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The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that over one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce, transport, process, and distribute it – and much of it is sent to landfills, where it breaks down and generates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

Four Jasper ISD teachers have been honored by receiving Jasper Public School Foundation Educator of the Year Awards. Nominated by their colleagues, the winners were presented with their awards during

The Jasper City Council on Monday evening rejected a plan by Jasper Police Chief Gerald Hall and the administration of the Jasper Independent School District to add additional security to

The Jasper City Council will be meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday and among the items on the agenda is a request from the Jasper Independent School District for two

For rural families who lack reliable, high-speed internet, Zoom-style instruction is a luxury. April 8, 2021 For months, Gus Peters, a high school senior in the East Texas town of Jasper, went where the Wi-Fi was. Some days, he parked himself at the local coffee shop, Jasper Java, ordering a green tea frappé to appease whoever was working the register. Other times, he went to Elijah’s Cafe for a Trail Blazer, the diner’s signature dish of chopped steak smothered in gravy. Often, he spent h...

Prosecutors say she subjected a child to mistreatment that caused the boy to "eat his own feces." Credit: KBMT Published: 3:12 PM CST January 19, 2021 Updated: 1:51 PM CST January 20, 2021 JASPER, Texas — The court has dismissed the case against a Jasper Independent School District kindergarten teacher who was accused of mistreating a student by causing him to eat his own feces. 67-year-old Mamie Aplon, of Jasper, was arrested around November 2019 after a grand...