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Marion County Herald & Jefferson Jimplecute
Covering Marion County, Texas
Elections are key to our government and way of life. But lately, elections are ugly. They’re doing more to divide people than brining them together. A common phrase these days…
Rick Smith “The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.” Mark Twain I remember very well a conversation with Ms. Ellie twenty years ago. But…
Ken Bridges John Wesley Hardin was one of the most violent figures of a violent age. Born in Bonham to a Methodist preacher in 1853, he quickly moved to a…
Elwood Watson Thanks to the so-called culture wars, debates about events on college campuses are being employed as useful weapons for attacking the gradual democratization that has occurred in higher…
Glenn Melanconn I’m often asked, “Should I vote in the Texas primary election?” Yes, you should. Your vote is a reward for the past and hope for the future. First,…
Rick Smith/Columnist I met Sir Burgess Burgoyne for the first time in Little Rock, Ark. He introduced himself as “Burgess.” No title. No last name. I read in the Arkansas…
Dr. Ken Bridges/Columnist The City of Fort Worth, a beloved Texas city sometimes known as “Cowtown” or “Where the West Begins,” has a storied past that has helped shape the…
Dear Editor: Election Day is March 5, 2024. Polls will be open from 7am until 7pm. This is the day that our campaigns have worked towards for several months. Our…
Ken Bridges It often takes courage to stand up for a principle. Because of people who do, the world starts to change. One Texas dentist, Dr. Lonnie Smith, changed the…
Elwood Watson It should probably come as little surprise that a majority of American millennial and Generation Z women identify as liberal. A recent Gallup Poll indicated the ideological gap…
In January of 2023, Hunter Bonner organized a meeting of Crestwood citizens that sought improvement to the existing water quality in the local system. Historically, even though the water quality…
The Jefferson Jimplecute recently contacted all of the Marion County GOP candidates in the March 5, 2024 Primary Election to hear what they had to say about the position they’re…
Ken Bridges Not everyone is destined to win all the races they race or the fights that they fight. And on some special select occasions, some of those daring souls…
Ken Bridges He was called “Mr. Sam.” For 48 years, Sam Rayburn was an unforgettable presence in Congress and a devoted servant to the people of Northeast Texas. He served…
Ashly Granby Whether you stumbled upon Jefferson serendipitously or proudly call it your birthplace, there’s a unanimous agreement that our town is a special enclave nestled along the tranquil bayou.…
Ken Bridges/Columnist In Texas, 76 men have been awarded the Medal of Honor for their courage above and beyond the call of duty since the inception of the medal. Perhaps…
Elwood Watson/Columnist In just the latest example of his tendency to employ passive-aggressive racially coded dog whistles, former President Donald Trump referred to Republican presidential rival Nikki Haley by her…
Michael Reagan/Columnist Let’s go way back to 1976. Gerald Ford was the sitting Republican president. Jimmy Carter was going to beat him in the fall. And Ronald Reagan’s primary campaign…
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer For the adventurers and dreamers of the world, there are no limits. Wiley Hardeman Post was born on his parents’ cotton farm near Canton in November 1898.…