Our Town: 6/23
Meetings VBS Heat Alert Texas Division of Emergency Management wants to remind everyone that summer heat is here and safety precautions should be observed. Remember: Heat-related deaths and illnesses are…
Dumps offer special hours
Staff Reports Safe food waste disposal is a priority during power loss situations, and the City and County have a solution. The City will have a roll-off dumpster at the…
Issue smaller due to emergency
V Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute This week’s Jimplecute is smaller than normal. We usually drop two pages during the summer months as, well, it’s quieter. There’s limited sports and school…
Obituaries
Rosemary Eloise Prentice May 30, 1925 ~ June 15, 2023 Cremation Services for Rosemary Eloise Prentice, 98, of Garrison, are pending and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Karen…
I don’t Bake, but…
Not all is lost!!!! Let’s get baking!! I’ve never hid the fact I’m not much of a baker BUT apparently I also wasn’t great at picking spouses years ago either…
JAAC, MCHRC thanks supporters
Peggy Walker/Contributing Writer The Jefferson Adopt-A-Cop and the Marion County Health and Resource Coalition would like to thank the following businesses, groups, and resources who made our Marion County Health…
Beat the summer heat at the Carnegie Library!
Stacy Mills/Contributing Writer The temperatures are rising and soon we will be having 100 degree days. What better way to spend a long, hot summer afternoon than curled up with…
Garden in ways which save water
David Wall/Contributing Writer Water availability will continue to be a problem now and in the future. You can help by storing rain water, saving bath water wasted by running until…
Eat, Drink, Gather: Entertainment This Week: 6/23
Local Music Corner Micah S. White Facebook.com/pyromade1 Hear’s some local music if you feel like lacing up your dancing shoes and hitting the dance floor. If you do go out…
Power Outage Updates: 6/23
Day 8. It’s now been a full week. The good news is that almost all of the County is back to having power. There are pockets however. I’ll continue to…
MCAD budget gets County approval
Marion County Commissioners approved the proposed 2024 Marion Central Appraisal District budget following Chief Appraiser Ann Lummus providing some clarification on increases in professional fees and mass mailing budget line…
Our Town: June 16
Meetings • City Council, 5:30p, June 20 • Alzheimer/Dementia Support Group, 6p, June 20, Cypress Place • Commissioners Court, 9a, June 26 • Marion County Resources Coalition, 11:30a, June 26…
Resources aplenty
Jefferson and Marion County residents gather to review the various healthcare related resources available to them during Saturday’s Health Fair sponsored by the Marion County Resources Coalition and Jefferson Adopt-A-Cop.…
JISD to get new highway sign
Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson Independent School District will soon have improved representation on US Highway 59 via a new electronic sign. The district’s Board of Trustees approved the replacement…
Mims VFD announces raffle
Staff Reports This year the Mims VFD will be raffling off a Massimo GKA200, with a 1700cc single-cylinder 4-stroke engine. The prize comes with a trailer featuring a drop gate…
HOT funds continue slow climb to budget
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Hotel Occupancy Tax receipts are on a slow climb from last month according to Tourism Board president Colleen Taylor. “HOT is not stagnant but on…
Texas History Minute: Sayers worked for change
Ken Bridges Adversity, it is said, is the truest test of character. When times are flush and problems scarce, few will have to find a way to rise to the…
From the Right: Saudi’s won the war on oil
Michael Reagan Oil money, oil money. When you have as much of it as Saudi Arabia has, it can buy a lot of things – including a sacred American sports…