Bring the kids to Jefferson for one final adventure before the school season gets into full swing. Come out for a Labor Day Celebration at the Historic Jefferson Railway on September 2, 2023, and ride on an authentic gas-powered antique locomotive along the Cypress Bayou River in Jefferson, Texas. ComeContinue Reading
New law also takes effect Sept. 1 targeting drunk drivers who kill parents of young children ATLANTA – As Labor Day approaches, TxDOT is reminding all Texans about the dangers of drunk driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced an increased enforcement period from Aug. 18 to Sept. 4. TexasContinue Reading
10-year plan includes projects aimed at improving safety, mobility, maintenance and more August 17, 2023 ATLANTA – Governor Greg Abbott announced a record $142 billion in total investment for Texas’ transportation infrastructure. The record investment includes the unanimous adoption of the $100 billion 10-year statewide roadway construction plan with the Texas DepartmentContinue Reading
Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players president Marcia Thomas says “It’s just too darn hot!” to hold their 35th Season Launch Party outdoors Labor Day weekend, so she’s moving the party inside. The Roaring Jazz-Age Lawn Party will be held at the Jefferson Visitor and Transportation Center starting at 7:30p onContinue Reading
V Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute The Varsity Lady Dawgs are taking major digs at their opponents so far this season as they head into the Redwater Tournament this weekend with a 7-5 overall record. Last week’s tournament play in Big Sandy on August 10, didn’t start off the way the DawgsContinue Reading
V Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute The majority of Tuesday night’s City Council two-and-a-half hour meeting focused on property – taxes, building permits, streets, and cleanups. Property taxes and rates dominated the majority of that time with Council proposing a 2023 tax rate of $0.4186110 per $100 of valuation. This isContinue Reading
Meetings School Dates Save the Date School Zones School Zone traffic lights are back up and running US59 as schools prepare to resume on Aug.14. Traffic tickets can still be written so be careful! Band Boosters Band Boosters will have their first meeting August 21st at 5:30 pm in theContinue Reading
However, City, County raise rates to cover budgets V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Confused about property taxes? Join the club. This year the City and County are proposing raising the property tax rates, but those new rates will still be less than last year’s tax rate, and it will generateContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Commissioners proposed the 2024 Budget during Monday’s regular meeting with bigger impact raises for all employees. Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur asked Commissioners to consider changing the proposed raises from 5% to $2,000 across the board. “Commissioner Ashley brought this to my attention,” said LaFleur.Continue Reading
Staff Reports Do you believe? Well, come to the 2nd Annual Texas UFOcon is this weekend at the Jefferson Tourism and Visitor and join other believers and UFO enthusiasts as they delve into specific cases and recent government finding. There’s a host of authors, researchers, investigators, historians, and vendors, availableContinue Reading
Dick Polman/Contributing Writer While we ponder the pathetic fact that the top candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination is a twice-impeached quadruple-indicted electorally-defeated accused racketeer, and while we absorb the breadth and depth of Georgia’s “criminal enterprise” case (19 defendants, 41 felony counts, 30 un-indicted co-conspirators), let’s bear in mindContinue Reading
Peter Roff/Contirbuting Writer Recent and expected Supreme Court rulings regarding the authority of federal regulators have put the bureaucracy in the spotlight. Too many of them have the power to make or break industries. Some, like the U.S. International Trade Commission, are begging to have their wings clipped. Its missionContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer Katherine Anne Porter was one of the most noted of Texas novelists. Her career spanned decades, and though her output was limited, it had a profound impact on many aspiring writers from the 1930s through the 1970s. She was born Callie Russel Porter in May 1890 in Indian Creek, a small, unincorporatedContinue Reading
Courtesy Photo by Hollis Shadden A new historic marker was installed at the old train trestle today. Pictured are Rusty Knight, Gary Endsley, Jackson Kain, and Joe Fant with the Collins Institute who installed it. The marker was requested several years ago, and recently awarded to and accepted by theContinue Reading
Chef Hunter Lee/Contributing Writer Growing up in the south that phrase seemed to come out of someone’s mouth on a day you couldn’t imagine it being hotter and usually in the middle of already being annoyed. Like a lot of things southern it’s really a greeting, a conversation starter, andContinue Reading
David Wall/Contributing Writer Sometimes it seems like gardens were invented just to give ants a home base! Ants in large numbers can eat vegetable limbs, leaves, flowers and fruit. Further, they can play havoc on newly transplanted seedlings as well as feeding on your vegetable plant roots. On top ofContinue Reading
The City of Jefferson will old a Townhall meeting at 6:30p next Tuesday, August 21, at the Jefferson Visitor’s Center to discuss the potential amount City water rates will be increasing to cover the expected increase from NETMWD for treated water. NETMWD will be on hand to present their increase,Continue Reading
Staff Reports The Jefferson Police Department located and arrested 53-year-old, Michael Mohamed Elawar on August 10 for possible fuel theft from the City of Jefferson Fuel Pump which isused for city vehicles. “During the investigation and properly placed game cameras, JPD was able to capture the criminal act when itContinue Reading
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial for Nancy Susan Wise, 82 of Jefferson, Texas will be held on Saturday August 26, 2023, at 11am in The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jefferson, Texas, with the Rev. Msgr. Zach Kunnakkattuthara officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. A RosaryContinue Reading