Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Juan Rodriguez, with the service, told the Texas Standard that its law enforcement investigators had concluded their probe into the source of the Smokehouse Creek and Windy Deuce fires.
The Silsbee Police Department has released the following information. Each individual named in this report is assumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The Silsbee Tigers travelled to San Antonio for the State Basketball tournament on Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8. The Tigers drew the the Number 1 seed in the tournament in the first round and Silsbee came away with a 75-68 victory.
An alert Silsbee police officer spotted a suspicious vehicle last Thursday morning, and with the help of others approached the man, chased him and eventually arrested him several miles away. A man in Liberty County had reportedly shot at his parents earlier last Thursday and then fled.
A total of 10,457 registered voters in Hardin County either voted early, by mail or on March 5 in the Republican and Democrat primaries. That is 24 percent of the 42,354 registered voters in Hardin County, according to Alysa Freeman, Hardin County Elections Administrator.
An adult and two children died in a double- wide house fire early Saturday morning in Beaumont Colony, located between Kountze and Lumberton. A woman and a child who were in the house at the time of the fire were also taken to a Beaumont hospital for treatment.
Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis has announced the arrest of two women in connection with a raid on a meth house in Silsbee. The statement from the sheriff is as follows: During the late evening hours of Friday March 8, 2024, investigators with the Hardin County Sheriff ’s Office Narcotic Division executed a search warrant at a private residence located at 7744 Cansler Road in Silsbee.
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Department has released the following information. Each individual named in this report is considered to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The Silsbee Police Department has released the following information. Each individual named in this report is assumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.