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Meetings • Blessings of Grace, Produce Feb 21, 23, 28 at 9a • Blessings of Grace Food Pantry, Feb. 18, 10-Noon • Dream Center Food Pantry, Feb. 18, 10-Noon • City Council, Feb. 21, 5:30p • St Vincent de Paul, Feb. 23, 10-11a • Commissioners Court, Feb. 27, 9a ElectionsContinue Reading

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V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Commissioners formally declared February Black History Month during Monday’s regular meeting. “In recognition and commendation of the enormous contribution of Black Americans to every basic element of our daily lives, including Science, Education, Politics, Journalism, Entertainment, Law and Technology and the effort put forthContinue Reading

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Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute Robert Collier was an American author who lived from 1885-1950.   He wrote self-help and New Thought metaphysical books. He was a pioneer in the genre.  His book “The Secret of the Ages” has become one of the standards in the self-help world.  Collier wrote about the practicalContinue Reading

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Ken Bridges/Contributing writer Sometimes the men dismissed for their failures early in life can become the greatest successes.  The story of R. L. Thornton is the story of a man raised in poverty and with barely an eighth grade education became synonymous with the success of Dallas in the 1950s. Robert Lee Thornton was born in 1880 in Hamilton County,Continue Reading

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Filing for a place on the ballot in the May elections ended today at 5 pm with a full set of candidates. Ward 1 options this year include, incumbent Jim Finstrom, Bubba Haggard, and BW Brooks. The lone Ward 2 candidate is new Jeffersonian Ray Hengst. Ward 3 candidates includeContinue Reading

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Memorial Services for Thomas “Tommy” Lummus, Jr., 55, of Longview, Texas will be held on Friday, February 17, 2023, at 11am in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral. Tommy was born on August 17, 1967, in Marshall, Texas to Thomas Lummus, Sr. and Rebecca Carlisle Lummus and passedContinue Reading

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Staff Reports Jefferson area students recently participated in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest. Essays were submitted and judged by members of the Martha McGraw Chapter in Jefferson. The Grade 5 winner, Lily Buckner is a Home Schooled student. The other winners are JISD students. NotContinue Reading

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1929: LULAC founded On this day in 1929, the League of United Latin American Citizens, originally called the United Latin American Citizens, was founded at Salón Obreros y Obreras in Corpus Christi, Texas. LULAC is the oldest and largest continually active Latino political association in the United States and wasContinue Reading

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V. Hugh Lewis Jefferson Jimplecute The Marion County Resource Coalition held their first meeting Monday at St. Paul UMC, to start the process of gathering and identifying health related resources for Marion County. Initiated by a grant to Texas DSHS and covering several counties, the multi-year grant is designed toContinue Reading

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1949: Longoria given hero’s burial On this day in 1949, the body of Private Felix Longoria of Three Rivers, Texas, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Longoria had died in the Philippines near the end of World War II. When his recovered remains were sent to Three Rivers for burial,Continue Reading

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1876: Texas adopts constitution On this day in 1876, citizens of Texas adopted the Constitution of 1876. They ratified it by a vote of 136,606 to 56,652. The document is the sixth constitution by which Texas has been governed since declaring independence from Mexico. Among the longest of U.S. stateContinue Reading