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Shots fired near Yantis school bus
A juvenile was taken into custody after a Yantis school bus driver contacted authorities after hearing shots fired while on a bus route Friday afternoon after school.
According to the Wood County …
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Mineola High School Graduation Friday
The Mineola High School class of 2018 Commencement will be at Meredith Memorial Stadium on Friday, May 25 at 8 p.m. The valedictorian is Austin Witt and the salutatorian Liliana Ramos. Mineola …
Alba-Golden picks top two students
With the Alba-Golden class of 2018 Graduation less than two weeks away the valedictorian and salutatorians have been announced. Both Sarah Boykin the school’s valedictorian and Freddie Arenas the …
Mineola athletes honored at annual sports banquet
Nearly 200 people packed in to the Mineola High School multi-purpose room to celebrate another great year of Yellowjacket sports at the annual sports banquet. Athletic Director Luke Blackwell …
High School Junior Historians
The Mineola High School Junior Historians were named one of the 10 history clubs of the year in the United States by the National History Club. The club had been named to the list previously in 2015. …
Outstanding Seniors Award Banquet
Three local high school seniors were honored at the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals Region 7 Outstanding Seniors Award Banquet recently in Whitehouse on April 23.
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Alba parents die in Como wreck
An Alba couple was killed in a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning in Como and their two young children were hospitalized.
Justin Charles Collier, 35, and Tabbetha Lorraine Collier, 34, both of …
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Quitman City Council approves Stitchin’ Heaven incentives
The Quitman City Council unanimously approved tax abatements with long-term economic growth implications at their May meeting on Thursday.
The council approved 10-year tax abatements for two lots …
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Dallas man wins Legends Bass Tournament
A Dallas angler took home the top honors at Don Hampton’s Legends of Lake Fork Bass Tournament at Lake Fork Marina.
Lane Shaw reeled in a 13.78-pound bass in the 7 a.m. hour Friday and it held …
Yantis School Board elects new president
In a unanimous vote at last Monday’s regular May meeting, the Yantis School Board elected Joni Moreland as board president.
Board Member Stacey Wetzel proposed the motion which was seconded by …
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COMMUNITY
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Inside and Outside the Picket Fence
I know these articles will never be Pulitzer Prize material, so I am going to say “Woo Hoo!” Our beautiful gardens are coming back to life. Many hands have been digging, weeding, planting, …
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Mineola Memorial Library Notes
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Mineola Memorial Library Notes
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OBITUARIES
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William Alfred Owens, Jr.,
Beulah Mae Chisholm 1915-2017 QUITMAN - A graveside service for Beulah Mae Chisholm, 102, Quitman, was held on December 26 at Red Oak Cemetery in Red Oak, Texas. Mrs. Chisholm died December …
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Kelly Lindsey
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John Wesley Henderson, III
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Mary Louise Cullum
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Sarah Allen
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SPORTS
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Softball standout signs with LeTourneau
Just a week after her season ended in the UIL state regional quarter finals Mineola’s Kiley Banks will continue to be a Yellowjacket but now she will play at LeTourneau University in Longview on …
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Former gymnast wins big with ‘new’ vault
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Dallas man wins Legends Bass Tournament
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Mineola athletes honored at annual sports banquet
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Hooked on Fishing not Drugs June 2
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