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AUSTIN- As the Texas spring turkey season rapidly approaches, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters that all counties with a one-bird bag limit have mandatory harvest reporting requirements. Hunters must report their harvest within 24 hours through the My Texas Hunt Harvest app or the TPWD website.  Counties with a one-bird limitContinue Reading

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Memorial Services for Jane McPhail McBride, 92, of Harleton, Texas will be held at 2PM on Saturday March 18, 2023, in the Cpt. Wm Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral home with Bro. Richard Ridgeway officiating and under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Mary Jane McPhail McBride died February 28,Continue Reading

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Staff Reports Jefferson’s Planning & Zoning Commission held the first of three planned town hall meetings Monday night in Ward 2, but few residents attended. Notice of the meeting only started going out last Friday and may have contributed to the poor showing.  P&Z has two more town halls scheduledContinue Reading

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 Despite ranchhands’ desperate rides, Panhandle cattleman dies of smallpox On this day in 1883, pioneer Panhandle rancher Joe Morgan died of smallpox despite the heroic efforts of two of his cowboys. Little is known of Morgan’s life before he arrived in Texas in 1877. He located his spread in LipscombContinue Reading

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1916: Big band leader born On this day in 1916, Harry James, jazz trumpet player and big-band leader, was born in Albany, Georgia. Though thought by many to be a native Texan, he did not arrive in Texas until the 1930s, when he and his parents moved to Beaumont. ThereContinue Reading

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1940: Group forms organization to honor trusty steeds On this day in 1940, livestock leaders met in Fort Worth to form the American Quarter Horse Association. Among those in attendance were rancher and quarter horse breeder Anne Burnett Hall and King Ranch president Robert J. Kleberg. The series of meetingsContinue Reading

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1857: Future Texas publisher born in Tennessee On this day in 1857, Jefferson McLemore was born in Tennessee. He moved to Texas in 1878 and worked as a cowboy, printer, and newspaper reporter. He published a newspaper in Kyle in the 1880s, and from 1892 to 1896 was a memberContinue Reading

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“Words can not describe how proud I am of all of our boys who competed this season in Powerlifting. They have continued to put Jefferson on the Powerlifting Map in East Texas,” said coach Candejoel Rivera. The results of the Region 3 Division 3 Powerlifting Championship are as follows: VincentContinue Reading

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JHS’ Adrianna Blanton, above, takes her lift in the UIL Region 3 Division 3 Regional Championships in Powerlifting last week. Adrianna became the first Lady Dawg to earn a regional powerlifting medal in JISD history. She placed 5th overall. Left, Zoe Hitchcock, Payton Burkett, Blanton, and Tawny Foster were theContinue Reading

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Spring Forward It’s that time of year again. Daylight savings Time begins at 2a Sunday, March 12. So, don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday or you might be extra early for church. Meetings Save the Date Mims Fish Fry A benefit fishContinue Reading