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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

Cade’s Building Materials, a fixture in Mineola since 1985, has been sold to Higginbotham Brothers & Company. The Mineola location becomes the 39th Texas lumberyard and hardware store in the ...

The strategic plan for the Wood County Economic Development Commission, introduced formally last week, sets lofty goals for improvements across the county. Executive Director Christine Thomas and ...

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