Jennifer Perry Middleton Jefferson Jimplecute JEFFERSON, Texas—Those who are seeking a pest control solution now have a long-term option with Patterson Pest Patrol. Open in Queen City since 2009, PPP is now opening an office in Marion County to share its service with area residents. Opening the satellite office isContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer Students begin a new school year with hopes and dreams of better lives. Teachers and administrators similarly have high hopes for their students, trying to create classrooms and schools of the highest quality where these dreams can be nurtured and minds developed, as difficult as this sometimes isContinue Reading
Julia Andrews Cook, 68, of Atlanta, passed away August 24, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be at 1p.m. Saturday at Twin City Conference and Event Center, 2101 Texas Blvd., Texarkana. Arrangements are under direction of Lewis and Walker Funeral Home, Jefferson.Continue Reading
Charles Michael Moore was born to Arthur Wayman Moore and Rose Mary Wise Moore on August 16, 1950, in Evansville, Indiana. He passed away peacefully on September 1, 2022, with his family at his side. Despite being born in Indiana, his feet were placed in a box of dirt fromContinue Reading
Funeral Services for Jamie (James Ray) Neuville, 60, of Hallsville, Texas will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 2pm in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with Pastor Rusty Rustenhaven officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home with interment to follow at OakwoodContinue Reading
Marshall, TX—The Marshall Symphony Orchestra will open its 71st season with Romantic Interludes, a performance at Baker Auditorium at East Texas Baptist University at 7 p.m. September 17, 2022. The concert will feature Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto, which has long been an audience favorite because of its beautiful Romantic melodies. Continue Reading
The descendant of two early East Texas pioneer families, Noah Paul Harrell was the sixth son of William Floyd Harrell and Maggie Humphrey Harrell. He was born in Jefferson, Texas, on June 15, 1947. He passed away peacefully at home on August 23, 2022 with his family by his side.Continue Reading
Graveside services for Randal Lloyd Powell, 66, of Jefferson were held on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at the Berea Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas with Pastor John Taylor, and Pastor Austen Powell officiating. Visitation was held from 5-7 P.M. Friday, September 2, 2022, at the Captain WM Perry Chapel of Haggard FuneralContinue Reading
The Jefferson Bulldog football team dropped to 1-1 on the season after a 52-29 loss to Timpson on the road last Friday night. Though the Bulldogs got on the board late, the Bears seemed to have the answers all night on defense. No Bulldog surpassed 100 yards rushing and bothContinue Reading
Jefferson High School Homecoming Queen candidates are, back row from left, Carmen Bradley, Brooklyn Shelton, Rachae Williams and Charlene Moore. Front row, from left are freshmen Duchess Emmalee Cherry, sophomore Duchess Carlmajz Nicholas and junior Duchess Kristen Thomas. The 2022 Homecoming Queen will be crowned in a pre-game ceremony nextContinue Reading
Upcoming Music 1852 on Austin • Sept 2: Chris Cain • Sept 3: Already Gone (Eagles Tribute) • Sept 4: 1852 Austin Street Band All Bands start at 8 p.m. Auntie Skinner’s • Sept 2: Captain Joe All Bands start at 9 p.m. Upcoming Meetings • Jefferson City Council 6:30p SeptContinue Reading
Staff Reports Jefferson City Council made short work of Tuesday night’s agenda which consisted of mostly housekeeping actions. The Oct. 4 special council meeting will be moved to Wednesday, Oct. 5 to not interfere with the planned National Night Out activities at the Transportation Center. Aldermen chose to deny twoContinue Reading
Staff Reports County Commissioners adopted a tax rate of $0.5444274 for 2022 and the 2023 County Budget during Monday’s regular meeting. Following two public hearings, where no one from the public spoke, commissioners approved the rate which is lower than last year’s rate by about three cents, and a budgetContinue Reading
Jennifer Perry Middleton Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson Independent School District’s Board of Trustees set the annual tax rate and budget during a special meeting Tuesday. For 2022-23, the board approved a maintenance and operations tax rate of 0.9308, lower than last year’s rate of 0.96340. The interest and sinking rateContinue Reading
Conservatives have been pretty clear about one aspect of their governing philosophy. They say that they will run government like a business. Liberals, however, see government as public services. The results are dramatically different. Liberal policies shaped American politics after the Great Depression. Franklin Delano Roosevelt provided a role modelContinue Reading
The Democrats in Washington are doing another one of their zillion-dollar smash-and-grabs. This time, it’s Joe Biden’s scheme to forgive $10,000 in student debt for about 43 million Americans who’ve borrowed hundreds of billions of federal dollars to pay for college. Of course, old rich Joe’s not giving his ownContinue Reading
Devlyn Brooks/Lutheran Minister Another church in my hometown has been preaching a sermon series called “Jesus took naps. Be like Jesus.” The pastors at the church aren’t just being coy; they’re actually driving home an important message to their parishioners: Even Jesus rested. In our supercharged, hyperconnected, overstimulated way ofContinue Reading
Sept. 1 JV FB @ Timpson, 5 p.m. Sept. 2 HS XC @ White Oak Dash for the Derrick Invitational, 8:30 a.m. Varsity VB @ Hawkins, 4:30p Varsity FB @ Timpson, 7 p.m. Sept. 3 JH XC @ White Oak Dash for the Derrick Invitational, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 6 VBContinue Reading
Jefferson football fans had much to cheer about Friday night after the Bulldogs routed the New Boston Lions 43-0 on the road in their season opener. New Boston went scoreless on the initial possession of the game. Jefferson came out striking and was able to put seven on the boardContinue Reading