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.