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. She will be laid to rest at Garden Valley Cemetery. Nita Lee Frances Roberts Stoutjesdyk was born September 11, 1930Continue Reading
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 this topic: 1) Leviticus 19:34 (New International Version): “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. LoveContinue Reading
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 year the theme is “Caddo Critters”. Animals, fish, and birds living in or around Caddo Lake and The Big CypressContinue Reading
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 up you could open the fridge and there would be 4-5 plastic butter tubs. Did we like butter? Well yeah,Continue Reading
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 reported. Barring some unforeseen maneuver in the last week of the regular legislative session, the bill is effectively dead forContinue Reading
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 first time in Victoria. The United Daughters of the Confederacy was established in 1894 by the merger of state groupsContinue Reading
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 and later moved to the area of Bolivar, Tennessee, where he met Wilkerson, who was born in that state inContinue Reading
5/23/1984: Landmark public education suit filed On this day in 1984, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a landmark suit against Texas education commissioner William Kirby in Travis County. In Edgewood ISD v. Kirby, filed on behalf of the Edgewood Independent School District, MALDEF charged that the state’sContinue Reading
ATLANTA – About 160 miles of Northeast Texas highways will receive new surfaces starting this month, according to plans awarded last fall by the Texas Department of Transportation. Contractor Missouri Petroleum Products Company of Bullard, TX was awarded the contract to seal coat highways in all nine counties within the Atlanta District withContinue Reading
5/22/1971: LBJ Library dedicated in Austin On this day in 1971, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum was dedicated on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. It was the nation’s fifth presidential library and the first to be located on a university campus. It serves asContinue Reading
5/21/1849: German furniture artist arrives in Texas On this day in 1849, C. F. Carl (Charles) Steinhagen, early Texas cabinetmaker and German emigrant, arrived in Galveston from Bremen aboard the Galliott Flora. He was a wheelwright by trade who made furniture for his family as a hobby. Steinhagen settled in Anderson,Continue Reading
Last weekend Friends of Jefferson Animals hosted the first annual Woofstock! event complete with a 5K fun run, live music, vendors and silent auction, in downtown Jefferson. FOJA assists with finding homes for stray and abandoned dogs and cats in Marion County. Following are some photos taken by Harold BlairContinue Reading
Jefferson High School senior Luke McMullen (center) prepares to take to the winners’ podium after he placed 1st in the 100m dash with a time of 10.51 and 1st in the 200m dash with a time of 21.23 last weeka the UIL State Track Meet in Austin .Continue Reading
V Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Following the canvassing of the May 6 election, Ward 3 incumbent Alderman Robin Moore and newly elected Ward 2 Alderman Ray Hengst were sworn in at the start of Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Ward 1’s new Alderman Bubba Haggard was on a pre-planned familyContinue Reading
Gilda Smith,/Contributing Writer A local landmark will be memorialized with a Historical Site Monument Dedication 11 a.m. May 27. The Pyland African American Cemetery #2 (“PC#2”) s a Black Pioneer Cemetery located 12 miles north of Jefferson along Highway 49, about 1.8 miles from the Marion County and Cass CountyContinue Reading
Blake Smith/Jefferson Jimplecute Like the saying goes, “it takes a village.” This concept reigns true for the small town of Jefferson as it is a community that prides itself on being tightknit. From family-owned coffee shops to community-wide festivals, Jefferson has it all. The only thing Marion County does notContinue Reading
Loud Noise The Civil War “Living History” this Friday and Saturday will have different bouts of fireworks (Friday) and cannon and musket shots going on both days. Be sure and keep animals indoors as much as possible. See more details on the event on page 5 Meetings • Marion CountyContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute It was Mother’s Day last Sunday. And for me it was one that hasn’t felt the same in over a decade— and it never will again. One’s mother is someone special – unique even – and once their gone, it’s never the same. Mother’s are bothContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer Have you ever heard the saying “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”? I’ve heard it all my life. It served me as one of those wise sayings: use the right tool for a job. My dad would certainly agree. He wouldContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer Sometimes one person in a community can have an impact that continues to be felt for years afterward. Jovita Idar, a woman armed only with a pen and passion for helping those in need, would have an impact felt across Texas in her lifetime. She would run several newspapers, foundedContinue Reading