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Lady Panthers drop close contest to Palestine

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Lainey Teel blasting a kill against Palestine.
Place two volleyball teams on the court, each with plenty of talent, a ton of energy, and yes, a few rough edges, and you get a five-set thriller like that last Tuesday at Alba-Golden. The Lady …

Panthers open with statement win

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Maxx Davis closes in for a sack.
Alba-Golden Panthers leveraged a dominating second half to record a 17-12 season-opening football win Friday at Overton’s Chester Roy Field. In addition to a loud home crowd, the Panthers had …

Jackets stymied in season opener

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Colton McMahon hauls in a touchdown pass.
There is no way to sugarcoat it – the De Kalb Bears steamrolled the Mineola Yellowjackets in the Jackets’ season opener Friday at Meredith Memorial Stadium. De Kalb scored on its first …

Lady Jackets have good tourney run

Friday, August 30
The Mineola Lady Jackets, buoyed from a straight three-set win over Commerce early last week, had a spectacular tourney against tough competition at the Van Tournament to close out the week. In …

Campbell named honorable mention all-state twice

Thursday, August 1
Alba-Golden graduate Easton Campbell has been awarded two nods on the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 2A all-state baseball team. Campbell was named honorable mention as a …
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Easton Campbell beats out a play at first as the Harleton pitcher and first baseman couldn’t connect.

Panthers fall from baseball playoffs

Thursday, May 16
Harleton had edged Alba-Golden in game one of their Area playoff series by a score of 5-4.   Going into the fourth inning of Alba-Golden’s second game with the Harleton Wildcats, it …
Jadelyn Marshall dives for a pop-up.

Queen City ends Mineola season in third round

Thursday, May 16
After receiving a 13-1 thrashing at the hands of the Queen City Lady Bulldogs to open the regional-qualifying round, the Mineola Lady Jackets were determined to challenge Queen City for the series. …
Alba-Golden pitcher Adielyn Smith gets the throw from backup catcher Kayleigh Logan too late to stop the Crossroads runner from third after the pitch got away. The Lady Panthers fell 8-1 Friday and were eliminated from the state playoffs.

Lady Panthers exit playoffs in area round

Thursday, May 9
Things started well enough for the Alba-Golden Lady Panthers in their second game of the area   softball championship series against the Crossroads Bobcats Friday in Tyler. Leadoff hitter …
D.J. McDowell – whose effort embodied the motivation of Jacket baseball – deftly avoids a tag at the plate to score in the sixth inning against Atlanta.

Jackets outgunned by Atlanta

Thursday, May 9
The Mineola Yellowjackets had their season ended by the top seed from District 14-3A, the Atlanta Jackrabbits, in bidistrict action last week. Atlanta swept the Jackets, 6-4 and 11-8, in a …
Lady Jacket centerfielder Caroline Castleberry closed quickly to snag a line drive late in game three. She made a pinpoint throw to second base to double off a New Diana baserunner.

Lady Jackets claim decisive 3rd game

Thursday, May 9
The Mineola Lady Jackets are area softball champions. They certainly took a long, hard road to claim that title.   As the public address announcer so aptly stated at the end of the series …

Lady Jacket relay returning to state

Sunday, April 28

Lady Bulldogs advance to playoffs

Sunday, April 28

A-G ladies tie for tops in district

Sunday, April 28

Lady Jackets defeat Winnsboro to secure district

Sunday, April 28

Mineola girls close in on district softball crown

Thursday, April 18
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Enthusiastic support for the Wood County Warriors from their "speed squad" was on display for the 25m walk/run.

Special Olympics returns in style

Thursday, April 11
After a five-year absence, over 150 athletes from Como-Pickton, Cedar Creek and Upshur and Wood Counties competed for special recognition at a state-sanctioned Special Olympics track and field meet at the Quitman High School track field on Friday, April 5.
Cassandra Sampson (left) and Crystal Arcand seek election the Mineola City Council seat for Ward Three.

Two seeking Ward Three city council position

Thursday, April 11
Only one of the three seats up for election on the Mineola City Council this year is being contested. Crystal Arcand has challenged 2-term incumbent Cassandra Sampson for the Ward Three seat. …

Residents on Hwy. 37 north of Mineola petitioning for center turning lane

Thursday, April 11
Residents who live north of Mineola are petitioning the Texas Dept. of Transportation to extend the center turn lane along Hwy. 37.

Property owners given more time to clean up locations in Quitman

Thursday, April 11
Citizens and commissioners came head-to-head at Thursday night’s Quitman Building and Standards Commission meeting. With the tension in the air almost tangible, the board decided after nearly two hours of deliberation...
Onlookers at Swearingen Park on Lake Fork observe the total solar eclipse, as the horizon appears as though the sun were setting in all directions – here, north – despite being midday.

Eclipsed!

Thursday, April 11
Two predictions surrounding Monday’s total solar eclipse in East Texas largely failed to come true. The clouds were thin to non-existent during the time of totality around 1:40 p.m., and the expected traffic jams did not materialize.
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