For the second time since May 2024, historic buildings in downtown Mineola were spared major damage from a fire caused by ...

August has never been the friendliest month for Wood County gardeners. Baking heat and high humidity mean cutting gardening ...

It was quite a dramatic scene. Following a ten-minute film of U.S. Navy Blue Angel highlights, out of the back of the stage ...

With heavy hearts, we share the passing of Johnny Glen Gilliland on Aug. 3, 2025 at age 86 at home in Quitman, surrounded by ...

Liam Bailey slides down the bouncy water slide at the August celebration of First Baptist Church of Quitman’s 175th ...

The Mineola Kiwanis Club held its annual distribution of school supplies for students in Mineola and Alba-Golden schools in ...

Services for Arlon Hugh Ragsdale, 83, of Alba were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, ...

An early morning police raid on four Mineola residences Monday, July 28 led to the arrest of four persons and the seizure of numerous illegal drugs along with weapons and cash. Mineola police ...

Wood County commissioners hashed out details of employee insurance in a budget workshop last Tuesday, July 29. Insurance and pay raises go hand in hand, said County Judge Kevin White. He ...

Plans to add a turn lane along State Hwy. 37 north of Mineola have been delayed from an anticipated bid letting this month. Led by residents of Tuscany Park housing development, the effort to ...

The Mineola City Council plans to decrease the city’s property tax rate, thanks to higher property values. The lower rate means that the city will receive the same amount of property tax ...

The Wood County grand jury handed down the following indictments on July 28: Scott Julius Alexson, Yantis, possession of a controlled substance (PCS) penalty group 1/1-B (PG) one gram or more ...