Local art…
2022-05-07
Ms. Howard’s class of Artisans at Jefferson ISD participated in Pilgrimage 2022. All entries are in the USPS post office, just across from The Jefferson Carnegie Library.Continue Reading
Clean out the medicine cabinet…
2022-05-07
JPD’s Cynthia Romano and Mary Ayala, helped JPD participate in a prescription “Take Back” day Saturday at Brookshires and the JPD station. Help prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths by properly disposing of any unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications in your home. They keep a drop box at theContinue Reading
Jefferson Railway Mother’s Day Special
2022-05-04
Treat your Mom for a ride on an antique narrow-gauge gas-powered train that takes you along the Big Cypress Bayou in Jefferson, Texas and celebrate Mother’s Day. Trains will run on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 12:30 and 2:30. Mothers receive a 10% discount when accompanied by their children. Diamond Don RVContinue Reading
Beat Root Revival Plays The Bowery Stage
2022-05-02
Beat Root Revival performs at Winnsboro Center for the Arts (WCA) at 200 Market Street Winnsboro, Texas at 7:30 pm May 14. Beat Root Revival is a multi-instrumentalist roots duo made up of powerhouse harmonic vocalists Andrea Magee and Ben Jones who combine elements of folk, blues, country, and rock to create aContinue Reading
OHTP plans May production
2022-04-28
By Marcia Thomas Contributing Writer Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players announces the cast for “Laundry and Bourbon”, the one-act play that will be performed on May 20-21. The play is the second production of the Players 33rd season which will conclude in July with a musical. Cast as Elizabeth, aContinue Reading
East Texan defined ‘hero’
2022-04-28
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer It has been said that heroism is defined as holding on for one moment longer. A moment can save a life or change the destiny of a nation. Travis Watkins, a native Texas resident, was one such hero who took charge and held on against overwhelming odds, savingContinue Reading
Thank you for 40 years…
2022-04-28
Mrs. Louise Grubbs was honored on her retirement from the F.A. Schluter Foundation with a delicious dinner at the Stillwater Inn. Mrs. Grubbs served more than 40 years on the board as secretary treasurer. Mrs. Pam McGregor replaces her. Other board members attending were Dave Little, Pam Watts, and pastContinue Reading
Golden Trowel Award…
2022-04-28
As one of the highest honors any Texas freemason can receive, the Golden Trowel Award was established by the Grand Lodge of Texas for the purpose of recognizing any mason who has consistently demonstrated outstanding and exemplary service to in the community. Terry Lemmon received this award last Saturday. From left toContinue Reading
Magnolia Place brings the County Fair to residents for Nursing Home Week
2022-04-28
Residents were thrilled at the sights, sounds and smells that permeated Magnolia Place Wellness and Rehabilitation last week. Their theme for this year’s National Nursing Home week was “We’re Going to the County Fair.” Magnolia Place scheduled daily activities and events for the residents to participate in including worm races,Continue Reading
Celebrate Jefferson Historical Pilgrimage aboard an Antique Train
2022-04-28
Come celebrate this year’s Jefferson Historical Pilgrimage “75th Diamond Jubilee” and bring the family out for a ride on an antique narrow-gauge train along the Big Cypress Bayou in Jefferson, Texas. The train will depart on Saturday April 30, 2022 at 12:30 and 2:30, from the Historic Jefferson Railway’s Depot atContinue Reading
Pilgrimage celebrated this weekend
2022-04-28
The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club takes great pride in presenting Historic Jefferson Pilgrimage 75th Diamond Jubilee April 28, 29, 30 and May 1, 2022. Home and Garden Tours. Four beautiful historic homes, The Beard House, The Homestead House, The House of the Seasons and Singleton’s Virginia Cross Home,Continue Reading
68th Annual ‘Diamond Bessie Murder Trial’ plays at Pilgrimage
2022-04-28
One of the highlights of the Pilgrimage is the annual staging of the Diamond Bessie Murder Trial, a unique adaptation of the last days of the 1877 trial in Jefferson of Abraham Rothschild for the murder of Diamond Bessie. The trial captured national attention in its day, and its re-creationContinue Reading
Beat Root Revival Plays The Bowery Stage
2022-04-25
Beat Root Revival performs at Winnsboro Center for the Arts (WCA) at 200 Market Street Winnsboro, Texas at 7:30 pm May 14. Beat Root Revival is a multi-instrumentalist roots duo made up of powerhouse harmonic vocalists Andrea Magee and Ben Jones who combine elements of folk, blues, country, and rock to create aContinue Reading
Dalton Gang blazed a path through Texas
2022-04-23
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer The 1880s and 1890s saw the rise of some of the most notorious criminals in American History, mostly riding the dusty trails of the West. One of the most infamous was the Dalton Gang, made up of outlaws from Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Dalton Gang terrorized theContinue Reading
My spritual energy
2022-04-23
Leroy Richardson/Contributing writer A good battery on a car maintains its charge. Why is that so when simultaneously operating the radio, headlights, air conditioner, dashboard lights, USB ports, and the electric windows and seats? It’s the alternator. Once started, the alternator generates power to run the accessories on the vehicle andContinue Reading
MADD Encourages Parents to Talk to Their Kids About the Dangers of Alcohol and Other Drugs
2022-04-18
TYLER – April 12, 2022 – Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) Texas will host a virtual parent series to help equip parents with the resources they need to talk with their teens about the risks of underage drinking and drug use. MADD East Texas’s Power of Parents® Virtual Series will be held beginning onContinue Reading
Fidelity Communications Charitable Giving Fund Applications Now Open
2022-04-16
April 4, 2022 – Applications are now open for the Fidelity Communications Charitable Giving Fund, which annually awards more than $200,000 in grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations across the company’s footprint. Applications will close on April 30, 2022. Grants will be made available across communities served by Fidelity and the other Cable One family of brandsContinue Reading
If Christ be not risen
2022-04-15
Dan Eakin/Contributing writer Hopefully, almost everyone who reads this newspaper believes that Christ literally, physically and bodily arose from the dead. There may be a few who do not. If you are among them, I am writing to you to ask you to consider why it is so important that youContinue Reading
Marion County bustling with Easter activities
2022-04-15
Bethel Baptist hosts Easter Homecoming Bethel Baptist Church will have Homecoming Easter Sunday, April 17. Sunday School will be at 10 a.m. with a Worship Service 11 a.m. Following Worship Service, lunch will be provided in the Fellowship Hall followed by an Egg Hunt. The public is invited to comeContinue Reading
Bunny visit…
2022-04-15
Youngsters visited with the Easter Bunny at the Jefferson Carneige Library last week in advance of the upcoming holiday. Continue Reading