70.0°, Fair Labor Day deadlines set
The Monitor will observe early deadlines this week for next week’s edition due to our office being closed Monday Sept. 3 for Labor Day.
The deadline for news is Wednesday August 29 at 5 p.m. The …
BREAKING: Mercury spill causes mail delay across East Texas
Top stories
MEET THE TEACHER
Kindergartener Roan York and his grandmother Jaime Genovese organize his school supplies in Lisa Sandifer’s classroom during the Quitman Elementary School Meet the Teacher on Aug. 16. …
Meet the Bulldogs
Quitman first and second grade pee wee cheerleaders are getting ready for their season. They had fun at this year’s “Meet the Bulldogs” at Bud Moody Stadium recently. They are (left …
Bulldogs and Hawks each show promise
It might have been just a scrimmage, but Quitman fans were excited to see the Bulldogs make it into the end zone on three different occasions. Trey Berry, Josh Medlin and Ty Holland each took a turn …
Council OKs bid for Sanderson Farms gas service
With an expected late-November completion of the Sanderson Farms feed mill in Mineola, the City Council on Aug. 13 approved a $492,900 bid from Grimes Irrigation and Construction of Tyler to bring …
Kloefkorn begins admin job with City of Quitman
During his first week on the job, Quitman city secretary/administrator Andrew Kloefkorn is bringing his love of public service and experience to help manage city departments. He started to work …
Other headlines
Lake Fork reels in Texas Fest
Through the combined efforts of the Wood County Industrial Commission (WCIC), Emory Tourism and the Lake Fork Chamber of Commerce, the 27,000-acre Lake Fork has snared the elite Toyota Bassmaster …
Friends 2 Follow
Raw sewage flood ruins local home
A Quitman woman and her grandson are living in motels after their home was flooded with raw sewage.
When Deborah Terrell’s house became unlivable, she and her grandson spent a week in the Towner …
Wood County superintendents respond to new TEA rating system
With a new rating system in place, Texas school districts received A through F grades from the Texas Education Agency.
TEA says the district report cards grade districts on student performance on …
City of Quitman names film liaison, sets date for property tax talk
Quitman council last week appointed a new film liaison and set the date for a public discussion of the 2018 proposed property tax levy.
Mayor David Dobbs suggested appointing Quitman Area Chamber …
-
COMMUNITY
-
Inside and Outside the Picket Fence
If your garden is unhappy during these “dog days” of summer, you need to come out to the Quitman Arboretum and focus on the Waterwise Garden. This planting is located on the property line between …
-
Mineola Memorial Library Notes
-
RISE program aims to help people realize economic gain
-
-
OBITUARIES
-
Gerald Lee Corpier
Gerald Lee Corpier Memorial Services for Gerald Corpier, 60, of Laird Hill were held 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 21, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore with Brother Ricky Lawson officiating. …
-
Brenda Minor
-
Elton Lee Woodall
-
Billye Joy Roper Hurlburt
-
Rev. Alvin Lee Williams
-
-
SPORTS
-
Bulldogs and Hawks each show promise
It might have been just a scrimmage, but Quitman fans were excited to see the Bulldogs make it into the end zone on three different occasions. Trey Berry, Josh Medlin and Ty Holland each took a turn …
-
Yellowjackets scrimmage Malakoff
-
Quitman girls take second at Van Tournament
-
Fall Ball expected to bring thousands to Mineola
-
Lady Jackets claim wins in Van tournament
-
