Chamber welcomes eatery…
The Marion County Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Haywood House Restaurant and Cocktail Bar to its membership last week with an offical ribbon cutting. The new dining spot is located in downtown Jefferson. Continue Reading
Gohmert’s seat draws a wide field of contenders
Staff Reports This week the Jimplecute sat down with Aditya (A.D.) Atholi who’s running for the newly redefined U.S. Congressional District 1 seat. A.D. calls himself the “Blue Collar Conservative.” According to his website, atholiforcongress.com, he’s worked on oil rigs as a roughneck and driller across Texas and New Mexico;Continue Reading
JAAC to Meet Wednesday
The Jefferson Adopt-A-Cop will meet at 5:30p Wednesday at the Historic Jefferson Railway Depot. The public is invited to attend.Continue Reading
Weekly Roadwork Report – Dec. 5 – Dec. 11, 2021
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 SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, bridge replacement. Traffic restricted to oneContinue Reading
TxDOT Has Area Roadwork Scheduled for Early 2022
US 271 Rehabilitation Project Scheduled to Get Underway in 2022 The Upshur County project should take about a year to complete Dec. 03, 2021 ATLANTA – A portion of US Highway 271 in Upshur County will be resurfaced next year according to plans approved in November by the Texas Department of TransportationContinue Reading
Marion County moonshiner featured on Discovery Channel reality show
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute In this day of cell phones and technology and social media, some things are still as they have been for centuries. Some traditions of craftsmanship are still handed down from one generation to the next. One such tradition is still alive and well in Marion County andContinue Reading
Commisioners approve subdivision plat
Staff Reports Moon Lake Estates is back on track making progress as Commissioners approved both their preliminary subdivision plat and a request by Eastern Marion County Water (EMC) for a waterline easement along MCR 3200, during their regular meeting on Monday. The new waterline, will run along the south sideContinue Reading
Candlelight Tour of Homes opens this weekend
The annual Jefferson Candlelight Tour of Homes kicks off this weekend. Sponsored by the Jefferson Historic Foundation, the yearly event opened Thursday, December 2. Tours will take place Friday and Saturday from 4-8 p.m. Home tours will resume next Thursday, December 9. Ensuing tours will be open next Friday andContinue Reading
Our Town Jefferson
DJ&MC New Issue Available The newest edition of Discover Jefferson & Marion County, the official visitors guide for the City of Jefferson, is now available! It covers January-March 2022. Deliveries are being made as fast as possible, but contact the Jimplecute office at 903-665-2462, or come by the office atContinue Reading
Jennifer and her C-9 Christmas lights
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute My wife and I have spent more thatn a dozen Christmases together. This year will be number 15. Our first Christmas was spent in the Neonatal ICU unit at Medical City Children’s Hospital. Our son was born in October. A sick preemie, he had multiple complications and didn’tContinue Reading
Advent
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer It’s always a good One of the best parts growing up as a Roman Catholic was enjoying all of the Holy Days. During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church controlled the calendar and established celebrations year round. These “holidays” taught and reinforced the faith. After theContinue Reading
R. Howard (John) Storie
R. Howard (John) Storie passed away Friday, November 19, 2021, in his home in Bentonville, AR. Though John was not his given name, when he was a small boy and was asked what his name was, he firmly announced that he was John. From then on, everyone knew him asContinue Reading
Christopher Brooke Brantley
Christopher Brooke Brantley, age 56, passed on November 27th, 2021 at home with his family in Bolingbrook, Illinois due to a short battle with liver cancer. He was born on May 30th, 1965 to Stanford and Mary Jo Brantley and grew up in Jefferson, Texas and graduated from Jefferson HighContinue Reading
Sheriff’s office victim of Christmas Tree theft
Staff Reports The Marion County Sheriff’s office is not immune to crime. According to Sheriff David Capps, about 10 p.m. Friday night a truck pulled up next to the float and pulled a Christmas tree into the cab. The truck appears to be a 4-door Chevy. The color of theContinue Reading
The gifts within the gift
Dan Eakin/Baptist Minister Several churches in Texas have been participating in a shoebox ministry through an organization called Samaritan’s Purse in North Carolina. Members of the churches have filled literally thousands of shoeboxes with at least one nice toy and a wide variety of other useful items. The shoeboxes are takenContinue Reading
Our Town
Christmas Parade The Jefferson Lions Club and the Marion County Chamber of Commerce will be on Saturday starting at 6p.m. For more information, contact the Chamber at 903-665-2672. The parade will go from Walnut to Austin to Market to Henderson and end at Lion’s Club Park for the lighting ofContinue Reading
Jefferson to kick-off the holiday season Saturday
Christmas Season officially kicks off on Saturday with the Marion County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Hometown Christmas Parade and the lighting of the Enchanted Forest in Lions Club Park. The Parade will begins at 6 p.m. downtown at Walnut and Austin streets and go to Market and on to Lion’sContinue Reading
Lady Dawgs off to Red Hot Start
The Jefferson Lady Bulldog basketball team is off to great start of their 2021-22 season. After an initial loss in the season opener with a narrow 57-56 final against Hooks, the Lady Dawgs have rallied back to a 6-2 season record going into the Thanksgiving break. The loss to HooksContinue Reading
Holiday Contribution
Jefferson Junior High NJHS sponsored a food drive, and collected over 1000 nonperishable food items to help the needy families of Marion County.Continue Reading