary and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. Davis said Brown used an electrical outlet in his cell to set the edge of his mattress on fire.

4 days ago | kjas.com | Steve Stewart

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a late Friday night shooting in the north end of the county. It happened shortly before midnight at “The Barn” on County Road 119. According to the report, it started as an argument between the shooter and the victim on the parking lot. The report said deputies arrived to find that the victim, a 40-year-old male, had already been taken to Jasper Memorial Hospital by someone, and he was later transferred to a Houston hospital.