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Survey Opportunity The City of Jefferson is conducting a survey for sidewalks along Martin Luther King Street. Your input is essential! Please click on the link to the survey blow…
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Survey Opportunity The City of Jefferson is conducting a survey for sidewalks along Martin Luther King Street. Your input is essential! Please click on the link to the survey blow…
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5/27/1852: Houston photographer announces “pictures on glass” On this day in 1852, J. H. S. Stanley, Houston photographer, advertised that he had “succeeded in taking pictures on glass,” probably using…
Jefferson Independent School District held their Class of 2023 Graduation Ceremonies Friday night with a full house in attendance at W.F. Lockett Stadium. Watch the ceremonies below:
5/26/1837: Travis estate advertises for return of escaped slave On this day in 1837, the executor of William Barret Travis’s estate placed a notice offering fifty dollars for the return…
AUSTIN – Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner and that means Texans will be heading out to the water for holiday celebrations. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department…
Jefferson’s Class of 2023 will take their final walk at 8p.m. Friday night at W.F. Lockett Stadium. The last two weeks have been filled with activities for seniors as they…
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute It was a visit to the Jefferson Carnegie Library back in 2016, and being recognized and encouraged during a return trip, that inspired author…
Watch the Video of Graduation Ceremonies
Meetings • Commissioners Court, 9a, May 30 • P&Z, 5p, June 6 • Quiet Zone, 6:30p, June 6 Save the Date • June 1-3: Big Cypress Corvette Weekend • June…
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer For the first hundred years of American history, there was one cause of public debt: war. The United States of America started in debt, and it paid…
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer The federal government is facing a deadline with the ability to pay its bills. Unless a new limit is authorized, the government will hit the debt ceiling,…
Services for Nita Stoutjesdyk will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2023 at Hilliard Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Canty officiating with visitation starting at 1:00 p.m.…
Michael Murphy Retired minister The Bible provides guidance on how to treat foreigners or aliens, emphasizing the importance of kindness, hospitality, and justice. Here are a few passages that address…
Stacy Mills/Contributing Writer Beginning June 7th and running every Wednesday morning through July 26th, the Jefferson Carnegie Library will host children ages K-5th grades for the Summer Reading Program. This…
Chef Hunter Lee/Tips & Tales With Chef Let’s get shakin!!! If you are from the south, you already know, if not, I’m ‘bout to tell you all about it. Growing…
House defies Abbott A key House education committee adjourned last week without voting on a school voucher bill that is Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority this session, the Houston Chronicle…
5/25/1896: First meeting of Texas Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy On this day in 1896, the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met for the…
5/24/1829: Future Alamo defender and survivor elope On this day in 1829, Almeron Dickinson (also spelled Dickerson) eloped with Susanna Wilkerson. Dickinson, a native of Pennsylvania, was born around 1800…