On the 40th anniversary of the McFarland School reunion, a museum dedicated to preserving the legacy of Mineola’s Black school was unveiled Friday. McFarland graduate Shirley Bryant Roberson (Class of ...

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 pair will face ...

A law enforcement veteran and Quitman High School graduate has taken on the opportunity to serve as Wood County Sheriff Kelly Cole’s chief deputy. Nikki Oglesby Wright has been tabbed by Cole as his ...

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 ...

There is something reassuring about large industrial facilities. The hum of ventilation, the repetitious clattering of machines, the warning whistles and bells of large equipment moving, it is all ...

Zoe Nichole Armock, Holly Lake Ranch, assault causing bodily injury of a family or household member by impeding breathing or circulation. Third degree felony. Shaquan Asone Bell, Quitman, credit card ...

Mineola celebrates its Hispanic Heritage Saturday with the annual Fiesta de Mayo in downtown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Events get underway along S. Johnson and Commerce Streets as a variety of vendors ...

The Wood County Sheriff’s Office made a pair of drug arrests on Saturday, Jan. 14 in the Yantis area. <BR><BR> A traffic stop near Yantis resulted in 1.6 pounds of methamphetamine seized.

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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 able to ...

June 4 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 ...

Wood County paid solemn tribute to those who gave their lives in service to country in a traditional ceremony on the lawn of the county courthouse in Quitman Monday morning. It concluded at noon with ...