FEW PRIMARY students wore their country's colors at the annual Few Olympics held Friday, May 4. Students had the opportunity to participate in field activities as students let out steam as the school year rolls to a close. More...
Early voting numbers are down as Jasper voters seem to be paying little attention to Saturday's election that will fill two seats on the Jasper ISD school board and a council and mayor's seat on Jasper's city council. District 1 councilman Joe Clyde Adams is running unoppos... More...
In Hemphill, in an old gas station where Bonnie and Clyde once bought gas, now blooms a garden nursery with pebbled paths and a winding creek criss-crossed with bridges. Owner Mary Ann McDaniel encourages people to "come and just wander," which they do. More...
Just what direction the city of Jasper and its school board takes weigh in the balances this Saturday. Two seats on Jasper's city council and two seats on the Jasper ISD Board of Trustees are available for voters to decide during Saturday's election. More...
Clyde and Brenda Trahan of Narrows, VA., announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica Starkey to Aaron Willoughby, both of League City. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Bill and Nell Covey of Pulaski, VA. The groom-elect is the son of Jerry and Peggy Willoughby ... More...
Braylon Rezai Baygent Jacqueline Baygent of Jasper announces the birth of her son, Braylon Rezai, born April 25 at 9:33 a.m. at Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds 9 1/2 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long. Grandmother is Tennie Baygent of Texas City. More...
John 13:31-35 We humans spend a lot of time thinking about what we are going to do. We strategize, plan, make lists, and try to follow the plan we have made. This concept is operative even for the more simple things in life. "I have to cut the grass tomorrow before it rain... More...
The Jasper Bulldogs take on La Grange in a best two-out-of-three series this week in the Region III Class 3A Area finals at Humble High School. Thursday and Friday nights' games begin at 7:30 p.m.; game three, if needed begins at noon Saturday. More...
KIDDIE CORRAL DAYCARE celebrated Arbor Day by all wearing green.They planted a friendship tree to provide them with shade from the sun this summer. More...
It was a rough, windy day on Toledo Bend May 5 for 237 teams trying to win some big money in the Bass Champs tournament. Toledo has been stingy with her bass for weeks, but the battle for bass was taken on with winds near 30 mph and very rough water. More...