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Marion County Commissioners held their annual longest meeting of the year as they held the required public hearings for the 2022 Budget, 2021 Tax Rates, continuing to fund the preservation and restoration of the Records Archive Plans for the County and District Clerks, and then adopting those items. County retireesContinue Reading

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JEDCO proposed a budget of $288,000  for the 2021-22 fiscal year during a special called meeting Monday night. The proposed budget, created by Board President Bubba Haggard, projects income at $288,000, which is an average of $24,000 per month. JEDCO is currently on target to finish the 2020-21 fiscal yearContinue Reading

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By Austin Lewter A local photographer has opened a storefront in downtown Jefferson.  The Marion County Chamber of Commerce welcomed Hollis Shadden Photography and Custom Framing to its official membership over the weekend with a ceremonial ribbon cutting.  Shadden is a longtime Jefferson resident and former JPD Chief of PoliceContinue Reading

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By Glen Melanconn The United States Armed Forces have shown the world again that it is the best trained and equipped on the planet. In 2001, they went into Afghanistan to kill Osama Bin Laden and dismantle the 9/11 terror network. Long after their mission to kill Osama Bin LadenContinue Reading

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 September 14, 1925-August 25, 2021 Zoulene Joy Allison went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. She was born September 14, 1925 in Jefferson,  Texas to the late A. M. and Minnie Lou Sewell.  After graduating from Jefferson High School in Texas, sheContinue Reading

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Staff Reports Diamond Don’s 19th Annual AHRMA Vintage National Motocross will be held September 8-12, 2021 at Diamond Don RV Park & Event Center located one mile from Jefferson, Texas. The weekend will be full of motocross legends racing on old bikes, including several inductees to the Motorcycle Hall ofContinue Reading

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By Marcia Thomas Special to the Jimplecute Don’t be surprised if you feel you’re in a different century in Jefferson  this weekend because it will be “back to the earliest days” as the community showcases a first-ever Pioneer Days Festival, Sept. 4- 6. Founded as a project of the OperaContinue Reading

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AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) encourages everyone to drive safely as they celebrate the unofficial end of summer during the long Labor Day weekend. The Texas Highway Patrol will be increasing enforcement from Sept. 3 through Sept. 6, looking for people not wearing their seat belts,Continue Reading

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Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute During a special meeting Tuesday, the Jefferson City Council approved the 2021-22 proposed tax rate and budget.  Mayor Rob Baker proposed the city freeze the current rate at .45000 and not increase taxes.  Karen Jones, Marion County tax assessor-collector explained that the certified tax appraisal rollContinue Reading

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A crowd of people came out Tuesday to catch a climpse of the Union Pacific steam engine they call Big Boy. As the last opperating steam engine in the railroad fleat, Big Boy has been touring the coutry over the past month and making stops along the way. Continue Reading

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Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute The city’s recently-created Diversity Committee held a healthy discussion during its first meeting August 19 at the Transportation Center.  A variety of topics was presented by the more than 20 attendees, including how U.S. Hwy. 59 divides the town between the Historical District and Frogtown, howContinue Reading

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Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer I don’t know about you, but I started off my summer with hope.  Together—united as one nation–we had turned the corner on Covid 19.  The experts were right.  Masks and physical distancing saved lives and bought time for many of us to get vaccinated. In June, however, conservativeContinue Reading

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Ken Bridges/Contributing writer Many historians have called Stephen F. Austin the “father of Texas” for his efforts to bring the first settlers from the United States into Texas.  But the story begins with his own father, businessman and visionary Moses Austin, who in his own way became the “grandfather of Texas.” Moses Austin was born in Connecticut inContinue Reading