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Chef Hunter Lee As we inch closer to fresh tomatoes here in the south the more recipes you will see for them. To me they are one of the true blessings of summer  Caprese salad? Who doesn’t love it? Well here’s a filling twist on a classic that would evenContinue Reading

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By Mark Allen Caddo Lake: The lake is starting to change!  A lot of the bass are starting to transition from the spawning phase to their summer time patterns. You can still find some bass around the trees guarding fry. When fishing for these bass, try using a top waterContinue Reading

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Note: The Lady Dawgs play tonight, Friday, May 3 at Mount Vernon Staff Reports The Jefferson Lady Dawgs continued their playoff run last week, defeating Daingerfield 9-8 and 11-2 last Thursday.  Emma Galey drove in four runs on two hits to lead the Dawgs past Daingerfield. She started the gameContinue Reading

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Staff Reports Giving back to the community and working to preserve Caddo’s natural beauty has caused Jeffersonian Stella Smith, a member of the Cypress Basin Texas Master Naturalist, to win the Texas Parks and Wildlife Region 6 Volunteer of the Year award.   Since the Master Naturalists chapter was organized 15Continue Reading

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By Tim Scallon, MS RDN LD/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist  This month reminds us of Cinco de Mayo.  Often mistaken as Mexico’s Independence Day, rather it commemorates Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.  More popular in the US than in Mexico, Cinco de MayoContinue Reading

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Hector Espino/Jefferson Jimplecute The Battle for Jefferson is back again with some exciting new twists. Event Coordinator Jim McIntosh wanted to bring a new and improved event for the attendees to look forward to. This year, attendees will get a chance to engage with the reenactors and are encouraged toContinue Reading

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See the Full story on Pilgrimage 2024 events: https://marioncoherald.com/2024/05/03/77th-pilgrimage-takes-place-this-weekend/ The Schluter House/602 E Taylor The Schluter House was built by Frederick Augustus Schluter, one of the first six settlers in Jefferson. The land was purchased in 1847 and construction began in 1850, with completion in 1856. Mrs. Schluter chose theContinue Reading

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See the Homes on Tour this weekend: https://marioncoherald.com/2024/05/03/pilgrimage-2024-homes-on-tour/ See About the Diamond Bessie Play: https://marioncoherald.com/2024/05/03/70thannual-diamond-bessie-murder-trial-play-takes-the-stage/ Azure West/Jefferson Jimplecute The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club proudly extends a warm invitation to all to join them for the 77th Historic Jefferson Pilgrimage, themed “The Heart of East Texas,” this weekend.  As JeffersonContinue Reading

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Jimplecute photos by Laura Allen JHS athletes help lift the weight room equipment to a temporary location last week as the floor at the high school field house is being replaced. Athletes moved the equipment to the stadium field house.Continue Reading

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V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Early voting started Monday but Jefferson’s mayoral candidates answered questions and spoke with about 40 residents last Thursday evening in a forum sponsored by the Jimplecute. As of end of voting on Thursday, only 73 out of over 1400 registered voters had cast a ballot.Continue Reading

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V. Hugh  Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Mother Nature was the real “outlaw” last weekend as regional storms, including some small hail on Saturday, keep participants, visitors away from the weekend’s activities. The annual Outlaw Nationals car show had it’s lowest turn out in many years, with only about 60 cars bravingContinue Reading

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Marcia Thomas/Contributing Writer Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players will present the staged reading of a comedy in a specially arranged Dessert Theatre at Taste of Caddo Restaurant on Saturday, April 27, for one performance only at 7:30 pm. According to theatre president, Marcia Thomas, the theatre is continually looking for locationsContinue Reading

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Elections are key to our government and way of life. But lately, elections are ugly. They’re doing more to divide people than brining them together. A common phrase these days is: “I don’t like either candidate, so I just won’t vote.” Voter turnout is already at an historic low ofContinue Reading

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Rick Smith/Columnist “Live! Live! Live! Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death.” – Auntie Mame Time flew the day a jilted Juliet threw an alarm clock from a balcony at her phony-baloney Romeo moments after catching him in the arms of the nurse.  Time flew onceContinue Reading

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January 24, 1946-April 20, 2024 Graveside Services for Coach Howard Thomas, 78, of Jefferson, Texas will be held on Wednesday April 24, 2024, at 2:00Pm in Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Mark Crimm officiatinag and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Leslie Howard Thomas was the only childContinue Reading