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 Meetings School Dates Food Pantry Art Walk Jefferson’s Art Walk is September 6 and brings over 30 artists from the region together to showcase their work. Artists are setup in various shops downtown and on hand to discuss their work. Car Show The first Wheels on the Bayou car showContinue Reading

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Jimplecute Photos by Laura Allen The Jefferson Bulldogs helped hold a special ‘Seniors’ Pep Rally at Cypress Place Assisted Living on Monday evening, giving the residents an up close look at the 2025 team and help encourage them on to a Firday night victory.Continue Reading

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V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson City Council proposed a balanced 2025-26 budget and a “No New Revenue” tax rate with little discussion during last Monday’s special meeting. Council proposed moving $310,000 from reserves to fund the shortfall in the administrative and water/sewer budgets. The funds will also be usedContinue Reading

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V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Update: The Burn Ban was lifted on Friday evening by Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur Marion County Commissioners approved their 2026 budget and combined tax rate of $0.5358775 per $100 in valuation during Monday’s regular meeting. Commissioners addopted the same tax rate as last year.. Continue Reading

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Staff Reports Jefferson High School art students have a chance to be recognized on a national level. This year, Jefferson was selected as one of 200 classrooms across the country to submit an entry in the Crosley Custom Cruiser Contest. The contest, sponsored by Crosley, allows JHS Art 3 &Continue Reading

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Staff Reports The Q4 2025 Discover Jefferson and Marion County the quarterly visitors guide for the area is being prepared for publication. The guide is mailed to over 30 visitor centers across the state and provided to local businesses, lodging and restaurant locations across the county. This issue will featureContinue Reading

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Staff Reports Matthew Woods, an aspiring young auto collision repair technician and 2025 JHS graduate, was awarded set of start-up tools to support his career ambitions—thanks to a generous gift from the JHS Class of 1963. The donation was made in memory of their classmate Bobby Johnson, through the BobbyContinue Reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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