Shoppers in Wood County paid more than $10 million in sales taxes during 2025, according to the final report of the year from the state comptroller’s office. It marked the first time the ...

Though much of the revised Wood County employee handbook deals with updated verbiage and inclusion of requirements of various laws, one proposed change will alter the way employees are allowed to use ...

Mineola Rotary Club Members Tom Jordan, President John Dollarhide, Beth Shockey, past pesident Roy Shockey, Mineola Memorial Library Director Mary Hurley and Rotarians Ray Shockey, Cody Mize and Greg ...

The Quitman City Council approved a variance in construction code to the Quitman ISD bond expansion during the Thursday council meeting. The variance is for penetrations in the to-be-built storm ...

Wood County Monitor offices will be closed Dec. 24-26 and Jan 1-2, and no edition will be published on Jan. 1. Offices will reopen on Monday, Jan. 5, and the next edition will be published as ...

McPherson College, a four-year private college in central Kansas, recognizes its highest academic achievers in its fall 2025 Honor Roll and Honorable Mention. Keegan Macpherson-McNeil of ...

The annual Quitman Pilot Club’s Chili Cook-Off fundraiser will be held Friday, Jan. 30 from 6-8 p.m. at the Carroll Green Civic Center in Quitman. 2026 is expected to be a sell-out year, so cooking ...

Some 609 students graduated from Tyler Junior College on Friday, Dec. 12, including 30 Wood County students, listed alphabetically by hometown. Alba: Johnny Campisi, Lorenzo Castorena, Pamela ...

For the 12th year, CRAPPIEFEST is coming to Wood County. And they’re bringing Cody Cannon of Whiskey Myers with them. The three-day festival will take place March 27-29 at the Sabine River ...

The Mineola Community Friends are putting on their annual “Friendsmas” event on Christmas Day. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Logan’s Place. Organizer Brandi O’Shea says that ...

Recognitions and presentations at the Mineola ISD board meeting Monday, Dec. 15 were led by the Buzz’s Ultimate Effort Award, usually reserved for last. Though it’s not technically a ...

All that pre-district hard work is beginning to pay off. The Mineola Lady Jackets began their district campaign last Tuesday with a 57-31 win over the visiting Malakoff Lady Tigers. Mineola did ...