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1882: Railroad crew founds Valentine, Texas On this day in 1882, the town of Valentine, Texas, was founded and named when a Southern Pacific Railroad crew building east from El Paso reached the site. Valentine, in Jeff Davis County, is thirty-six miles west of Fort Davis. The trains started runningContinue Reading

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1943: First class of army aerial navigators arrives in San Marcos On this day in 1943, the first class of military aerial navigators arrived at San Marcos Army Air Field. Texas was at the forefront of aviation training during World War II, and some ten thousand navigators were eventually trainedContinue Reading

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1869: Sixty-one die as steamboat burns On this day in 1869, sixty-one men, women, and children died when the sidewheel steamboat Mittie Stephens caught fire on Caddo Lake during a run from New Orleans to Jefferson, Texas. The boat had been plying the New Orleans-Red River route since 1866. At that timeContinue Reading

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November 13, 1948-February 9, 2023 Cynthia “Cindy” Parr was born November 13, 1948. She is preceded in death by her mother, Rhodessa Parr, her father, Harold Parr, and her brother Dennis Parr. Cindy is survived by her children, Dennis Youngblood and wife Michelle, Keith Youngblood and wife Caroline, Steven Youngblood,Continue Reading

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1915: Legislature passes bill to pay for governor’s “chicken salad and punch” On this day in 1915, the state legislature passed an appropriations bill to pay for expenses incurred by former governor Oscar Branch Colquitt for “chicken salad and punch,” among other items, during his term in office. An ensuingContinue Reading

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‼️LOW-COST RABIES VACCINATIONS THIS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH IN JEFFERSON‼️ The Animal Protection League will have their pet spay/neuter/vaccination mobile unit set up in the empty lot next door to Polk Jefferson Outpost, 220 N Polk Monday, February 13th. They offer pet vaccinations, flea/tick medications, microchips, dewormers, heartworm testing and preventionContinue Reading

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Mardi Gras season kicked off last Saturday with the Krewe of Hebe’s Mab Ball. Royalty members included, from left, Darlene Keith (2021-2 Queen), Richard Turner (2023 King), Gina Davis (2023 Queen), and Rob Baker (2021-2 King). Festivities begin next Friday, February 17 with the Do Dah Parade. Live music, parades,Continue Reading

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Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute The new activity center currently being constructed by Immaculate Conception Catholic Church was the focus of the majority of Tuesday nights’ special council meeting. Ward 3 Alderman Robin Moore had requested two items be placed on the agenda: temporary closure of part of the alleyway between HendersonContinue Reading

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Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson Independent School District has filed a formal protest with the Texas Comptroller’s Office over the Comptroller’s non-certification of the 2022 appraisal role. The Comptorller believes the tax appraisals for the 2022 calendar year, or the 2022-23 school year, were less than the actual value ofContinue Reading

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Jim Coonrod /Contributing writer The distinction between religion and spirituality has come to change.  Some will say it cannot be separated.  Of course, one can undergo a very personal spiritual experience inspired by the persuasiveness of a speaker, a sermon, music, and the elegance of the surroundings, however, what is theContinue Reading

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Dan Eakin/Contributing writer Many years ago, the late Dr. W.A. Criswell, longtime pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, preached a powerful message titled, “Loving the Unseen Christ.” His text was I Peter 1:8: “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing,Continue Reading