BEAUMONT, Texas - The children of a Houston-area couple killed during Thursday's massive highway wreck in Texas say this was the family's first Thanksgiving apart. V.J. and Richard Leggio tell KHOU-TV that their parents - 64-year-old Vincent Leggio and 60-year-old Debbie Leggio of Pearland - were driving east on Interstate... more »
HOUSTON - A Houston man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison in a prostitution case involving hotels and online advertisements. A federal judge in Houston on Thursday sentenced 30-year-old Jerald Bland. Bland in January pleaded guilty to transportation of a woman for commercial sex. Prosecutors say... more »
An inadequate Mother's Day gift was apparently the last straw for a woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death early Monday morning in Beaumont, Texas.
Family members say 20-year-old Paige Parkerson stabbed 22-year-old Clifton Barkin to death after he gave her a card and flowers.
Police say... more »
BEAUMONT, Texas - Police say one person has been killed and three others wounded after a gunman opened fire in front of a Southeast Texas courthouse. Beaumont police say the man suspected in Wednesday's shootings near the Jefferson County Courthouse has been injured and captured. Officer Doug Kibodeaux declined to... more »
ASCENSION PARISH- A 20-year-old man from Beaumont, Texas drowned in a neighborhood pond over the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office says Joshua Fusilier fell out of a canoe, without a life jacket, and couldn't swim. It took friends five minutes to find him on the bottom of... more »
The FBI says the "Granddad Bandit's" robbery spree went on for almost two years. News 2's Ashley Rodrigue covered one of the first heists the feds pinned on Michael Mara.
In June 2009, authorities in Beaumont, TX, were baffled by a man who defied all the norms of a... more »
IBERVILLE PARISH - An off-duty Lafayette Police Lieutenant died in a motorcycle crash Saturday on LA Highway 3000, according to Louisiana State Police Tpr. Stephen... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Police Department has fired the brother of a slain officer, drawing fire from the local police union. Police Chief Willie... more »