Zul’s Smash Burgers and The Convenient Store, on Highway 80 northeast of Mineola, opened in November. It’s the one with a ...

Having concluded the three-year trial period for the four-day school week, the Alba-Golden School Board unanimously decided ...

The Republican party of Wood County will hold their Precinct and County Convention on Saturday, March 28 at the Carroll Greene Civic Center in Quitman. A press release said check-in for the precinct ...

Quitman High School hosted the Quitman Bulldog Relays on Thursday, Feb. 26th. Mineola and Quitman’s varsity boys’ teams tied ...

It’s about honoring who Tiffany was,” Wright said. “And it’s about reminding these kids that they matter. Even if it’s just ...

The 2025-26 Lady Jackets will likely just want to forget the regional semi-final 49-42 loss to the Rains Ladycats.   On the ...

Logan Belcher was named the Mineola Kiwanis Club’s February Citizen of the Month for opening his restaurant, Logan’s Place, to the needy and those without families during the holidays. Logan ...

Services for Jerry Scott Adair, 61, of Alba were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at Lake Fork Baptist Church, with Pastor Zach Tunnell officiating. Interment followed in Salem Cemetery.

The genesis of the idea came from knowledge of small schools in Texas. It is impossible to have experience in small schools in this state without exposure to the small churches that serve the ...

Wood County news from nearly 100 years ago, as seen in the March 4, 1926 edition of the Mineola Monitor. Original column lightly edited for typos. “Minute Silent Prayer: County Judge H. V. … ...

Connie Simon, a junior high teacher with Quitman ISD, entered a $10,000 sweepstakes through Hilltop Securities. She was ...

Next to the train depot on Highway 69, as visitors are coming into Mineola, there is construction afoot. Mineola City Manager Cindy Karch said the city purchased the lot in 2021 and has “big ...