Noah Paul Harrell
The descendant of two early East Texas pioneer families, Noah Paul Harrell was the sixth son of William Floyd Harrell and Maggie Humphrey Harrell. He was born in Jefferson, Texas, on June 15, 1947. He passed away peacefully at home on August 23, 2022 with his family by his side.Continue Reading
Randal Lloyd Powell
Graveside services for Randal Lloyd Powell, 66, of Jefferson were held on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at the Berea Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas with Pastor John Taylor, and Pastor Austen Powell officiating. Visitation was held from 5-7 P.M. Friday, September 2, 2022, at the Captain WM Perry Chapel of Haggard FuneralContinue Reading
Dawgs fall to Timpson, look to Bounce back tonight at home
The Jefferson Bulldog football team dropped to 1-1 on the season after a 52-29 loss to Timpson on the road last Friday night. Though the Bulldogs got on the board late, the Bears seemed to have the answers all night on defense. No Bulldog surpassed 100 yards rushing and bothContinue Reading
Additional charges filed against Faulk over Shooting at JP
Joseph Faulk was served a warrant today for additional charges related to his allegedly shooting at JP Lena Pope last week. Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur signed the warrant for charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon , a 2nd Degree Felony. LaFleur arraigned Faulk after the warrant wasContinue Reading
Weekly Roadwork Report – September 11 – September 17, 2022
Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, concrete paving in median I-30 – Westbound at Exit 207/Spur 594, ramp rehabilitation. Exit & entrance ramps closed. Westbound lanes restricted to one lane I-30 – Eastbound from FM 990, drainage upgrades. TrafficContinue Reading
Public Notice
The City of Jefferson will be holding a public hearing on the proposed budget for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 2022 – Sept. 30, 2023 at the Transportation Center, 305 E. Austin St, Jefferson, Tx on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 at 6 p.m. This budget will raise more revenue fromContinue Reading
Suspects arrested in Friday evening shooting incident, JP unharmed
Two suspects have been arrested following a Friday evening shooting aimed at Marion County Justice of the Peace Lena Pope. Pope was not physically injured in the incident. According to a press release from Marion County Sheriff David Capps, Pope was in route to Smith Bockmon Rd. at approximately 7Continue Reading
JP Shot At While Performing Official Duties
Marion County JP Lena Pope had her vehicle fired upon while attending to official duties Friday evening. According to reports, Pope responded to a request for a death pronouncement and upon arrival realized she was not at the correct address. She began turning her vehicle around when someone came outContinue Reading
JHS Homecoming Court…
Jefferson High School Homecoming Queen candidates are, back row from left, Carmen Bradley, Brooklyn Shelton, Rachae Williams and Charlene Moore. Front row, from left are freshmen Duchess Emmalee Cherry, sophomore Duchess Carlmajz Nicholas and junior Duchess Kristen Thomas. The 2022 Homecoming Queen will be crowned in a pre-game ceremony nextContinue Reading
Our Town Jefferson
Upcoming Music 1852 on Austin • Sept 2: Chris Cain • Sept 3: Already Gone (Eagles Tribute) • Sept 4: 1852 Austin Street Band All Bands start at 8 p.m. Auntie Skinner’s • Sept 2: Captain Joe All Bands start at 9 p.m. Upcoming Meetings • Jefferson City Council 6:30p SeptContinue Reading
Jefferson City Council gives pay raises
Staff Reports Jefferson City Council made short work of Tuesday night’s agenda which consisted of mostly housekeeping actions. The Oct. 4 special council meeting will be moved to Wednesday, Oct. 5 to not interfere with the planned National Night Out activities at the Transportation Center. Aldermen chose to deny twoContinue Reading
1yr Anniversary at 1852
Staff and owners of 1852 on Austin kicked off their 1yr anniversary with a ribbon cutting Friday afternoon. Music by Chris Cain, The Sultans, and the 1852 Austin Street Band will celebrate the weekendContinue Reading
Marion County Commissioners set 2023 tax rate
Staff Reports County Commissioners adopted a tax rate of $0.5444274 for 2022 and the 2023 County Budget during Monday’s regular meeting. Following two public hearings, where no one from the public spoke, commissioners approved the rate which is lower than last year’s rate by about three cents, and a budgetContinue Reading
JISD: Values go up, tax rate goes down
Jennifer Perry Middleton Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson Independent School District’s Board of Trustees set the annual tax rate and budget during a special meeting Tuesday. For 2022-23, the board approved a maintenance and operations tax rate of 0.9308, lower than last year’s rate of 0.96340. The interest and sinking rateContinue Reading
Public services have value
Conservatives have been pretty clear about one aspect of their governing philosophy. They say that they will run government like a business. Liberals, however, see government as public services. The results are dramatically different. Liberal policies shaped American politics after the Great Depression. Franklin Delano Roosevelt provided a role modelContinue Reading
Sultans to Headline 1852 Saturday Performance
While the Eagles tribute band was set to perform for the 1yr anniversary celebrations, the band came down with COVID and will be unable to perform. Thankfully Shreveport’s The Sultans were able to slip over to Jefferson for the evening. Blues Legend Chris Cain will start off the weekend withContinue Reading
Hold on to your wallets, fellow citizens
The Democrats in Washington are doing another one of their zillion-dollar smash-and-grabs. This time, it’s Joe Biden’s scheme to forgive $10,000 in student debt for about 43 million Americans who’ve borrowed hundreds of billions of federal dollars to pay for college. Of course, old rich Joe’s not giving his ownContinue Reading
Like Jesus shows, take time to rest
Devlyn Brooks/Lutheran Minister Another church in my hometown has been preaching a sermon series called “Jesus took naps. Be like Jesus.” The pastors at the church aren’t just being coy; they’re actually driving home an important message to their parishioners: Even Jesus rested. In our supercharged, hyperconnected, overstimulated way ofContinue Reading
Bulldog Sports Calendar
Sept. 1 JV FB @ Timpson, 5 p.m. Sept. 2 HS XC @ White Oak Dash for the Derrick Invitational, 8:30 a.m. Varsity VB @ Hawkins, 4:30p Varsity FB @ Timpson, 7 p.m. Sept. 3 JH XC @ White Oak Dash for the Derrick Invitational, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 6 VBContinue Reading