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Caring & Sharing readies distribution
Around four dozen volunteers, including members of the Mineola High School Key Club, were busy sorting and packing food items for the Mineola Caring & Sharing campaign, which will be distributing …
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12/7/23 10:14 AM
Mobile Santa fills gap for youngsters
What started as Pastor Tim Letsch noticing long Christmas lines has slowly but surely turned into a holiday tradition for many East Texas towns.
In 2009, Pastor Tim did a simple thing …
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By Brynna Williamson
news@wood.cm | 12/7/23 10:06 AM
news@wood.cm | 12/7/23 10:06 AM
Christmas season in Wood County
Christmas celebrations broke out across Wood County over the weekend. Mineola began with events downtown Friday evening, continued with a Celtic festival and the annual parade Saturday and concluded …
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12/7/23 10:04 AM
McFarland Bears honored with special day in Mineola
Three McFarland Bears, who starred for the football team at Mineola’s black high school in the 1960s, were honored by the city council Monday.
Nov. 27 was proclaimed McFarland Bears …
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11/30/23 10:31 AM
Alba-Golden sets winter extravaganza
Alba-Golden school district will host a Winter Extravaganza Saturday, Dec. 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the school grounds off US Hwy. 69.
The day’s activities are scheduled to …
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11/30/23 10:30 AM
Forever Young Activity Center hosting Christmas tour of homes
The Christmas Magic home tour sponsored by the Forever Young Activity Center in Quitman will be held Sunday, Dec. 10 featuring five homes in the Lake Lydia area.
Tickets are $15 and may be …
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11/30/23 10:27 AM
Mineola Caring & Sharing prepares for distribution day
The 2023 Mineola Caring & Sharing Food Distribution Project has been in full swing for several months and it is time to pull all the many efforts together and prepare for Distribution Day on …
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11/30/23 10:25 AM
Quitman celebrating a hometown Christmas
Hometown Christmas will be celebrated in Quitman Saturday, Dec. 2 from noon-8 p.m. with children’s activities, food trucks, vendors, the parade at 5 p.m., live music, bounce houses an ice …
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11/30/23 10:25 AM
Busy weekend kicks off Mineola holidays
Mineola celebrates the Christmas holidays with a weekend full of events Dec. 1-3.
In continuing the city’s sesquicentennial celebration, the city will host a snow hill and snow playing …
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11/30/23 10:25 AM
Pilot Club honors students’ veteran works
One of the longest running projects for the Pilot Club of Mineola is their veteran’s dinner and patriotic contest. Veterans attending the dinner were honored by President Diane Holmes.
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11/30/23 08:17 AM
Skate park ready
The Mineola Community Skate Park received a huge upgrade during Thanksgiving week as the first phase of the new concrete ramps was laid. By Thanksgiving Day some of the new features were open for …
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11/30/23 08:14 AM
Tree lighting to kick off Quitman holiday season
Quitman will open the holiday season with the community tree lighting event on the courthouse square on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.
Story time with the elves, music, goodies and …
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11/23/23 10:06 AM
Giving Trees set up for C&S toy drive
Giving Trees have been placed for the Mineola Caring & Sharing community toy drive, now in its 25th year.
Ornaments on the trees have the gender and age (up to 12) of the child. …
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11/23/23 10:04 AM
Marine Corps League honors Gold Star families
The Wood Cunty detachment's annual ball celebrating the Marine Corps anniversary paid special tribute to local families who have lost loved ones serving in the armed forces.
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11/23/23 10:01 AM
“New” concrete skate park becoming reality for Mineola
Imagine back to when you were a kid. Did you ever have that one project you just dreamed about, a place designed by a kid, for a kid?
That’s exactly what Mineola’s Flint and Steel …
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By Brynna Williamson
news@wood.cm | 11/23/23 10:00 AM
news@wood.cm | 11/23/23 10:00 AM
Donations sought for veterans’ wreaths
Roselawn Cemetery north of Mineola will once again be the site of the placement of Christmas wreaths on the graves of almost 800 veterans buried there.
Following a brief ceremony at 11 a.m. …
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11/23/23 09:55 AM
County history on display
Wood County Historical Commission Chairman Ulna McWhorter presents historical Civil War mementos to county commissioners at last week’s open house for the Archive and Research Center on the …
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11/23/23 09:51 AM
Holiday beer garden plans up in the air
Plans for a beer garden during the Hometown Christmas event Saturday, Dec. 2 in downtown Quitman were approved by the city council Thursday.
But it may not happen.
The chamber had sought a …
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By Phil Major
publisher@wood.cm | 11/23/23 09:50 AM
publisher@wood.cm | 11/23/23 09:50 AM
Attaway named director for Quitman development
Quitman City Administrator James Attaway will also be the executive director of the Quitman Development Corp.
Both roles were previously held by former administrator Rodney Kieke... more
Both roles were previously held by former administrator Rodney Kieke... more
11/15/23 11:45 PM
Sound of Swarm snags state silver
Mineola High School’s Sound of the Swarm earned silver at the 2023 UIL state marching band contest in San Antonio last Wednesday in their fifth consecutive trip to state finals.
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By Sam Major
photos@wood.cm | 11/15/23 11:45 PM
photos@wood.cm | 11/15/23 11:45 PM
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