Music: ‘Atlas’: Not Holding the World
Atticus Gregory Upton Lewis/Columnist “Atlas,” was the first full studio album from the up and coming band, The Score. They had a few successful hits with their EPs and singles that drove excitement for their new project. The record was released to great success, peaking at 18th on the USContinue Reading
Food: The Deserving Teacher
Chef Hunter Lee Let’s get shakin!!! Let me start by saying as an adult I realize any teacher that had the misfortune of having me in his or her class deserves a medal and an apology, not a cupcake or dessert. I was a more a nightmare than teacher’s pet.Continue Reading
Champagne for Two opens OHTP’s 37th season
Marcia Thomas/Special to the Jimplecute Step back in time next Saturday into a golden era of music as Australia’s Brad Ackland, a velvet voiced crooner, brings to life the Great American Songbook — songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, and the great interpretersContinue Reading
Visitors guide being prepared
Staff Reports The Q4 2025 Discover Jefferson and Marion County the quarterly visitors guide for the area is being prepared for publication. The guide is mailed to over 30 visitor centers across the state and provided to local businesses, lodging and restaurant locations across the county. This issue will featureContinue Reading
Nutrition: Flavor at an affordable cost
Tim Scallion/Nutritionist During a recent trip to Manhattan, we stopped for lunch at a pasta bar. This was a small restaurant with an oval bar and chefs in the center who prepare your favorite pasta dishes to order. On the menu was a dish that I have tried to prepareContinue Reading
Fishing Report
Lake O’the Pines: R U READY? cool weather is coming that fall bite is fixing to hit! Natural and dark colors early in the morning with Texas Toast around highnoon.Docks have been spotty but,they be picking up soon. Limits of cats are being caught on punch baits and night crawlersContinue Reading
Garden of the Month for August
Courtesy Photo by Hollis Shadden The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club has chosen Donna Steele’s home on Polk Street as Garden of the Month for August. Donna features white caladiums that compliment her white house and fence. Other colorful flowers are zinnias, roses, crape myrtle, purple salvia, and lantana.Continue Reading
Lady Dawgs even for season
Staff Reports/Max Preps Jefferson was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gilmer Buckeyes. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the BulldogsContinue Reading
Dawgs ready for opener
Staff Reports Last Friday night’s scrimmage was a controlled portion with a set number of plays vs. Tyler Grace, and in that period QB Chance Washington threw a 55 yd. TD to Kaden Grigsby. Defensively in the controlled portion, CB Tyler McCurry had an interception and DL Bryston Mosely had aContinue Reading
Class donates for the future
Staff Reports Matthew Woods, an aspiring young auto collision repair technician and 2025 JHS graduate, was awarded set of start-up tools to support his career ambitions—thanks to a generous gift from the JHS Class of 1963. The donation was made in memory of their classmate Bobby Johnson, through the BobbyContinue Reading
National Recognition
On August 19, 2025, Ezra was awarded by the National College Board for his Outstanding Academic Achievement the “Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award and “School Recognition Award”. This year, he works on the board for our Jefferson Bulldog Broadcast on YouTube each Friday night.Continue Reading
It’s A Month Full of Special Awareness Days
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Being in the newspaper business I see lots of opportunities to promote “special days” every given month. usually these are tied to promotions or trying to give me ideas to sell more ads and give awareness on different speciality topics. Usually I just ignore them,Continue Reading
Council discussions turn hostile
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Tuesday night’s almost two and a half hour City Council meeting was rife with open hostility from start to finish. Public comment continued on a theme of opposing the “No Feeding Animals” ordinance and how the City needs to understand the costs of running anContinue Reading
NETMWD grilled on budget
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute The City’s Northeast Texas Municipal Water District representative George Otstott provided his quarterly report on the District to Council on Tuesday night and was grilled over the District’s budget by Ward 2 Alderman Paul Keith. Keith emailed Otstott a list of questions and feedback onContinue Reading
OHTP kicks off 37th season
Marcia Thomas Contributing Writer He’s classy, elegant, sharp, outstanding vocals – a charming crooner that brings his A-game to every date. All the American Songbook favorites all the way, and he’s coming to Jefferson soon. He is Australian Brad Ackland who’s been singing the great songs of the 30s throughContinue Reading
Cemetery to get new fencing
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson City Council approved spending $41,100 on new chain link fencing at Oakwood Memorial Cemetery during Tuesday’s meeting. Leon Hill Fence in Marshall provided the low bid to replace the 6-foot fencing. Cost includes removal and re installation, without the barbed wire top. An alternativeContinue Reading
Our View: Demand Decorum from Everyone, or Not At All
Tuesday night’s City Council meeting looked more like a sketch from Saturday Night Live than a meeting of an august body. There was name calling by someone making public comment which caused one Alderman to demand respect from the individual. JPD even moved closer, ready to escort the person outContinue Reading
Babies and the Elderly at Risk of Messing Up Word Problems
Darla McCorkle So as most of you know I had COVID last week. Quarantine was pretty easy because the medicine the clinic prescribed me made me so sick with side effects I didn’t want to get out of bed anyway. But it wasn’t the COVID or the side effects thatContinue Reading
Five Years and Counting
V. Hugh Lewis II Five years ago this week, Austin Lewter and I purchased the Jimplecute to keep it from closing. The Jimp was struggling, was in danger of losing it’s mailing permit, and closing forever after 173 years. Today the Jimplecute is largely a “one man show,” as AustinContinue Reading
Tourism talks budget
Staff Reports The Jefferson Tourism Board is proposing a slightly larger budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year due to a projected increase in Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds. The board proposed a balanced budget of $192,000, including a $15,000 increase in HOT. Advertising was the largest expense category, accounting forContinue Reading