On August 19, 2025, Ezra was awarded by the National College Board for his Outstanding Academic Achievement the “Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award and “School Recognition Award”. This year, he works on the board for our Jefferson Bulldog Broadcast on YouTube each Friday night.Continue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Tuesday night’s almost two and a half hour City Council meeting was rife with open hostility from start to finish. Public comment continued on a theme of opposing the “No Feeding Animals” ordinance and how the City needs to understand the costs of running anContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute The City’s Northeast Texas Municipal Water District representative George Otstott provided his quarterly report on the District to Council on Tuesday night and was grilled over the District’s budget by Ward 2 Alderman Paul Keith. Keith emailed Otstott a list of questions and feedback onContinue Reading
Marcia Thomas Contributing Writer He’s classy, elegant, sharp, outstanding vocals – a charming crooner that brings his A-game to every date. All the American Songbook favorites all the way, and he’s coming to Jefferson soon. He is Australian Brad Ackland who’s been singing the great songs of the 30s throughContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson City Council approved spending $41,100 on new chain link fencing at Oakwood Memorial Cemetery during Tuesday’s meeting. Leon Hill Fence in Marshall provided the low bid to replace the 6-foot fencing. Cost includes removal and re installation, without the barbed wire top. An alternativeContinue Reading
Staff Reports The Jefferson Tourism Board is proposing a slightly larger budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year due to a projected increase in Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds. The board proposed a balanced budget of $192,000, including a $15,000 increase in HOT. Advertising was the largest expense category, accounting forContinue Reading
Courtesy Photo Avinger Area Lion’s Club had a wonderful time collected School supplies for Avinger ISD. Delivering the supplies was President of the Avinger Lion’s Lion Betty Hicks, Lion Margaret Criner, Lion Wanda Baily and Lion Mary Spearmon.Continue Reading
Staff Reports Jefferson Police Chief Tino Perez and his designee, was appointed the City’s Local Rabies Control Officer during Tuesday’s Council meeting. The Texas Health and Safety Code requires the City and County to appoint an LRCO. Neither entity has someone on file with the State Health Department. The issueContinue Reading
Staff Reports The Jefferson Varsity Lady Dawgs are off to a strong start for their 2025 season. While losing their season opener 3-0 to Alba-Golden, the Dawgs recovered with a four-game winning streak in the Big Sandy tournament. They defeated Word of God Academy 2-0, Big Sandy 1-0, Hawkins 2-1,Continue Reading
Staff Reports Last Saturday, the Jefferson Cross Country Team kicked off the new season in Sulphur Springs, competing at the Annual Clay Minton Invitational hosted at Coleman Park—a challenging course that traditionally draws significant turnout. This year’s meet served as the Bulldogs’ season opener and featured a massive field ofContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Smokey the Bear turned 81 on August 9, and the furry reminder to be careful with outdoor burning got a birthday present from Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur in the form of a burn ban for the County. As present circumstances “create a public hazardContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Diving can be a life changing experience, and not always for the better. But new Jefferson resident Al Wright is ready to help whenever, wherever he’s needed. “[Al’s friend] Dave and I were looking for any of the task force or emergency groups that wouldContinue Reading
By Appointment Due to hurting my back two weeks ago, the Jimplecute offices will be by appointment only for the next few weeks. Feel free to call, email, text, direct message to reach us. We apologize for the inconvience, but Hugh just can’t go up and down the stairs easily.Continue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Marion County Commissioners got the first look at the certified appraisal rolls for 2025 during Monday’s regular meeting. Marion County saw a total appraised or market value of $2,031,659,003, a $178,734,510 increaes over 2024 values of $1,852,924,493. The total assessed or appraisal value increasedContinue Reading
Staff Reports Blessings of Grace Food Pantry is changing their Tuesday and Thursday Produce Distribution location starting this week. Blessings director Elizabeth Opiela explained the change was necessary to better facilitate the distribution and not interfere with ongoing activities at the W.Fred Lockett Education Center. Blessings has partnered with theContinue Reading
Staff Reports Since Jefferson played a key role in the Trans-Mississippi Department’s military/industrial complex, Jefferson is a natural location for hosting Civil War Symposiums during the Civil War Sesquicentennial. This year’s theme is “Jefferson’s Civil War Legacy,” and takes place on Saturday. Jefferson and Marion County supplied many troops forContinue Reading
Jimplecute Photos by Laura Allen The Bulldogs held their last Summer Workout last Friday and spent some fun time at Lake O’the Pines afterwards. The Jimplecute has been told that “Meet the Bulldogs” is set for August 12, but that has not been confirmed as of press time. Continue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute With the ringing of the first bell on August 12 changes are happening at Jefferson ISD that affects how students arrive and depart campus as well as new bag requirements at extra-curricular activities. Traffic patterns to pickup and drop off students will be changing aroundContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night prohibiting the feeding of “wild animals, birds, stray animals or feral/community cats, regardless of age, sex or temperament.” The ordinance also makes it unlawful for any person to place food of any kind with the intentContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Following the rules is a part of going to school. As are using the correct words to describe something. A combination of using the wrong words and a district policy which didn’t anticipate a situation, created a change in the final ranking for the JHSContinue Reading