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Last night at 11:41pm, BGVFD was dispatched to a residential structure fire with multiple vehicles on fire and with multiple exposure structures threatened. From the time we were dispatched, I sensed from Jasper County Sheriff’s Office - TX 911 operators that there was something strange or suspicious about this call. Upon arriving at the scene, we went to work controlling the fire, but the damage had already been done to the originating structure and the vehicles involved.

A fire that broke out at a home on County Road 143 west of Jasper late Friday evening destroyed the home and several vehicles. The volunteers of the Beech Grove Fire Department were dispatched to the location shortly before midnight and arrived to find the double wide mobile home and at least three vehicles completely engulfed in flames and there was nothing they could do but try to keep the fire from spreading.

Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard and his deputies are searching for the body of a man who is believed to have drowned on Friday evening in the Sabine River at Bon Wier. Havard said Saturday morning that the search began shortly before 9:00 on Friday evening when it was reported that the swimmer had drowned near the Highway 190 bridge between Texas and Louisiana. The search continued until late and the evening and was called off with plans to resume on Saturday morning.

The Jasper Public Library Book Club will discuss the Nora Roberts book The Awakening on Saturday, July 8th at 12:00 noon. The event will be at the library, located on Water Street.

My decision to join the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature (TSHL) grew from many years working in operations and facilities management within the healthcare industry particularly in long-term care and acute care as well as advocating for older Texans and helping address the issues that affect their quality of life.

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The Jasper Little League 14-U and 10-U All Star softball teams received a big sendoff Friday morning as they headed to Rosenberg to compete in the State Tournament. Both teams will play their first games at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening. The 14-U girls will play Shiner, and the 10-U girls will play New Braunfels. The teams earned a berth in the State Tournament after overwhelming wins in the playoffs.

Texan Trust Insurance held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. The business, owned by Eric Hunt, is located at 411 West Gibson Street in Jasper. The company has partnered with more than seventy insurance carriers to offer their customers a wide variety of plans. Present at the event were Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard, Jasper Mayor Clark McClane, and Chamber of Commerce Director Leanna Hopson.

CHRISTUS Health has announced that Jasper Memorial Hospital has earned the Gold and Gold Plus Awards from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association for stroke care. "This recognition reflects the dedication of our clinical teams to deliver fast, evidence-based stroke care every day," said Misty Dantin, clinical director of emergency services at CHRISTUS Southeast Texas – Jasper Memorial.

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