V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Marion County has earned a 2022 Zero Lost Time Safety Award from the Texas Association of Counties Risk Management Pool (TAC RMP) for its record of no lost workdays during the 2022 coverage year. Through its commitment to safe practices among county employees, MarionContinue Reading
Meetings • March 30-April 1: Citywide Rummage Sale • April 1: Miata Madness • April 1: MCDCSCO 20th Anniversary • April 1: Cruise Night • P&Z, 5p April 4 • Good Friday: City, County Offices Closed, April 7 Save the Date • April 8: Dixie Youth Baseball & Softball OpeningContinue Reading
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute Some folks think it odd when I tell them my grandmother was my best friend. Some think nothing of it. She was. She passed away in 2015, after a graceful bout with cancer, and not a day goes by that I don’t think about her. We had muchContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer While honesty is the best policy, it doesn’t always make the best politics. Twenty years ago, Presi-dent George W. Bush lied about Iraq. The invasion made conservatives happy but was a disaster for America. George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice told AmericaContinue Reading
Dear editor, Is minding your own business blasting other people on a large electronic billboard at a major highway intersection? Is minding your own business attacking people personally because you don’t like what they said? Asking for a friend. Francene DePrez Rainey Jefferson, TexasContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer The 1950s and 1960s introduced Americans to television and riveted audiences with tales of the frontier. One of the most noted actors of the era was Texan Fess Parker. He became one of the most popular actors of the time, giving life to legendary American figures such asContinue Reading
Funeral Services for James “Peanut” Grubbs, 90, of Jefferson, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2023, at Prospect Baptist Church with Bro. John Givens officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Interment will immediately follow at New Prospect Cemetery. A time of visitation will beContinue Reading
Come ride the Easter Egg Express, an antique narrow gauge gas-powered train, along the scenic Big Cypress Bayou, on Saturday, April 8, at 12:30 and 2:30. Enjoy the excellent view of the wetlands, piney woods and wildlife along the river in the open-canopied observation cars. The Historic Jefferson Railway willContinue Reading
Marcia Thomas Contributing Writer One of the most popular two films ever made in the 1940s, Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, will be presented in a radio-script form by Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players on Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22 at the VFW Building on Hwy 59 nearContinue Reading
Chef Hunter Lee Let’s get shakin!!! That’s right s’mores in the summer, it’s a thing, or it could be. I’ve never been considered completely sane and with it 100° or hotter outside, I probably got ya attention. But seriously if you like them, you like them, if you have everContinue Reading
The Friends of the Jefferson Carnegie Library held its annual golf tournament on March 25 at Wood Hollow Golf Course in Longview. The First Place Team included David Neely, James Navaretti, Seth McGregor and James Walker. James Navaretti won the Closest to the Hole contest and Justin Powell hit theContinue Reading
The Jefferson Junior High Eighth grade boys track finished in First Place at the Harleton Invitational last week. The Eighth grade girls team (pictured above) finished Second. As did both seventh grade Bullpup teams. The district track meet will be Monday, April 3 at Tatum.Continue Reading
All A Honor Roll 1st Grade Luna Bennett, Gabriel Goode, Jynesis James, Skylar Mireles, Melodie Moore, Blakely Shields, Judith, Sibert, Charlie Woods, Alesia Tobias, Braxton Breckenridge, Madison Horan, Dahla Quada, Alexxis Ray, Karson Riley, Jayla Sherrill, Shiloh Wennerstrom, J’Prince Johnson, Tyler Biddy, Catcher Hitchcock, Madelyn Mears, Bristol Neuville, Carter Petersen,Continue Reading
Senate passes tax cut package The Texas Senate last week unanimously approved a $16.5 billion package to lower property taxes and inject billions of dollars into public schools. As reported by the Texas Tribune, the three separate bills require the state to send at least $5.38 billion to public schoolsContinue Reading
U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Christopher Lyles, right, from Hughes Springs, fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. The 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet. U.S. NavyContinue Reading
The Jefferson High School class of 1960 held a class reunion Saturday in Jefferson. Attendees were, seated from left, Pat Day George, Anita Smith Perot, Jessica Tolleson Watson, Robbie Knight Fortune, Betty Lou Ford, Julia Meisenheimer McElvy, Sammie Stafford Bower, Ned Allen Ford and Earnest Allen, Jr., Standing, from left,Continue Reading
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute Retired hospital administrator Mike Chandler was named president of the Marion County Chamber of Commerce last week after Paul Moore stepped down from the post. “We are excited about the direction this board will take,” Chandler said. “The Chamber has a rich history and a bright future.”Continue Reading
Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute First year officer Joshua Cox is the 2023 Officer of the Year for the Jefferson Police Department. Chief Florentino Perez recognized Cox’s contributions to the department during 2022 at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. “It is my honor and a privilege to recognize officer Joshua Cox for hisContinue Reading
Staff Reports A planned non-denominational revival on Easter Weekend will be relocated across the street to the grass lot next to Cumberland Presbyterian for part of the event so the Easter Bunny can arrive following confusion on the proper procedure for reserving Lion’s Club Park. David Hansen, local business ownerContinue Reading
Blake Smith/Jefferson Jimplecute For many, COVID-19 proved to be a trying time. The country was faced with a record number of job losses and yet, some viewed COVID as an opportunity to pursue their passion projects. Many people like Jefferson native, Jennifer Phillips, found that COVID did not mark theContinue Reading