This Week in Your Neighborhood

Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:30 am

The Mineola Yellowjackets face Pottsboro Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Royse City ISD Stadium. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. Texas High School Coaches Association, district, senior citizens and military passes are accepted.

The final production of the Lake Country Playhouse’s 2016 season will open this Friday at Select Theater in Mineola. Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for students. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” written by Barbara Robinson, opens at The Talent Box in Wills Point this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $12.50 for adults, $10 for seniors and students and $7 for children 12 and under.

The Mineola League of the Arts is hosting their Christmas Bazaar this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free to the public and will have crafts, snacks and artwork for sale along with free hot cocoa and cookies.

The United Methodist Women are sponsoring a Children’s Christmas Store this Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at the First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Mineola. The event is for children ages 12 and under and parents and guardians are asked to bring a shopping list for their children to assist Santa’s helpers.

The annual Mineola Christmas Tour of Homes is this Saturday from 1-4 p.m. Tickets are $10 and there are three properties to visit. The City of Mineola Landmark Commission sponsors the tour with the Mineola Junior Historians assisting the commission for the 19th consecutive year.

The Quitman-Lake Fork Kiwanis Club Christmas Parade is this Saturday beginning at 2:30 p.m. The theme for this year’s parade is “Old West Christmas.”

The Mineola Christmas parade is this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The theme for this year’s parade is “Holly Jolly Christmas.”

Special Olympics returns in style

Thursday, April 11

After a five-year absence, over 150 athletes from Como-Pickton, Cedar Creek and Upshur and Wood Counties competed for special recognition at a state-sanctioned Special Olympics track and field meet at the Quitman High School track field on Friday, April 5.

Two seeking Ward Three city council position

Thursday, April 11

Only one of the three seats up for election on the Mineola City Council this year is being contested. Crystal Arcand has challenged 2-term incumbent Cassandra Sampson for the Ward Three seat. …

Residents on Hwy. 37 north of Mineola petitioning for center turning lane

Thursday, April 11

Residents who live north of Mineola are petitioning the Texas Dept. of Transportation to extend the center turn lane along Hwy. 37.

Property owners given more time to clean up locations in Quitman

Thursday, April 11

Citizens and commissioners came head-to-head at Thursday night’s Quitman Building and Standards Commission meeting. With the tension in the air almost tangible, the board decided after nearly two hours of deliberation...

Eclipsed!

Thursday, April 11

Two predictions surrounding Monday’s total solar eclipse in East Texas largely failed to come true. The clouds were thin to non-existent during the time of totality around 1:40 p.m., and the expected traffic jams did not materialize.

Symphonic band presents Christmas concert

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Come on over to Mineola’s beautiful Historic Select Theater and hear the Lake Country Symphonic Band’s Christmasy “Everything Christmas” concert.

Concerts are Sunday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. and Tuesday evening, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. Mike Holbrook is back in the director’s seat, so it’s sure to be a fun-filled couple of hours.