Jefferson News

Need entertainment for this 4th of July? If a trip is not to your liking how about family, watermelon, air conditioning and a good book to read with ribs on the side.

Tickets are on sale for the Opera House Theatre Players production of "Singin' in the Rain." The musical will be presented on July 2,3 and 4 at the Russell Building downtown at 7:30 p.m. each evening.

A woman sentenced in conjunction with a dog hoarding incident in July 2008 was back in Marion County's 115th District Court earlier this week for violating the terms of her probation.

Patriotic music, flag waving, pie and cake auctions, fireworks - it's like something right out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

FARMINGDALE : After having served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Poland in the early 1990s and recently returned from three years in China, it seemed a good time to see more of my own country.

State and federal authorities have been called in to investigate what is believed to be an arson occurring at a downtown law office.

Knowing God Ministries brings their internationally acclaimed "Names of God" presentation to Jefferson next Friday and Saturday, June 26 and 27.

The sense of community and support for fellow neighbors were what drew Daren Horton and his wife to Uncertain, Horton says.

For 10 years, Jefferson's rodeo arena sat vacant on its 8.2 acres of land, buried behind trees that stretched along State Highway 49.

State Rep. Stephen Frost will be the keynote speaker for the annual Marion County Chamber of Commerce Banquet Thursday at Joseph's Riverport Barbecue.

Conversations over platters of flaky fried catfish and jalapeno hush puppies at the Big Pines Lodge in Karnack spawned a conservation movement that continues today, according to people who remember the iconic restaurant in its heyday.

Graduation ceremonies for Marshall, Waskom, Jefferson, Karnack and Hallsville High Schools will be today - with each at their respective football stadiums.

June 8th, Monday at Soul Surroundings at 121 North Polk in Jefferson, Texas at 7:00 p.m. Arts, Letters, and Soul Author Lecture Series featuring River Jordan of "Saints in Limbo" River will speak on her book with question and answer time followed by a booksigning.

Jefferson's first-ever Western Heritage Festival and Rodeo will be June 19 and 20 at the Jefferson Rodeo Club Arena on State Highway 49 East.

Even in its second year, the Uncertain Mayhaw Festival has become a homecoming for families from the area and tourists alike to celebrate the mayhaw and its unique growing place.

The chairman of the Marshall Economic Development Corp. board of directors said MEDCO is meeting its objectives of economic development and "is one of the unsung organizations that just goes about its business without fanfare and publicity." Bill Marshall said the success of the organization is mainly attributable to the people the city commission ...

Three people entered guilty pleas in 71st District Court Thursday morning and were sentenced.

Students who went to England's Stoatley Rough School seeking refuge from the Nazis had to grow up fast.

Playing host is in James Stroud's blood, and it's not because he used to run the Rusk County jail.

A prostitute reportedly stole a man's wallet Wednesday night during her visit with him at a local motel room in the 200 block of South Timberland Drive.