Area residents, homeschoolers and members of the community were on hand to watch Texas Parks and Wildlife release 2,500 paddlefish into Big Cypress Bayou on Wednesday. Last week TPWD released 4,000 paddlefish. The fish are approximately four months old. Fishing for the paddlefish is prohibited as they are an endangeredContinue Reading
This 1957 Chevrolet Corvette was one of 100 entries in last weekends Big Cypress Corvette Weekend in downtown Jefferson. Event chairman Hollis Shadden said 100 was a record number and, had it not rained, they could have hosted up to 140 cars. Continue Reading
Like countless other places across the state, Jefferson is coming back to life after many events were cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those events is the annual Historic Jefferson Train Show. Sponsored by the Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Model Railroad Club, the Train Show willContinue Reading
A Jefferson landmark moved across the bayou on Tuesday. Workers relocated the Humble Oil Gas Station to its new location just south of Big Cypress Bayou on S Polk Street/FM 2208 to make way for new development downtown. For more than 110 years, the building stood on Street in downtownContinue Reading