Marion County News

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.

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.

Harrison County Commissioners will consider approving a contract with Burns Architecture Inc.

The 18th annual Taste of Jefferson is scheduled to be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday on Austin Street in Jefferson.

Jefferson's citywide rummage sale is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Neighborhoods and businesses plan to have sales throughout the city.

Children ages 5 to 12 can enter a poster contest, sponsored by the Texas Tough Enough to Wear Pink in observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Two high water signs were dedicated Tuesday as the National Weather Service commemorated the historic April 1945 flood with an unveiling ceremony and reception.

An Avinger woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to hindering apprehension in a case connected to the 2008 shooting death of DPS Trooper James Scott Burns.

An Avinger woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to hindering apprehension in a case connected to the 2008 shooting death of DPS Trooper James Scott Burns.

14, Auntie Skinners' Riverboat Club hosts a "Hot Summer Night Benefit" with proceeds heading toward the Marion County Chamber of Commerce coffers.

Rockin' blues and a chance to get away from it all will be the storyline on Friday, Aug.

A 71st District Court jury deliberated for three hours Tuesday without returning a verdict in the driving while intoxicated trial of James Edgar Belcher.

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

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.

President Charlie Chitwood says he isn't waiting for "divine intervention" to save the Marion County Chamber of Commerce.

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

A Marion County justice of the peace granted custody of 140 small, mixed-breed dogs and an exotic bird to an animal rescue group following a hearing Wednesday afternoon.

LAKE O' THE PINES - Acting on a seizure warrant issued by Marion County authorities, the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas removed 145 small dogs and puppies from the home of an elderly couple on Friday.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office and an animal rescue group seized 131 dogs and a parrot Friday from a Marion County home near Ore City.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas seized 131 dogs and an exotic bird Friday from a property in Ore City.