East Texas Food Bank distributions for 2025 have been announced for Quitman and Mineola. Quitman dates: (third Wednesdays) ... more

A Unity in the Community service is planned for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Mineola Monday, Jan. 20. The service will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 304 … more

Mineola Kiwanis Club members, from left, Joyce Curry, Cody Mize, Keith Sparkman and David Sauer assist Santa in passing out gifts at the annual Wood County special education co-op Christmas party. more

The Blue Santa program put on by the Wood County First Responder Association took 50 children shopping at Walmart on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Each had $400 to spend. Participating law enforcement agencies included Mineola ISD PD, Yantis ISD PD, Winnsboro ISD PD, Winnsboro PD, Mineola PD, Hawkins PD, Quitman PD, Wood County SO, State Game Wardens, DPS and Grand Saline fire marshal. more

Wood County Arboretum member Mimi Turbeville mans the gift table at the Stinson House last Thursday for the Christmas open house at the historic home.  more

Volunteers worked through rain showers Saturday morning to serve about 250 area families with food for the holidays at the First Methodist Church Ministries Center for the Mineola Caring & … more

The New Hope Cemetery east of Mineola joined the growing list of American cemeteries that pay tribute to veterans heading into the Christmas season. Volunteers marked more than 100 graves of … more

Leaves, leaves, leaves...they’re falling everywhere in Wood County, and lots of folks are bagging them for trash collection. But Judi Luce has a better idea. She shreds them with the … more

It’s something new that’s something old for the Mineola schools and Mineola community, as a new gardening project is underway on school district property just north of the ball fields on … more

Add a special twinkle to the holidays next week with a visit to the Wood County Arboretum and Botanical Gardens’ Christmas Open House. Seasonal touches being added to the venue should make … more

The 2024 Mineola Caring & Sharing Food Distribution Project has been in full swing for several months and now it is time to pull all the many efforts together and prepare for Distribution Day on … more

Christmas events abound this week. Mineola plans a busy weekend Dec. 6-8. The city will bring back its Magical Mineola event that was begun last year during the city’s … more

The Mineola Landmark Commission hosts its “Christmas Past and Present” Home Tour Sunday, Dec. 8, from 1 to 5 p.m.   Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased in advance at City … more

Kristi and Aaron Roberts were named Mineola Kiwanis November Citizens   of the Month for their efforts to raise over $19,000 on the car show benefiting Mineola Caring & Sharing. Kiwanis … more

Quitman kicked off the holiday season with the lighting of the courthouse tree Thanksgiving night.  more

Walmart-Mineola will host a blood drive Monday, Dec. 9 from 2-5 p.m. The Carter BloodCare bus will be set up at 135 NE Loop 564. Each volunteer donor will receive a new blanket. Donors … more

The First United Methodist Church in Quitman will host Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9-11 a.m. at the church’s Joy Hall, 406 E. Lane St. Participants are requested to make … more

One of the longest running projects for the Pilot Club of Mineola is their dinner for veterans with a program of elementary students who have won the patriotic poster, essay and poetry contests. … more

The Blue Santa program is gearing up for another year of granting Christmas wishes as local police officers and first responders take children shopping who otherwise might have a lean Christmas. … more

The Wreaths Across America program continues to grow across Wood County. This year the program that places Christmas wreaths on the graves of military veterans during the holiday season will be … more