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Aim for safety, smarts to welcome new year
Caviar wishes, champagne dreams and midnight kisses will help many East Texans ring in the New Year.
Driving school offers scholarships
The East Texas Driving School is now offering partial scholarships to local students looking to enroll in the school's "Train A Teen To Drive Safe" program.
Writing About the Dead and Loving It
6, 2005 Like members of an outlaw cult, obituary writers have been gathering annually in quiet, out-of-the-way places for the last seven years to discuss their craft and commune with fellow newsroom misfits.
Tompkins: Caddo Lake's history is the stuff of legend
Caddo Lake's unique character, history and physical attributes such as its legions of moss-draped cypress trees make the waterway a Texas treasure. Share Share Caddo Lake commands a deserved spot in Texas' rich mythology and pride-of-place. Most Texans, even those who never have seen the shallow, sprawling, cypress-and-Spanish-moss-dressed ...
Jefferson is not just surviving, but thriving during the holidays
It might not have a white Christmas , but Jefferson banks each year on transforming itself into a winter wonderland in time for the holiday season.
The resident watchdogs of the Wichita Falls Independent School District's $60 million school bond funds learned Tuesday local schools have actually seen $68 million in project improvements in the past three years.
Jefferson residents light up night
Santa Claus and his elves, Toby and Timmy Toy, excited the crowd in Jefferson Friday night for the 27th annual City-wide Christmas Lighting Ceremony.
Old-Fashioned Christmas opens Friday in Jefferson
Christmas is a special time in historic Jefferson as it takes a step back in time for an old-fasioned holiday.
Free Texas Watershed Steward training Dec. 3 in Jefferson
" A free Texas Watershed Steward training will be held from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Jefferson Transportation Center, 305 N. Austin Street in Jefferson.
Traffic stops net five on drug-related offenses
MANSFIELD - Tri-Parish Drug Task Force agents and DeSoto Directed Patrol Unit deputies recently arrested five people on drug charges while working a criminal interdiction detail east of Mansfield.
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Bee County school districts recognized for student success
All four school districts in Bee County earned gold stars this week by the Texas Education Agency for student test scores.
Jury finds Jefferson man guilty of burglary
A Harrison County jury found a 42-year-old Jefferson man guilty of burglary of a habitation at a trial held Monday in the 71st District Court.
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'Moye's Boys' honor Jefferson coach and educator as school celebrates 60th year
They call themselves "Moye's Boys." Thirty-five to 45 strong, they have reminisced about "La Jeff" over breakfast - every week for the past 10 years.
Pearce Museum staff plans holiday trip to Jefferson
From Staff Reports On Dec. 4, the Pearce Civil War and Western Art Museum staff will have a festive day trip to historic Jefferson located on the Big Cypress Bayou in the Cypress Valley of Northeast Texas.
J.S.T.A.R. founder to speak at Harleton HS on Veteran's Day
Harleton High School will have its annual Veteran's Day program at 10 a.m. on Nov.
Owners Of a Most Haunted Home' Speak Out
By ALLYSON REYNOLDS DIXON Assistant News Editor JEFFERSON -- Despite having traveled to Jefferson several times as a teen for football games, it wasn't until Mitchel Whitington returned to the quiet Marion County town as an adult that he knew he never wanted to leave.
Ghosts Of Jefferson: Skeptic Leads Convincing Ghost Tour
Jodi Breckenridge doesn't mince words about who or what she is. She's a chicken and a skeptic.
Search begins for legendary Bigfoot
Daryl Colyer, lead field researcher for the Texas Bigfoot Research Center, delivers the kickoff presentation Saturday, Oct.
County to consider jail architect
Harrison County Commissioners will consider approving a contract with Burns Architecture Inc.
Unique sandwich gains national fame
Who would've imagined eating cornbread would be a unique adventure? Keith and Connie Dersham of Michigan discovered how magical it can be while stopping last week in Jefferson to dine at Kitt's Kornbread Sandwich & Pie Bar, a restaurant renown for its homemade cornbread sandwiches.
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