You’re invited to theQuarterly Lecture Seriesat the Museum! It’s a free Program & Wine/Cheese Reception in the Moseley Art Gallery (ramp/elevator accessible) Thursday, April 20, 2023 6:00pm – Wine/Cheese Reception6:30pm – Program: “The Story of Robert Potter, Statesman or Scoundrel?” Jefferson Historical Society & Museum223 West Austin StreetJefferson, Texas 75657www.jeffersonmuseum.org903-665-2775 “TheContinue Reading
April 7, 1954 ~ April 16, 2023 (age 69) Funeral Services for Rabbi Linda Gutierrez, 69, of Lone Star, Texas will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 2pm in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with Rabbi Daniel Vargas officiating under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. IntermentContinue Reading
Jefferson’s Gabby Wennerstrom is running in the best known American foot race: the Boston Marathon. Last year she accomplished a personal dream of qualifying for the race. Now she’s repeating her performance and looking to improve. She says this year she’s “going for a personal record. With the rain andContinue Reading
Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute Trustees of the Jefferson Independent School District approved a resolution stating the district rejects proposed legislation that takes away funding from public schools and prioritizes other systems. This includes vouchers, education savings accounts, taxpayer savings grants and other mechanisms that reduce public funding. The resolution states,Continue Reading
V Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute JEDCOs acquisition of 16 acres on US59N hit a few roadblocks Tuesday evening as members debated the needs of a new survey, mineral rights research, and an agenda wording issue preventing the board from approving the contract. JEDCO attorney Pinky Palmer converted last month’s LetterContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Broadband internet access on the east end of the county took a step towards connectivity following Commissioners approval of the phase 1 plan presented by East Texas Council of Governments executive director David Cleveland. “There’s no way we’re going to address every single broadbandContinue Reading
Meetings • P&Z Town Hall meetings, Wards 1&3, April 13 5-7p Visitors Center • JPD Explorer Post info, 5:30 p.m. April 14 Visitors Center • JPD Explorer Post info, 3 p.m. April 16 Smithland VFD • JPD Explorer Post Info, 6:30 p.m. April 17 Mims VFD • City Council, 5:30Continue Reading
Youth Services Coordinator Sandra Spencer schedules events and activities for children in our community. Any pre-school through third grade child is welcomed to attend a weekly story hour where stories are read and activities are planned related to the story or theme. Story hour is from 10:00-11:00am on Wednesdays. WeContinue Reading
Jefferson Youth Basketball teams and coaches were honored earlier last week by JISD. All the teams were announced and given a metal for playing this season. Jimplecute photo by Laura AllenContinue Reading
JHS Ag Welding students participated in TSTC’s 5th Annual Welding Competition March 30. Riley Rodriguez received second place Jr. Division out of 36 Jr division competitors. Competitors came from all school classifications.Continue Reading
House OKs $302 billion budget The Texas House approved a $302 billion budget last week that included an amendment prohibiting the use of state money on private school tuition — a major setback to Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to establish a school voucher system. The Austin American-Statesman reported that more than 20Continue Reading
theGAC MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Bryson Johnson, Jr., Southern Arkansas, Jefferson, Texas Johnson earned a provisional mark in the 200-meter dash after he clocked a time of 21.20 seconds at the Little Rock Invitational. He placed second in the event. Additionally, he ran the 100 in 10.83Continue Reading
On Friday morning 04/07/2023 the Marion County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher received a call from a fisherman. The fisherman stated he was on the south side of Lake o’ the Pines in south west Marion County, Texas. He reported observing a black jeep submerged about forty feet from the Woody’s CampContinue Reading
A link was sent to us this morning, provided below, on a State a health Services warning about not eating the fish in lakes around east texas. We’ll do more in next weeks paper https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/officials-say-you-shouldnt-eat-from-these-east-texas-lakes/Continue Reading
Marion County Diversified Civic and Social Concerns Organization celebrated their 20th Anniversary last weekend with a program honoring, and remembering, their founding members and their goals for the future. Founding members honored during the event included BJ Montgomery, Emma Smith and Arcolia (Jenkins) Waters. The founding members were each givenContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Using a sidewalk to get from the elementary school to the high school got one step closer this week as TxDOT approved moving the City’s two grant requests to stage 2. The designation change means the City needs to supply TxDOT with more specific engineeringContinue Reading
The 23rd Annual Outlaw Nationals Car Show will return to Jefferson April 14-15, 2023. “We want to thank the City of Jefferson, members of the council and all business owners for allowing us to put on this event another year,” event coordinator Michelle Fox-Davis said. “We also want to thankContinue Reading
Azure West Jefferson Jimplecute An estimated 125 paranormal enthusiasts joined the “History Haunts and Legends’’ (HHL) event this past weekend at the City’s Visitor’s Center. The bi-annual Spring and Fall conference has continued its ongoing attraction for the past 19 years. Founded by Jodi Breckenridge, who also conducts the HistoricContinue Reading
At left, we would like to congratulate the following Jefferson Junior High Students of the Month for January and February 2023: Curtis Conley, Hannah Skinner, Kiera Jones, Tyler McCurry, Kynlee Burkhalter, Ali Carstens, Corbyn Benson and Avery Lawson. Courtesy PhotoContinue Reading