Our Town Jefferson
Upcoming Meetings • Jefferson City Council, 5:30 p.m. June 21. Upcoming Music Auntie Skinner’s: • June 18: Landry & Co. • June 25: Rewind Heat Avisory The National Weather Service continues to advise area residents to be careful when outdoors as the high temperatures and little rain will continue intoContinue Reading
Student journalists across the Texas A&M system face adversity
Sierra Wells/Contributing writer Within the past few years, several schools in the Texas A&M system have taken actions that adversely affected student journalists. Texas A&M University After printing for 129 years, the Battalion student newspaper at Texas A&M University has been fighting a battle to continue in print. On Feb. 10,Continue Reading
Watson was an education visionary
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer “A good man is always learning,” is an old Latin Proverb. Sages and thinkers since the days of the first schools thousands of years ago have recognized the importance of education in shaping and informing the minds of students from their earliest lessons and throughout their lives. Continue Reading
Armitta Ann Blackburn
Funeral Services for Armitta Ann Blackburn, 83, of Jefferson, will be Saturday, Jun 18, 2022 at 10AM in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home with Bro. Andre Simon officiating. There will be a time of Visitation on Friday, June 17, 2022 from 5 to 7 p.m. inContinue Reading
Hope For Jefferson
Rabbi Linda/Bethel Temple Fellowship Shalom Chaverim, The Word of the Lord to the world is hope. This includes hope and peace for Jefferson. The Word of the Lord teaches us how much He loves us. God is our hope and shalom. He answers the questions which we desperately search for. GodContinue Reading
TOGETHER FOREVER
Carl Qualls and Ceile Coats were married on June 23, 1953, in Hope, Arkansas. On June 18, 2022, their family is honoring their 69th wedding anniversary with a celebration from 11 a.m. – 2 p.mm at Hickory Hills Baptist Church in Avinger, Texas. Family and friends are invited to stop byContinue Reading
Jefferson Tourism CVB ups marketing efforts
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson Tourism Development Board reported an exponential year-over- year increase in website traffic at their regular meeting Monday night. “Website traffic was up 14% in May over April and 19% year-over-year,” board member Pam Thomas reported. “We had a very busy May.” According to Thomas, theContinue Reading
Marion County Sheriff renews Lake o’ the Pines patrol pact
Staff Report The Marion County Commissioners Court worked through a brief agenda Monday morning in regular session at the Courthouse Annex. Namely, Commissioners okayed County Sheriff David Capps to enter the annual Lake Patrol agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers. The agreement dictates that Marion County provides lawContinue Reading
GARDEN OF THE MONTH
The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club has chosen the yard of Janet and Tracy Graham as Garden of the Month for June. It is located on Walnut Street. DRIFT roses are the feature and will bloom most of the summer.Continue Reading
SWEPCO offers 10 tips to save as the temperatures rises
With temperatures expected to hit 100 degrees in many parts of the Ark-La-Tex in the coming days, Southwestern Electric Power Co. offers 10 tips to help customers manage both the heat and their electric bill: Turn off lights and electronics when not in use. Replace incandescent light bulbs with ENERGYContinue Reading
Weekly Roadwork Report – June 12 – June 18, 2022
Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, daytime work in median. Motorists should watch for trucks and equipment pulling onto the interstate I-30 – Westbound at Exit 207/Spur 594, ramp rehabilitation. Exit ramp closed. I-30 westbound lanes in this area restrictedContinue Reading
East Texas royalty…
This year’s Miss East Texas winners were crowned in the annual pageant June 4th at Jefferson High School. Top row from left, Dutchess Miss East Texas 2021, Kylie Neuville; Dutchess Miss East Texas 2022, Caleigh Cate; Miss East Texas 2022, Tawny Foster; Princess Miss East Texas 2022, Lilah Neuville; andContinue Reading
Council tackles public works issues
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Bring your hip waders. Recently found crawl-space flooding at the Jefferson General Store on Austin Street caused owner Cliff Bode to ask Jefferson City Council if he could dig up the space along the outside of his building in an attempt to discover whereContinue Reading
Corvette Show sets new record
The Big Cyrpress Corvette Club hosted 104 cars in downtown Jefferson over the weekend. According to club president Hollis Shadden, it was a record enrollment for the organization who splits the proceeds among various charities throughout the county. Exclusvely for Corvettes, the show hosted entrants from as for away asContinue Reading
Our Town Jefferson
Upcoming Meetings • Commissioners Court, 9 a.m. June 13. • JEDCO, 5:30 p.m. June 13. • Tourism Board, 5:30 p.m. June 14. • Jefferson City Council, 5:30 p.m. June 21. Upcoming Music Auntie Skinner’s: • June 11: Teazur • June 18: Landry & Co. MCY Football Workouts Marion County YouthContinue Reading
Rienzi Johnston was a powerful newspaper man
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer Rienzi Johnston was the powerful editor of The Houston Post, one of the state’s most influential newspapers. Though mostly forgotten today, he was at one time one of the most widely read men in the state, and his words could make or break political careers. HeContinue Reading
Margot Banks
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Margot “Nannie” Liselotte Banks, age 88, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 4, surrounded by her family. She was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, a daughter of the late Philipp & Gertrud Fehrer Becker.She was preceded in death by her husbandContinue Reading
Elias S. Mouallem
Elias Shehadeh Mouallem, 90, of Jefferson, Texas passed away peacefully in his sister’s home on May 23, 2022. Mr. Mouallem was born October 06, 1931, in El-Koura, Lebanon to Shehadeh Mouallem and Marta Najtar Mouallem. After his schooling Mr. Mouallem worked 37 years for the United States Embassy in Beirut,Continue Reading