The long holiday weekend continues with events Saturday in Mineola.   The farmers market will have its weekly slate of vendors in the pavilion on W. Front St. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. And ...

The Wood County Monitor office will be closed on Friday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. The office will reopen Monday morning, July 7 at 8:30 a.m. No deadlines will be impacted by ...

Alba-Golden school district is switching banks. In a special meeting last Thursday, the AGISD board voted to accept the bid of City National Bank for the district’s depository services.

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville announced students who earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the Spring 2025 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, undergraduates must ...

The following guilty pleas and sentences assessed in 402nd District Court in Quitman on June 12. Demetreo DeLeon Gomez, Tyler, assault causes bodily injury, Class A misdemeanor, two days in ...

Shawn Hasley Moore, 38, of Hawkins was indicted by the Wood County Grand Jury Monday, June 16 for murder, a first degree felony. He is charged with the shooting death of Mitchell Palmer at a ...

The University of Texas at Tyler announced the students who were named to the spring 2025 Dean's List. To qualify, a student must have completed 12 or more credit hours of undergraduate college-level ...

Due to a main water break on State Hwy. 182 on Friday, June 27, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the City of Alba public water system to notify all customers north of US Hwy. 69 ...

Aerospace engineering.   That’s what your average high school student is up to at Quitman ISD. As of now, QISD students in ...

The city of Mineola and the Lake Country Symphonic Band will once again combine forces for a 4th of July spectacle of patriotic music and fireworks. And the band will add an extra opportunity to ...

The library will be closed Friday, July 4 in celebration of Independence Day. July is also National Anti-boredom Month. With ...

Wood County news and quotes from 25 years ago, as seen in the July 5, 2000 edition of the Wood County Democrat “‘So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town ...