Quitman News

"The Upshur County Grassroots Tea Party" rally against big government drew an estimated 200 persons on the Fourth of July here Saturday A including a surprise appearance by State Rep.

Glen Freeman of Converse, La., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Louisiana/Texas Division tournament on Toledo Bend Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 21 pounds, 15 ounces.

David Carpenter will be on the Quitman Independent School District's board of trustees following Saturday's run-off election.

We'll be adding three new faces to the wanted board, and the two are brothers. So we'll begin with the two in Tyler.

EDITOR'S NOTE: It is the policy of the Tyler Morning Telegraph to not name victims of sexual abuse to protect their identities and encourage the reporting of such crimes.

April 7 was a turning point in 39-year-old Shannon Love's life. It was the day the Wood County sheriff's deputy was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The Wood County Sheriff's Office is holding a benefit Saturday for Deputy Shannon Love, who has lymphoma.

An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of Wednesday afternoon's two-car crash on State Highway 154 that took the lives of three senior citizens.

Three people have died after two cars collided head on on Highway 154 near the Nesbitt community in Harrison County.

In this April 29, 2009 photo, Texas death row inmate Michael Lynn Riley sits in an interview cage at the Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas.

Michael Riley was a frequent customer at the Shop-A-Minit convenience store in Quitman in East Texas, so when he walked in and asked for ice cream on a Saturday morning, clerk Wynona Lynn Harris told him to help himself as she counted money.

Quitman Community Theatre will present 'Over the River and Through the Woods' by Joe DiPietro at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and again at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Carroll Green Civic Center, Quitman.

By COSHANDRA DILLARD Staff Writer HAWKINS -- Hawkins Junior and High School students filled the school's gymnasium bleachers Thursday afternoon to hear a powerful message about the consequences of drunken driving.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 709 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEESBURG... SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

Heather Diane Cotten of Denton and Joshua Wane Godi of Denton were married on March 14, 2009 at Myers Park in McKinney, TX.

A panel of three independent judges has awarded $10,000 in scholarships as part of Wood County Electric Cooperative's "Power My World" essay contest.

The U.S. portion of the International Boundary and Water Commission is accepting applications from residents who want to sit on the Rio Grande Citizens' Forum, a board established to gather community input on the commissions activities.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer A saltwater tank and two oil tanks will have to be replaced after Winnsboro, Coke-Pleasant Grove and Quitman fire departments responded to a fire in Wood County Wednesday, a fire official said.

Several fire departments in northern Wood County are responding to a report of an oil well fire northeast of Quitman this afternoon.

"Area schools begin '04 year next week," one headline announced; "28th Annual Hay Show samples to be collected," declared another.