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Quitman City Administrator Hollen resigns
After one year on the job, Quitman City Secretary / Administrator Greg Hollen of Mineola resigned his position last week.
Hollen had been appointed to replace previous City Secretary Bryan …
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Back the Blue fundraiser nets $5,500 for 31 vests in 31 days
With only one week left in 13-year old Jaxon Holland’s project to raise 31 bulletproof vests in 31 days, he raised $5,500 Saturday in a Back the Blue event in Quitman. The community showed up in …
Mobile science lab: It’s electrifyin’
In the middle of July, youngsters of all ages were learning basic science concepts in a trailer in a church parking lot in Mineola, but having fun doing it. Their faces lit up or they did a little …
Mineola native opens barbecue restaurant in historic downtown
A couple months ago Mineola native Jason Herring opened the doors to his barbecue restaurant and taproom Cowburners, in a historic building in downtown. The building was constructed in 1885 …
Speakeasy Coffeehouse: A dream come true
Don’t tell Kelly Kieke dreams can’t come true. She had a four-year dream turn into a reality beginning with the purchase of an old building in downtown Quitman last November. The building had …
Witt wins first at state in FFA speaking
Mineola High School junior Nathan Witt won the Senior Prepared Public Speaking at the State FFA Convention in Corpus Christi on July 10. Witt spoke in the Natural Resource Division and won the …
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Commissioners OK bullet-proof vests donation
A request to approve a donation of 31 bullet-proof vests to the Wood County Sheriff’s Department was unanimously approved by Wood County Commissioners Friday morning. The vests were part of an …
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Mineola ISD board workshop
Trustees debate facilities, bond possibilities
In a second workshop in as many weeks, Mineola School Board members went back to the drawing board discussing the district’s facilities needs and how to pay for them in a workshop last Monday …
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COMMUNITY
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Where there’s a Willis, there’s a way ...
Dr. George and Ada Marie Willis will celebrate 70 years of wedded bliss Saturday, July 22 quietly at their home north of Quitman with their family. The Willises were married at the home of Rev. …
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This Week in Your Neighborhood
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OBITUARIES
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Witt Wayne Watson
QUITMAN - Funeral services for Witt Wayne Watson, 94, Quitman, were held Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Lowe Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Morrow officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Pisgah …
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Joe Robert “Robby” Rouse
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Eugene Lennon
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