News
Last week I was reading in the Good Book about “good works.” Ephesians 2:10 says, “…we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should wal
By Ken Ansell
Bob Swisher, Allie Anderson, Christophe Trahan, Jana Bounds, Treasurer for the Linden Heritage Foundation, Sandra Skoog, and Joe Lovelace, President of the Linden Heritage foundation were presen
Linden’s leading ladies met up for lunch Wednesday at First Baptist Church, the luncheon was hosted by the Cass County Sun.
By Emily Sanders
Columns & Opinions
When I first moved to Atlanta one of the first questions I was asked was where are you sending your kids to?
By Shawn Larson
CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
AUSTIN — Texas now boasts its own Domestic Terrorism Task Force, established by order of the governor in the wake of the deadly Aug. 3 shooting in El Paso.
By Ed Sterling
The City of Linden has had a great week! We have met the goal of the Let Linden Shine project. We will have the best lit tower in all of Texas, no maybe the world!! By September 14th.
By Bob Swisher
Sports
The Queen City Bulldogs kicked off football season last week with a black light pep rally and an intrasquad scrimmage that got underway at 12:01.
By A Special To The Journal
Volleyball has been in full swing since before the school year began.
Queen City’s volleyball program battled a few different schools this last week.
By Tim Emmons
Noah “perkdaddy” Perkins and other members of the Queen City Band of Champions cover the basics and more during summer band workouts.
Linden-Kildare’s Ladavion Johnson takes reps at fall practice last week.
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 Linden Lions Club met Thursday, Aug. 1 for their weekly meeting. Chris Paddie, the Texas House of Representative for District 9 was the guest speaker.
By Karen Whatley
Obituaries
Mamie Belle Penny, age 82, of Atlanta, Texas went to be with the Lord Friday, August 16, 2019 in a Atlanta, Texas adult care facility.
Jane Ann Karalis, 74, of Linden, Texas passed away on August 11, 2019 surrounded by her loved ones. Born October 11, 1945, in San Diego, CA, she was the daughter of Dorothy and Fred Miller.
Rosie Lee Edwards, 83, formerly of Atlanta, passed away Aug. 3, 2019 in El Paso.
She was born June 9, 1936 in Shreveport, La.
Lisa Law Arnold, age 58, of Atlanta, Texas, went to be with the Lord, August 8, 2019, in an Atlanta, Texas hospital.
On the morning of July 27, 2019, 2:27 am, Phillip William Hall of Seabrook, Texas went with the Lord at the age of 79.
Jeanne Brandt Wilson, age 92, of Douglassville, Texas went to be with the Lord Monday, July 29, 2019 in an Atlanta, Texas nursing home.
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