Sixty years of “Friendship & Service” was celebrated last week during the annual installation of officers for the Pilot Club ...

Easter weekend my young daughter was busy building a fort in the living room – it is a holiday thing at our house. She used ...

A variety of business leaders outlined the economic prospects and challenges for Wood County in the Mineola Chamber of ...

Wood County hosted its first Ruck for the Fallen Saturday morning in Quitman, and plans are that it won’t be the last. Some ...

Twenty-six Quitman residents participated in a town hall at the Quitman Public Library last Thursday to exchange ideas about ...

Lucille Gilbreath, honorary regent, installed the new officers of the Elizabeth Denton English Chapter of the National ...

Will Louderman explained that he started helping his grandfather, Phil Jones, harvest sweet potatoes as soon as he could ...

Alba-Golden, Mineola, Quitman and Yantis have high school graduation ceremonies scheduled   this week and next. Mineola and ...

Three persons remained in the Wood County jail Tuesday after firing at deputies near Lake Holbrook last Thursday, May 15. Deputies responded to the Lake Holbrook recreational area around 10 p.m.

The Fannie Marchman Garden Club in Mineola will hosts its annual garden tour Saturday, May 31 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at any of the five locations: Ken ...

Wood County commissioners approved two new subdivisions, trade-in of old sheriff’s department vehicles and corrected an election date in a brief meeting Tue 13. The Curmudgeon ...

News from exactly 50 years ago this week, as seen in the May 22, 1975 edition of the Wood County Democrat “Bruises, Fun At Donkey Ball Game” (What goes around, comes around!) ...