Alba-Golden, Mineola and Quitman volleyball sides participated in tournaments last week. The Lady Panthers were in Gilmer (see related story), the Lady Jackets in Van and the Lady Bulldogs at North ...

Photos from Thursday’s Mineola vs. Canton scrimmage are representative of scenes played out last week throughout Texas. It was the week of the last scrimmaging for scholastic football teams.

The Mineola Lady Jackets opened their home-court season with a convincing straight-set win (25-19, 25-20, 25-8) over the Lady ...

The Alba City Council is proposing to drop the property tax rate by a little more than a penny. A public hearing on the tax rate is set for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m. The ...

Retiring Quitman Fire Chief Scott Wheeler, right, receives a certificate of appreciation from Mayor Randy Dunn at last Thursday’s city council meeting. The city also hosted a reception in Wheeler’s ...

The young men have just completed an eight-week internship for Rep. Gooden at his Washington DC office in the Sam Rayburn House Office Building. It wasn’t the siblings’ first trip to the nation’s ...

A  balanced budget and reduction in the property tax rate by more than 4.5 cents highlighted Monday’s Mineola School Board meeting. The board also approved a raise for Superintendent ...

Mineola City Council approved its intent to issue $550,000 in certificates of obligation as part of a $5.5 million forgivable loan from the Texas Water Development Board. The council also hired ...

Early season volleyball can be challenging. The game can seem perplexing at times, as teams work to realize that moment when they can be an efficient volleyball machine. So it was for the Alba-Golden ...

Who doesn’t like a great sports movie? Even the team at ESPN agree that “Hoosiers” is one of the best sports shows ever. The Pilot Club of Mineola will sponsor the movie on Tuesday, ...

Phase Two of the Mineola Skate Park on S. Stone St. continued in earnest Monday morning with the delivery of concrete to form the curves and ramps on the north end of the park.

Wood County will have a new congressman next year. The redistricting plan approved by the Texas House and Senate and expected to be signed by the governor, moves Wood County into District 32.