LeTourneau University in Longview recognizes spring graduates who received bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Among them were Olivia Donnelly of Mineola with a bachelor of science in ...

The following students were named to the Spring 2025 President’s List at LeTourneau University in Longview. The President’s List recognizes students who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade ...

Madyson Grace Pence earned a 3.5 GPA or higher in the spring 2025 semester, securing a position on Southern Arkansas University’s Dean’s List. Pence is a senior pre-professional exercise ...

The fallout continues from the arrest of a former Winnsboro ISD coach, Nicholas Gabriele on June 5. On Monday, Jared Alan Lancaster, teacher/coach, was arrested at his home by the Wood County ...

A Mineola man has been sentenced to 55 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Fransisco ...

Fourteen defendants who were placed on probation in Wood County were found to have violated the terms and conditions of their probation and had their probated sentences revoked in 402nd District ...

The city of Mineola has ceased picking up limbs and brush during the summer months through August. The city requests that limbs and brush not be left on the curb during this time. City ...

Members of the Elizabeth Denton English Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will present a public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4 at 10 a.m. at the ...

Three members of the Mineola High School softball team and one player from Alba-Golden have been awarded all-state honors. Adielyn Smith, Alba-Golden sophomore pitcher, was named to the Texas ...

Summer has arrived, and with it is our Summer Reading event. We are halfway through this program. We had a great kick-off, ...

Wood County news and quotes from exactly 50 years ago, as seen in the June 26, 1975 edition of the Wood County Democrat “Lake Fork Dam Bids To Be Explained” “Passing ...

Mineola’s Adopt-A-Street program continues Saturday morning as volunteers fan out to pick up litter around the city. They will meet June 28 at 8 a.m. across from the mini-train depot at ...