On Friday, July 12, 2024, TxDOT had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new State Highway 8 bridge over Lake Wright Patman. According to Texas Department of Transportation officials, it will open to traffic this week.
The Caddo Wildflower Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Mary Dougherty Senior Citizens Center, 507 S. Kaufman St., Linden. Meetings are open to the public and start with a potluck before ending with a native plants/flowers raffle.
The blue pipe, workers with high-glow yellow shirts and the machines digging and spreading dirt along Linden town streets are signs of a $4.7 million grant and loan project at work.
Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas state line, widening highway. Eastbound traffic shifted to frontage road at State Line Ave, frontage road lane closures I-30 – From FM 989 to FM 3419, extension of frontage roads. FM 2148 closed under I-30 bridge & at N. Frontage/ Hampton Rd, detour in place FM 2148 - North from US 82 & from 3419 to N. Frontage/ Hampton Rd, extension of frontage roads. Closed to thru traffic N. Frontage/Hampton Rd. - West from FM 989. Extension of frontage roads FM 989/Kings Highway - From I-30 North Frontage Rd. to Gibson Lane, widening road US 259 – Closed to thru traffic north of I-30 to FM 44, detour in place. Surface rehabilitation SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges I-369/Loop 151 - From US 59 to I-30, resurfacing road. Nightly lane closures, 8pm - 6am Cass County US 59 – From FM 3129 to SL 236, resurfacing road. Southbound lane closure SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges FM 251 - From SH 77 to FM 125, resurfacing road. Lane closures SH 77 - From FM 250 to Morris County line, resurfacing road. Lane closures SH 77 - From US 59 to 1 mile east of US 59, resurfacing road. Lane closures FM 74 - From FM 251 to FM 249, resurfacing road. Lane closures FM 130 - From FM 250 to FM 995, resurfacing road. Lane closures Marion County SH 155 - At Lake O’ The Pines, replacing bridge. Lane, shoulder closures Panola County SH 149 – 0.8 miles south of SH 315 to US 59, widening road. Eastbound ramp to US 59 closed, detour in place US 59 - At FM 1794, constructing interchange SH 315 - From FM 1970 to Rusk Co. line, resurfacing road CR 173 - At Beck Creek. Bridge replacement
From 1869 to the 1940s, the Hemperley families of Era and Doddridge were widely known and influential throughout Sulphur Township and beyond. Dr. Edward T. Hemperley of Era was a prominent medical doctor who figured in the development of that area. His nephew, Jefferson Beauregard Hemperley of Doddridge was a merchant for sixty years, having had stores at Collins Bluff, Spring Bank, and Doddridge. There were thirteen children in each of these families.