The following have announced closings due to impending winter weather. more

2nd 9 week Term All “A” Honor Roll more

2nd 9 weeks A Honor Roll more

Quitman ISD school board members unanimously approved $26,703 for the purchase of 100 new Chromebooks Monday. They will be issued to incoming freshmen next fall as the current class of seniors will be keeping their Chromebooks when they graduate. more

January 12 Deputy Brad Cox had a request to speak regarding possible theft of a motorcycle. The party advised her son had a motorcycle shipped from out of state and has not arrived. The party was … more

Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle: Jan. 16, 4:06 a.m., 3035 Hwy. 154, Quitman. Passenger vehicle fire: Jan. 13, 3:12 p.m., 1543 CR 2700, Mineola. Brush or brush-and-grass mixture … more

January 14 12:44 a.m., suspicious person, 100 blk E. Broad, subject walking. 9:34 a.m., unsecured area, Patten, doors unlocked and windows open, home appears to be vacant and being … more

Despite the fact that electronic copies of practically any newspaper can be viewed near instantaneously from around the globe, it is still a noteworthy event when someone reaches out to the Monitor from outside East Texas.

It is doubly noteworthy when that person is a teenager who has embarked on a personal quest to document, through oral history interviews, the last living veterans of the Second World War generation. more

Lilian Forward of the Yantis FFA caught a calf during the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble Jan. 19, earning a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards. more

Tyler Junior College has recognized 1,457 students named to the president’s and dean’s lists for academic excellence during the Fall 2021 semester. Wood County students named to the president’s and dean's lists... more

There will be a Jacksonville College rally at Forest Hill Baptist Church north of Quitman on Highway 37 Monday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. sponsored by the Wood County Missionary Baptist Association. more

In honor of Black History Month, the Pleasant Hill Quilt Club will present its program on the secret Underground Railroad quilt codes. more