500+ acre fire strikes near FM3001, FM 2208
Staff Reports What started as a 10 acre fire quickly spread to over 500 acres Wednesday afternoon as high winds across the County pushed it into nearby woods. The fire started south and east of the intersection of FM2208 and FM 3001 in southern Marion County. The cause has yetContinue Reading
Burn Ban in effect in Marion County
Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur ordered a Burn Ban to go into effect immediately as a result of the dry conditions and high winds across the County. “The Marion County Judge finds present circumstances in all or part of Marion County create a public hazard that would be exacerbated byContinue Reading
Fire Disaster declared in Marion County
Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur made an emergency Disaster Declaration late Wednesday afternoon as a result of the fires near FM2208 and FM 3001. “Whereas the County of Marion… has suffered widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property (or there is imminent threat of the same)Continue Reading
Mardi Gras Letter to Downtown Merchants, Residents
Dear Fellow Merchants, Citizens and Downtown Residences: It’s that time of year again! We are excited to share the following information with you for Mardi Gras Weekend, Friday – Sunday, February 28th, March 1st & 2nd, 2025. We appreciate your participation in helping the town and guests to have aContinue Reading
Street Sweeping Sunday, Monday
According to a release from City Secretary Melissa Boyd, the downtown streets will be swept on Sunday and Monday mornings. Vehicles are encouraged to be off the streets to ensure the best possible cleaning.Continue Reading
Brine operations scheduled for major roadways and bridges
Due to the possibility of winter weather conditions this week, TxDOT crews are scheduled to place brine on major roadways and bridges across our nine-county district starting Monday, February 17. Crews will focus on treating interstates and U.S. highways across the district because they are the mostly highly traveled roadways. TheContinue Reading
Sidewalk, Street closures on Polk
The City of Jefferson is performing sewer improvements along Polk Street from Bonham to Henderson, that is anticipated to last until May 6, 2025. Residents and Business Owners can expect one or more street/sidewalk closures to occur during the construction period throughout the project location. Construction will halt during theContinue Reading
Meeting has nothing to do with Water Sale
The Jefferson City Council’s Tuesday night special meeting, has nothing to do with the proposed water sale at Lake O’the Pines. A flyer distributed at last Saturdays “Town Hall” meeting organized by State representative Jay Dean, provided a list of the city council meeting dates for the seven member cities.Continue Reading
Shirley Mae Partridge
August 10, 1930 ~ February 4, 2025 (age 94) Memorial Services for Shirley Mae Partridge, 94 of Jefferson, Texas will be held on Monday February 10, 2025, at 11:00am in the First Methodist Church of Jefferson Texas with Rev. Mark Crim officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. She was bornContinue Reading
Team takes aim, learns from archery
Staff Reports The three highest-scoring archers from Jefferson Junior High gave a brief presentation to the school board on January 14. Cameron Young, a 7th grader, is the 1st place shooter, Kera Long, an 8th grader is the 2nd place shooter, and Jordyn Carpenter, also an 8th grader, is theContinue Reading
Boys make it 19-3, 4-0
Staff Reports The Dawgs have joined the Lady Dawgs in 1st place in District following their defeat of Harmony 73-28 last Friday, and New Diana 84-57 on Tuesday. Further stats are have not been made available to the Jimplecute. They play at Daingerfield on Friday. Jimplecute photo by Laura AllenContinue Reading
Area teams make coaches rankings
Staff Reports Several area teams have been named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association State Basketball Polls this week. Avinger comes in at #17 with a 17-2 record in the 1A Division. While The Lady Dawgs are not top state ranked a number of their competitors are. Including Winnsboro (26-3)Continue Reading
Girls top New Diana, 47-27
Staff Reports Jefferson Lady Dawgs made it 10 in a row after defeating New Diana Tuesday night 47-27. The win also solidified their 1st place in District ranking. Their record is now 6-0 in District and 18-10 overall. Leading the Dawgs was Keinysa Wallace (#5) with 17 points including 5Continue Reading
Bickerdike named EVP, President of VeraBank for Harrison, Marion counties
Press Release VeraBank is pleased to announce that Glenn Bickerdike has been promoted to Executive Vice President & Regional President-Harrison & Marion Counties. He has been with VeraBank for 6 years, formerly in the position of Senior Vice President. A native of Tyler, TX, Glenn and his family have livedContinue Reading
Reports highlight City, funded groups activities
V Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute TPS reports were the order of the night during Tuesday’s City Council meeting as various departments and organizations gave their quarterly reports to Aldermen. Jefferson Police Chief Florentino Perez provided his year-end report to Council outlining the status of the department, how they performedContinue Reading
Fishing Report Jan 24-30
Lake O’the Pines: 1st off to know where we’re at we need to back up a little to see how we got here. Several people around me have asked what happened to the bite at the boat slips in many necks. Well fluctuating lake levels and lake luster temps theContinue Reading
Council talks City Hall
Staff Reports The fate of City Hall was up for discussion at two different times during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Initially City Administrator/Secretary Melissa Boyd presented council with a $158,000 proposal to renovate the Jefferson Transportation and Visitors Center into a more permanent City Hall while still maintaining theContinue Reading
‘Love Letters’ for Valentine’s Day
Marcia Thomas/Special to the Jimplecute The Opera House Theatre Players, Jefferson’s community theatre now in their 36th season, is bringing back one of its most popular productions on Valentine’s Day weekend. The play is “Love Letters” by A. R. Gurney, a collection of special letters written by a boy andContinue Reading