The Wood County Salary Grievance Committee public hearing this Thursday morning has been postponed until next week.

The salary grievance request is from three Wood County justices of the peace who are seeking a raise. They are seeking to be paid on the same scale as other elected officials in the county. more

To some, it was like losing an old friend. more

The following guilty pleas were heard in 402nd District Court: Aug. 4 Kyle Demarico Jackson, Kilgore, possession of a controlled substance penalty group 1-1B less than one gram, state jail … more

John Sellers, president of the Hopkins County Genealogy Society, will bring a program on “Your Ancestor’s Own Cousin, other Relations, and their Value to Your Research” on Aug. 21 … more

Four persons were hospitalized following a 2-vehicle crash Thursday at 1:41 p.m. north of Mineola. Saundra Gray, 74, of Emory was southbound on Hwy. 37 near CR 2326 when she attempted a u-turn. … more

UT Health Quitman received the top grade for quality according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, putting it in the top 15% of hospitals in the nation ranked by CMS for quality. … more

The First Baptist Church in Yantis will host a resource and health fair and back to school event Saturday, Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is free and includes food, games and health … more

The Iron Horse Heritage Festival, a celebration of Mineola’s railroad heritage and the Mineola Chamber of Commerce’s biggest community event, returns to historic downtown Mineola … more

Sales tax receipts in Wood County took a dip in the August report from the state comptroller’s office. The report includes primarily sales made in June and reported to the state in July. … more

The newly-created Alba-Golden Education Foundation briefed district trustees at Monday’s board meeting that they had raised $65,000 in the first three weeks of fundraising. A comprehensive … more

Wood County commissioners continued working on the county budget and proposed a new tax rate for county residents last week The proposed rate of 46.25 cents per $100 valuation two cents lower … more

The Quitman Development Corporation (QDC) board heard a presentation by Dr. John Wisdom and Wood County Airport Assistant Manager Erin Mason Monday. The board also approved a budget proposal to … more

Building fire: July 28, 12:42 18659 CR 4116, Mineola. Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire: Aug. 2, 4:02 p.m., 936 CR 1695, Alba; Aug. 2, 5:05 p.m., 11358 FM 779, Alba. Medical assist, … more

July 29 12:58 a.m., welfare concern, E. McDonald, electricity recently went out, concerned about neighbor, no outage observed. 2:20 a.m., suspicious persons, W. Buchanan at Sycamore, two … more

July 26 Deputy Skinner, warrant service, Alba. Shane Davis arrested for active warrant. Deputy Hughes, Mineola PD, assault; deputy learned assault occurred out of county, contacted … more

Folks repeatedly used the same word as they viewed the commissioned tree carving Saturday at the Mineola Nature Preserve: amazing. Usually, it was a single word, ‘amazing’ followed a few … more

Texas public school districts are in the process of setting their budgets and property tax rates in line with the new tax reduction measures passed recently by the state legislature. Lawmakers … more

The Quitman Police Department answered 295 calls for service from July 20 to Aug. 13, issued 137 traffic citations, gave 128 traffic warnings and took 29 reports. One criminal trespass warning was … more

Forest, woods or wildland fire: Aug. 5, 4:11 p.m., 669 CR 2754, Mineola Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire: Aug. 9, 3:25 p.m., Shelton between McDaniels and Landers, east side of Shelton. … more