The Jefferson ISD board of Trustees opted, Tuesday night, to leave the tax rate unchanged in the ’22-23 school year.  Superintendent Rob Barnwell and Finance Director Mike Wood explained their recommendations related to the proposed tax rates at the regular Board meeting.   According to Wood, it is expected thatContinue Reading

Upcoming Music Auntie Skinner’s • August 13: Lossey Anna • August 20: WTW, Donnie’s Birthday • August 27: Lee Mathis All Bands Play from 9p-1a Upcoming Meetings • Jefferson City Council at 5:30 p.m. August 16. • Jefferson City Council Budget Workshop 6:30 p.m. on August 23. • Jefferson City CouncilContinue Reading

Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer Just you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it gets better.  Since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the global recovery from Covid 19 stalled.  Global traders panic, driving up prices and clogging supply chains. Market fears of a new, and wider, disruption never materialized, however.  Energy supply remainedContinue Reading

Ken Bridges/Contributing writer The recent report that University of Texas engineering professor Dr. John B. Goodenough, along with Stanley Whittingham of New York and Akira Yoshino of Japan, has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries has excited Texans and science fans alike.  However,Continue Reading

After starting football practice on August 1, the Jefferson Bulldogs hosted and intra-squad scrimmage last Saturday. They will scrimmage on the raod at Waskom tonight and again next week at Elysian Fields. The regular season kicks off August 26 at New Boston. Continue Reading

Local historian Howard Blatch Howard’s will present a free program 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Jefferson Historical Society & Museum.   Blatch’s“Forgotten American History (and A Real Life “Indiana Jones” Adventure)” perhaps should be considered “Unknown American History”.  Who has ever heard of Welsh settlers being in the KentuckyContinue Reading

By Mark Allen Caddo Lake: Texas rigged Big Bite Bait Finesse Worms with an 1/8 o. weight have been producing around schools of bass in the Big Cypress Bayou area! Vibrating jig, such as the Chatterbait, with the Big Bite Baits “Cane Thumper” trailer, has been a big producer. TopwatersContinue Reading