Quitman police officer Joseph Gatewood with items seized during a recent traffic stop, including a handgun, methamphetamine and marijuana.

Summer has arrived, and with it is our Summer Reading event. We are halfway through this program. We had a great kick-off, then we made cardboard art, Chet from Do Art Productions had a comic drawing ...

Deputies responded twice to disturbance, CR 1112; both times, involved subjects highly intoxicated, victim stated she locked boyfriend out of house due to being scared of what he might do to her.

Young anglers in Wood County took advantage of good conditions Saturday morning at Lake Fork to participate in the annual Kid Fish event at the Sabine River Authority headquarters. Axel Delgadillo ...

The storms of life will come soon enough. For this night, though, the high school graduating classes of Quitman and Mineola celebrated with fair weather Friday night as the 2025 classes were … ...

The Quitman High School boys doubles tennis team of Armando Chavarria and Enrique Olvera has qualified for the state tournament with their performance at last week’s regional meet. The … ...

Well, it’s almost summer. It is time to take a reckoning on summer. Everyone has a favorite season. Sometimes the disclosure of a favorite season can be quite a surprise. Our young daughter claims ...

The memorial service for Daniel Lee and Carolyn Jean Metcalf will be held on Friday, May 23, 2025 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 204 N. Johnson St., Mineola. There will be a reception at the ...

Mineola ISD’s third annual Fiesta event provided close to 200 Spanish-speaking families with information, food and prizes on Friday, April 25. The event was exclusively in Spanish with several ...

There will be fishing, running, tossing bean bags and axes, great music and much more this weekend at Lake Fork. Bassmasters returns to Lake Fork and Wood County this week for a four-day professional ...

Edward Jones financial advisor Leon Anderson of Mineola was named among the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors in 2025. He ranked No. 130 in Texas.

It was down a winding drive off of a farm-to-market road which led to the shop. GRIT TV was playing on a small television in the corner of the shop above the door. It looked appropriate. The shop ...