by Sue Machetta You should have been there. I had the privilege of attending the monthly meeting of the Republican Women of Wood County (RWWC). Besides lunch and an informative business meeting, we had the opportunity to hear from Don Huffines, a 2022 Republican candidate for Governor of Texas. Besides giving a presentation on what...
Hawkins, Texas – Jarvis Christian College President Dr. Lester C. Newman signed a Memorandum of Understanding November 18 with a Romanian university to launch a mutually beneficial student and faculty exchange program between East Texas and Eastern Europe. The MOU will also promote academic and cultural ties between the two schools; promote joint research, seminars,...
By Jim Rogers, Editor A Community-wide celebration of Thanksgiving for blessings received and blessings given featured testimonies of thanks, contemporary and traditional hymns, and placed the spotlight on a number of Christian based ministries in Winnsboro was hosted Sunday evening, November 21st by First Baptist Church and Pastor David Rose. The ecumenical gathering of churches...
By Jim Rogers, Editor His college portable typewriter and carbon ribbons sit idle now. Bill Jones’ daughter Kathy will rest from her constant search to locate needed ribbons for him after he insisted his writing was more creative on the ancient “hunt and peck” machine. His desk at The Winnsboro News goes unmanned. Yet, Mr....
The City of Winnsboro will move forward with the annexation process for city owned property adjacent to the Winnsboro Municipal airport following a unanimous vote during their November regular session. The agenda item came to the council as a request from the city airport board to allow for a survey of the property to facilitate...
By Jim Rogers What seemed a smooth track through a lengthy agenda hit a pothole when the Winnsboro ISD Board of Trustees arrived at the consideration and action on a request to hire Johnson and Pace, Inc. to design a future meat processing educational lab facility. The board tabled the matter after two board members...
On the advice of the city attorney, Stanton Lowry, the Winnsboro City council voted 4-1 to rescind a September agenda item approval of Resolution No. 2021-36 and selected KSA Engineers, as the engineering firm for application preparation and project implementation, if awarded funding from the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program...