The community in Jasper continues to heal 20 years after the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. Byrd, 49, was tied to the back of a pick-up truck by three white men then dragged along a country road to ...

JASPER, Texas -- A technology company was almost ready to bring up to 300 new jobs to Jasper, Texas, but in the final stages of recent negotiations, a potential deal-breaker emerged: the community's ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- The man sentenced to death for one of the most gruesome murders in modern American history showed no remorse before his execution. John William King was executed by the Texas ...

On Wednesday evening around 6 p.m., Louvon Harris will be in Huntsville, Texas, about 70 miles north of Houston, for an appointment. She will sit and listen to the words, if any, from the man who ...

In 1998, the horrific murders of Matthew Shepard- a gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming- and James Byrd Jr.- an African American man dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas- provoked a passionate public ...