Please join us in celebrating East Texas Performing Arts with an After Hours ribbon-cutting! “This evening we wish to introduce East Texas Performing Arts and our upcoming events for 2024. Texas in Paris is a play that will be on the Memorial City Hall stage Friday and Saturday, August 9Continue Reading
Johnson’s Ranch hosts a fantastic evening with John Fox and Cole Allen Music on Friday, July 19th. The festivities begin at 7 PM with John Fox performing and shooting a music video. Come hang out, be in the video, and enjoy great music. Bring your friends and see you there!Continue Reading
Attention Jefferson ISD: Important back-to-school dates are approaching! Check out the attached images for all the details. Get ready for an exciting new school year!Continue Reading
The reopening of Red Dirt BBQ took place this past Friday, July 12th. After a challenging period where Will Thomas bravely battled Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, he is now cancer-free and at the BBQ establishment to welcome patrons! Continue Reading
Another reading adventure begins tomorrow, Wednesday July 17th.Continue Reading
Join Marion County Chamber of Commerce Meetup to network, collaborate, and support local businesses and community growth. Everyone is welcome!Continue Reading
Looking for a fun weekend activity for your kids or grandkids? Join us for “Friday Night Fortnite” at Fire and Dice Game Center! Entry to the center is free for everyone. The tournament costs $15 to enter, with $5 from each entry contributing to the prize pot in a winner-takes-allContinue Reading
Taking care of your garden during the scorching East Texas summer involves strategic planning and daily attention to ensure your plants thrive. First, water wisely by focusing on early morning or late evening to reduce evaporation and improve root absorption. Deep, infrequent watering encourages robust root growth, and using dripContinue Reading
Shopping, food and fun! We have vendors with beautiful handcrafted items, flea market finds and great food. We also have booths available if you would like to become a vendor. If you make something, bake something, harvest something or are just de-cluttering and need a venue to sell, send meContinue Reading
The Bistro will be closed for summer break starting tomorrow July 14 and we will reopen for business on July 31. Keep us all in your hearts as we travel to see our families for some much needed hugs and new memories!!Continue Reading
Attention, potential sponsors for Woofstock! We are again blown away by the positive reception we’ve received from the area businesses and folks in our incredible community. How thankful we are for each of you… and for your supportive response! As many of you have expressed your desire to sponsor, weContinue Reading
Jet Boats 2024 Squirtin N the PinesLake O the Pines, TexasHurricane Creek Recreation AreaSat 7/20 at high Noon – racing beginsThis is one event you don’t want to miss. Great cove to race in, and some of the best people you will ever meet. If you have been before youContinue Reading
Staff Reports Jefferson celebrated the 4th of July in grand style with children’s parade, pie and cake auction, ice cream making contest and, of course fireworks. Winners of the ice cream making contest were 1st place Clifton Walker for his Old Fashioned Vanilla; 2nd place to Robert Cooper for aContinue Reading
School Dates Summer Reading The Jefferson Carnegie Library will have their “Adventures in the Library” Summer Reading program form 10-11a July 17 and 24. Volleyball Camp Jefferson High School Volleyball is sponsoring a “Bayou Bullies” Volleyball camp from 9-11:30a July 15-17 for girls entering 3rd thru 8th grade. Cost isContinue Reading
Staff Reports Marion County Commissioners showed their support of the addition of “No Wake” signs in Big Cypress River and Carney Canal. Harrison County Commissioners are funding the costs of the signs. Commissioners are also currently working on the 2025 budget and are facing a $159,000 budget shortfall in initialContinue Reading
Rick Smith/Columnist About 25 years ago, I eased up to a traffic light on the northside of Houston. Two young men, probably in their early to mid-twenties, were standing to my left on the median strip. Their clothes were stained with sweat and dirt, hair greasy, fingernails encrusted with dirt.Continue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer Persistence makes all the difference, whether in history or science. And it is that persistence that can change the world, in ways both large and subtle. The work of engineer Otis Boykin helped facilitate a revolution in electronics, from the pacemaker to guided missiles. Boykin was born in Dallas in AugustContinue Reading
Chef Hunter Lee/Contributing Writer Let’s get Shakin’ This is a treat wasn’t originally a southern dish, Millionaire’s Bacon is a sweet and spicy caramelized bacon that originated at San Francisco’s Sweet Maple restaurant. BUT like so many great dishes that ended up heading south it has been adapted, adjusted, andContinue Reading
Tim Scallon/Registered Dietitian Nutritionalist If you ever find yourself with leftover corn tortilla chips, I have the perfect dish that is delicious and comes together in minutes. Years ago, I would make occasional trips to Austin to visit a friend. One of our routine breakfast stops was a local restaurantContinue Reading
Marcia Thomas/Contributing Writer A patriotic production entitled “Celebrate the Old Glory” is still being planned by Jefferson’s community theatre the Opera House Theatre Players. The third Saturday in July is the date that the production featuring an all patriotic theme will be mounted on the stage of the Union Baptist Church event buildingContinue Reading