Junior high volleyball picks up wins  Three of the four Jefferson Junior High Volleyball teams won their matches against Carlisle on Monday.  The 7B team split the night winning one set 25-14 before losing the next set  11-13. The 8B team won in two sets, 25-14, 12-9 The 7A teamContinue Reading

Gardening by David Wall

By David Wall Almost every year about this time, people start asking whether they should try buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides). It’s a warm season grass that does well with little to no maintenance and has relatively little water requirements once established. Until then, it takes as much water as most other lawnContinue Reading

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9/14/1919: Hospital destroyed in hurricane On this day in 1919, the Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi was demolished by a hurricane in which a nun, two patients, and two employees were killed. Spohn Hospital (originally Spohn Sanitarium), the first hospital in Corpus Christi, is a Catholic institution founded in 1905Continue Reading

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9/13/1883: Fence-cutting war reaches Mabel Day’s ranch On this day in 1883, free-grass cattle raisers began cutting the fences of Mabel Doss Day’s ranch, the first fully fenced large ranch in Texas. She inherited the 85,000-acre, debt-ridden spread in Coleman County when her husband of 2 1/2 years, William H.Continue Reading

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9/12/1909: Country singer born in country town On this day in 1909, country singer Kenneth Threadgill was born in Peniel, Texas. In 1933 he moved to Austin and began working at a service station; by December, he had bought the establishment and turned it into Threadgill’s Tavern. After World WarContinue Reading

Gardening by David Wall

By David Wall This year many are reconsidering raised bed vegetable gardens. Reasoning is simple. They’re compact, easy to work, easy to water, maintain moisture better, fewer problems with weeds, and usually produce more than a regular garden the same size. They come in all lengths, although widths are usuallyContinue Reading

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9/11/1890: Fort Sam Houston officially named On this day in 1890, the United States War Department designated “the military post at San Antonio” as Fort Sam Houston in honor of Gen. Sam Houston. Originally established in 1845, the “Post of San Antonio” started land acquisition and construction in the 1870s,Continue Reading

By V. Hugh Lewis II, Jefferson Jimplecute Bulldog football passing coordinator and Head Boys Track and Field Coach Roderick Hopes is sidelined for the foreseeable future after being arrested following an investigation that stemmed from a parent complaint. He is facing possible charges of “Injury to a Child, Elderly, orContinue Reading

Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson and Marion County has a new mascot – of sorts. Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur, County Commissioners, and Jefferson Mayor Rob Baker all proclaimed the Paddlefish as the official fish of Marion County and the City of Jefferson during their regular meetings the last week inContinue Reading

Music 1852 on Austin • Sept 17: Grey Daddies • Sept. 24: Jerrod Sterrett  All Bands start at 8 p.m. Auntie Skinner’s • Sept 10: Rewind • Sept. 17: Teazur All Bands start at 9 p.m. Meetings • Commissioners Court 9 a.m. Sept 12 • Tourism Board, 5:30 p.m. SeptContinue Reading

Edna Jean Dorgan Perot passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022 in Jefferson, Texas, at the age of 90.  She was born February 5, 1932 in Marion County to Edward and Ora Lee Dorgan.  Edna married Alphonse Love Perot, Jr., in Newton, Texas on January 12, 1946 and they wereContinue Reading

Charles Michael Moore was born to Arthur Wayman Moore and Rose Mary Wise Moore on August 16, 1950, in Evansville, Indiana. He passed away peacefully on September 1, 2022, with his family at his side. Despite being born in Indiana, his feet were placed in a box of dirt fromContinue Reading

Funeral Services for Jamie (James Ray) Neuville, 60, of Hallsville, Texas will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 2pm in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with Pastor Rusty Rustenhaven officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home with interment to follow at OakwoodContinue Reading