by Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute Jerry Brannen, who was recently named the new principal of Jefferson High School, will begin his 28th year of education this fall with the Bulldogs. A Shreveport, native, he comes to the district from Paris, Texas, where he has spent the past eight years asContinue Reading
Culminating at Road America in Wisconsin this month, Ted Melady qualified the Jefferson TX Police Department MGB in 2 separate classes for the Sports Car Club of America National Championships to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the first weekend of October. The road course at Indy utilizes multipleContinue Reading
The Jefferson Lions Club was one of several local organizations represented in last Saturday’s Juneteenth Parade in Jefferson. The parade ended at the Jefferson Community Center where the area’s first ever Juneteenh Celebration was held. The parade and event were sponsored by Jefferson civic organization F.R.E.S.H. See more Juneteenth photosContinue Reading
JAAC to Meet Jefferson Adopt-a-Cop program will hold their regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 30th, at the Historic Jefferson Railway Depot. FRESH hosts CommunityCelebration Fresh and friends will be hosting A Community Celebration July 3 and 4th in Honor of Tonishea Thomas. Everyone come out and showContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer Many of the old German folk tales deal with risks and threats. Children needed to learn that there are dangers in the world. What must of us don’t realize is that the dangers are closer to home than we want to admit. Most of us prefer to believeContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer Summer in Texas brings memories of warm nights, the start of school, and the return of football. But it also means something else for Texans on the Gulf Coast: hurricane season. As the summertime seas cause the storms to build and swirl, a careful eye must turn to the weather toContinue Reading
Shalom yall, God sets ancient landmarks, which remain in our world today and are on display internationally in many forms. These landmarks exist in nations, towns, buildings, monuments, and other forms. We are not to remove them, but we need to understand them. Established by God, they are immutable boundaries. They do not drift, nor changeContinue Reading
Amelia Kay Moore home going will be Saturday June 26, 2021, at 11am at Cypress Baptist Association, 901 S Como St., Sulphur Springs TX 75482.Continue Reading
Funeral services for JoAnn Thalia Snowden Fillingim Lowery, 88, of Jefferson, Texas will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday June 26, 2021, at Lake O’ the Pines Baptist Church with Brother Shawn Thrapp and Brother Tim Shirley officiating, under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home of Jefferson, TX. IntermentContinue Reading
Joseph Reagan/Contributing writer PTSD stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and is a condition that many veterans and non-veterans alike suffer. June 27 is National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Injury Awareness Day. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness around the signs, symptoms, and stigma, associated with PTSD. AsContinue Reading
The Jefferson Bulldog youth football team will compete Saturday at the State 7 on 7 Tournament in College Station. The appearance comes after having won the Hallsville 7 on 7 tournament last weekend. Prior to that, they took top honors in the Tri-County League 7 on 7 Tournament they alsoContinue Reading
by V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Tuesday’s regular Jefferson City Council meeting ended on a sad note as Mayor Rob Baker announced the retirement and resignation of Ward 2 Alderman Chief Gary Amburn. Amburn turned in his resignation just before the meeting started with an effective date of Wednesday, JuneContinue Reading
by Lacy Gross/Jefferson Jimplecute This is the first in a series of five stories about all five food pantries that serve Marion County. Kitty Rose, a single retiree living on a fixed income, discovered the food pantry at Blessings of Grace in Jefferson six months ago–at a time when sheContinue Reading
The Marion County Democratic Party approved the appointment of a new party chair last week. Jefferson resident Maurice Jones has been named to the post that was vacated earlier this month by longtime party chair Rickey Harrington. “The opportunity to serve the community has always been a passion of mineContinue Reading
Paul and Carol Harrell’s garden on Walnut Street has been chosen for the June Garden of the Month by The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club. Their beautiful variety of flowers includes pansies, roses, geraniums and lantana.Continue Reading
Dessert is served The Mims community will celebrate summer on June 19, 2021 with dessert, ice cream and a whole pie sale. The event will run from 1-4 p.m. at the Mims Com-munity Center located, 12728 FM 729, on the north side of Lake O’ the Pines. You are encouragedContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer The early 1900s was a formative time for education in Texas. Sidney Mezes, a one-time president of the University of Texas, rose to the forefront to serve as such a leader as well as a diplomat and a thinker. In the process, the son of a pioneerContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer Here we go again. ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, has warned us that the Texas power grid is about to fail. That doesn’t sound very reliable to me. It must sound reliable to Greg Abbot and Dan Patrick. They failed to provide solutions in the lastContinue Reading