Sports Shorts
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
Buffalo Grass
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
Today In Texas History: September 14
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
Today in Texas History: September 13
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
Today in Texas History: September 12
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
Raised Vegetable Garden Beds
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
Today in Texas History: September 11
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
JISD’s Hopes arrested, suspended following student altercation
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
Today in Texas History: September 10
9/10/1869: Washerwoman buys valuable Dallas property On this day in 1869, former slave Hope Thompson and her husband Isaac purchased a piece of property on Elm Street in what is now downtown Dallas. Thompson, a washerwoman, borrowed the purchase price of fifty dollars from banker William Henry Gaston and repaidContinue Reading
Paddlefish distinction made official
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
Our Town Jefferson
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
Council OKs new event
Staff Reports Football, Food Trucks and Cornhole is coming to Jefferson on September 24 after council approved the special event application during Tuesday night’s brief meeting. The Krewe of Hebe sponsored event will start at 10 a.m. and go until 10 p.m.in the private parking lot near Auntie Skinner’s, commonlyContinue Reading
Edna Jean Dorgan Perot
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
Patterson Pest Control expands, opens office in Jefferson
Jennifer Perry Middleton Jefferson Jimplecute JEFFERSON, Texas—Those who are seeking a pest control solution now have a long-term option with Patterson Pest Patrol. Open in Queen City since 2009, PPP is now opening an office in Marion County to share its service with area residents. Opening the satellite office isContinue Reading
SMU has a storied history
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer Students begin a new school year with hopes and dreams of better lives. Teachers and administrators similarly have high hopes for their students, trying to create classrooms and schools of the highest quality where these dreams can be nurtured and minds developed, as difficult as this sometimes isContinue Reading
Julia Andrews Cook
Julia Andrews Cook, 68, of Atlanta, passed away August 24, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be at 1p.m. Saturday at Twin City Conference and Event Center, 2101 Texas Blvd., Texarkana. Arrangements are under direction of Lewis and Walker Funeral Home, Jefferson.Continue Reading
Charles Michael Moore
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
Jamie “James Ray” Neuville
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
Marshall Symphony brings Gold Medalist to East Texas event
Marshall, TX—The Marshall Symphony Orchestra will open its 71st season with Romantic Interludes, a performance at Baker Auditorium at East Texas Baptist University at 7 p.m. September 17, 2022. The concert will feature Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto, which has long been an audience favorite because of its beautiful Romantic melodies. Continue Reading