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Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute Holiday cheer is in the air. Local businesses are bustling in Jefferson and Christmastime is upon us. Holiday events and traditions are rolling on. Lions Club Park…
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Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute Holiday cheer is in the air. Local businesses are bustling in Jefferson and Christmastime is upon us. Holiday events and traditions are rolling on. Lions Club Park…
By Jennifer Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson’s regular City Council meeting opened with public hearings on budget and tax rate, and continued with a delay in hiring a new City Secretary. Council…
Former Jefferson Mayor Carey Heaster reads a proclamation honoring outgoing City Secretary Doris Hines and a reception in her honor last Friday at the transportation building. Hines is retiring after…
Labor Day weekend played host to a new festival in downtown Jefferson. Sponsored by the Opera House Theatre Players (OHTP), the inaugural Jefferson Pioneer Days featured kicked-off a parade with…
Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute The city’s recently-created Diversity Committee held a healthy discussion during its first meeting August 19 at the Transportation Center. A variety of topics was presented by…
Work on the City’s Vale Street Drainage project is well underway with Lawler Construction breaking ground on Vale last Wednesday. The project is installing large underground drainage pipes from the…
Jefferson Mayor Rob Baker launched his Citizen’s Action Committee last week and the attendees hit the ground running with ideas ranging from new trash cans to citywide cleanup days. Baker…
Jefferson City Council’s marathon two-hour meeting partly focused on building permits and the appointment of vacancies on Tourism and JEDCO, and the announcement of the City receiving $417,000 as a…
Staff Reports/Jefferson Jimplecute Focusing the City’s advertising online and streaming commercials appears to have paid off for the Jefferson Convention and Visitors Bureau Board as they are projected to finish…
Staff Report/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson’s Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Revenue is over budget with three months still to go, according to reports released at Monday night’s regular Convention and Visitors Bureau…
by V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Tuesday’s regular Jefferson City Council meeting ended on a sad note as Mayor Rob Baker announced the retirement and resignation of Ward 2 Alderman…
The Jefferson City Council voted down the Marion Central Appraisal District’s proposed 2022 Operating Budget during a special meeting Tuesday night. Ward 3 Alderman Richard Turner raised concerns about the…
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson Convention and Visitors Bureau approved requesting the Jefferson City Council’s approval to pursue the City seeking to become a Texas Governor’s Music Friendly…
Staff Report/Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:30p.m. Monday to canvass the election and swear in some of the elected Aldermen. Ward 1 Incumbent…
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute Marion County mourns the loss of one its biggest champions and most influential civil rights activist this week. Former Marion County Commissioner and Jefferson civic leader Eugene…
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute The quiet, but strong and guiding leadership of former Mayor Robert “Bob” Avery will be missed in Jefferson. “It was with heavy heart that I…
City Aldermen voiced their choice for the next City Administrator for Jefferson in a rare Saturday special meeting. Eric Kuykendall of Talihinia, Oklahoma, came out on top of the two…
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Street repaving is on the way after Tuesday night’s Jefferson City Council meeting. Aldermen approved the recommendation of Schaumburg & Polk (SPI), the City’s engineering…
Early voting underway Early Voting continues this week at Jefferson City Hall. Polls will be open this year on Saturday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., and again on Monday…
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…