Wisener celebrates the 4th with pancakes, air show
New art installation planned for downtown Mineola alley
County getting donated riot gear
Hurray for the 4th of July
![A composite of fireworks at the Mineola Civic Center Thursday.](https://beta.creativecirclecdn.com/woodcounty/medium/20240711-094325-99b-_1203620-26comp%20rockets%20red%20glare.jpg)
Tips for Tots moves to new location
Rodeo clown has longtime connection to sport
Rodeo Clown Kody Gray described the moment he enters the arena. “The five minutes before is electric. You get really pumped up. Everyone is standing for the National Anthem, folks …
Dan Moore passes away
Dan Moore, whose long newspaper career included stints at several newspapers in and around Wood County, passed away Sunday, June 30 in Tyler at age 70. Moore was most recently the director of …
Lake Brenda home named yard of the month
As a teenager, Jan Scurlock learned to love gardening from an aunt who let her water some asparagus ferns while teaching her planting and propagating skills. She became fascinated by gardening …
Study tracking behaviors shows Lake Fork bass still plentiful
Biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) have completed an innovative study that tracked the movement and behaviors of largemouth bass at Toledo Bend Reservoir and Lake Fork. …
Mineola students to receive free meals
All four Mineola ISD school campuses will operate the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2024-25 school year. …
Local Democrats represent at state convention
Eight Wood County residents serving as delegates of the local Democratic Party attended the Texas State Democratic Party Convention in El Paso. They competed aggressively with over 5,000 other …
County party awards pair of scholarships
Two students from Wood County were awarded the second Wood County Democratic Party’s Dr. Charles Thompson Memorial Scholarships. Joseph Nguyen from Winnsboro High School and Lila …