News
Friends of Linden Public Library will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, at Linden United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Everyone is welcome.
The Atlanta City Council held a regular session on Tuesday in the council chambers located at city hall.
By Lacy Gross
A generous grant from the Still Water Foundation is making it possible for Preservation Texas staff, board and other experts to visit six counties in Northeast Texas on September 23rd and 24th.
Workers are preparing the area for demolition of the “first grade wing” at Miller Grade School.
L-K Jr. High Majorettes spent three days at the Tops in Twirling Camp at Kilgore Junior College and three days at the Twirl-A-Jacks Camp at Stephen F. Austin State University this summer.
Columns & Opinions
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 5 issued eight executive orders in hopes of preventing further mass shootings.
John Murrell was always trouble, but he and his criminal network terrorized much of the South in ways that no organized crime figures have before or since.
Linden is heating up! Not a good pun this week, but we are literally and figuratively heating up. Several of our programs are gathering steam.
The sharp blast of gunfire broke the early morning quiet on a cold January morning in 1918.
The sharp blast of gunfire broke the early morning quiet on a cold January morning in 1918.
Sports
The Atlanta Rabbit freshman football team traveled to Gladewater on Sept. 5, to face-off against the Bears.
By Special To The Journal From Coach Nick Miller
Seventh Grade
Atlanta’s seventh and eighth grade football teams both defeated the Gladewater Bears last Thursday night at Rabbit Stadium.
By Special To The Journal From Coach Matt Johnson
The Queen City Bulldogs traveled to face the Winnsboro Red Raiders in their first road game of the season last Friday night.
By Adam Pettit
Lifestyle
U.S. Air Force Airman Patrick Hamilton graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Atlanta councilman Chad Clements was on hand to read the proclamation from Atlanta Mayor Travis Ransom that August 3, will be “Frog the Rooster Day”. Aug.
Jan McGowan 1st place (State Bank)
Kay Reynolds 2nd place (Atlanta ISD)
Margaret Yates 3rd place (Atl City Hall)
Nancy Martin 4th place (Cass Co. Bank)
Members of Mark Epperson Chapter United States Daughters of 1812 gathered at Linden Public Library on Aug. 6 to donate four children’s books on the War of 1812.
The struggle of addiction is real, and more often than not, a beast. Addiction knows no social class, race, or gender. Fortunately, there are outreach services to help those in need.
By Rebecca Strutton
Obituaries
Judy Dugan, loving mother and grandmother, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Frankston.
Charles Smitty Glass, age 78, of Queen City, Texas went to be with the Lord Wednesday, September 4, 2019 in a Texarkana, Texas hospital.
Dwight Eugene Mussman age 66, of Atlanta, Texas went to sleep in death Sunday, September 1, 2019 at his residence.
Lynn Primm, born July 20, 1940, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at his home in Atlanta, TX surrounded by family and friends.
Ronnie D. Payne, age 68, of Doddridge, Arkansas, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at his residence.
My Aunt went to be with the Lord on Aug.3, 2019, she will be remember by the Edward Family. Rosie Lee and Rosetta was cousins that married two brothers that made them sis-n-laws.
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