BEAUMONT, Texas (KETK)– 16 people were arrested in East Texas after a wide-spread meth trafficking conspiracy. According to ...

Howard Dontay Celestine, 42, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to murder, aggravated assault, manufacture/delivery of a controlled ...

Federal prison workers in Beaumont may see their retention incentives greatly reduced or totally eliminated starting Sunday. The agency-wide cut comes amid mass federal firings, layoffs and budget ...

An Orange, Texas, man, who is a now-twice convicted armed kidnapper, has been sentenced to federal prison, announced Acting U ...

Correctional staff discovered a cell phone hidden under a dayroom table in the unit on the evening of April 2, 2025.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas has announced that 79-year-old Putnam Darwin Richardson, of ...

A federal judge has sentenced a man from Orange to 24 1/2 years in prison for kidnapping a Beaumont attorney and holding him for $1 million ransom.Putnam Darwin ...

Putnam Richardson has been sentenced to over 24 years in prison for kidnapping Beaumont attorney Mel Shelander ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

With continuous bargaining efforts from the Council of Prison Locals, workers say bipartisan bills to improve were safety ...

BEAUMONT, Texas – Sixteen individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a federal methamphetamine trafficking ...