Caddo Lake: If looking to catch some bigger bass right now, it is a good time to be fishing thick lily pads. Try throwing the frog type baits over the tops of these pad fields. You want to also have a heavy weighted Texas Rigged Creature Bait ready to useContinue Reading

Congratulations to Ms. Bryson and the Dawgs Against Tobacco Club for receiving the youth group of the year award from Tx Say What! This award is presented every year to passionate leaders and advocates in their community for dedicating themselves to tobacco prevention and youth advocacy.Continue Reading

The past 2 years of 8u ball has been nothing short of AMAZING! To literally end 8U the way this team, this REC team did..its unbelievable- you had to be there to witness it!  They played 2 pool games last weekend and lost them both 8-7 & 15-0 & wereContinue Reading

Big Cypress Corvettes donated $2000. of the proceeds from the corvette weekend to the Blessings of Grace Backpack Program. The backpack program provides a discreet backpack of food to send with over 100 underprivileged kids each weekend with food they can easily prepare. Without this service these kids would notContinue Reading

V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute It’s been almost 10 years in the making, but early Tuesday morning R&K Distributors made their first delivery of beer to Brushy Landing. Existing in a part of the county that remained “dry,” shop owner Jeff Ellis said he starting working on changing the statusContinue Reading

Meetings School Dates Save the Date Royal Wine Enoch’s Stomp is introducing their newest wine in the Jefferson series: Royal Amethyst, a very limited, unique, semi-sweet wine. According to a FB post, “This remarkable journey began purely by accident one night two years ago when K’ saw a purple hueContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

V Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute The railroad crossings on N. Alley Street are about to get a lot easier to cross, according to Jefferson Mayor Rob Baker. “I’ve gotten a firm commitment from Union Pacific to come and asphalt over five of the crossing by the end of September,”Continue Reading

Event to discuss Unexplored Tales of Trans-Mississippi  Jefferson Historical Society Museum Since Jefferson played a key role in the Trans-Mississippi Department’s military/industrial complex, Jefferson is a natural location for hosting Civil War Symposiums that focus on the Trans-Mississippi Department. This year’s symposium will feature four speakers who are noted authors,Continue Reading

Sad Situation It is a sad situation when a city violates Open Meeting Act……it is much worse when the city gets fined 50,000 dollars….do you think it is to much trouble to keep a certified agenda of meeting….also we have councilmen appointing themselves to boards…..I  personally think we need toContinue Reading

Carl Golden In the Democratic’s stepped up offensive against presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a faint whiff of panic is in the air, a stirring of concern that no good can come from one of the nation’s most storied political names lingering on the fringes of the party’s PresidentContinue Reading

Danny Tyree My family will soon take advantage of our state’s tax-free weekend for clothing and school supplies, but none of our hard-earned money will go for distressed clothing. Coincidentally, none of the money we spend at the food court will purchase pre-chewed burritos. Call us rebels. Silly me, IContinue Reading