News
Multiple counties in Texas have been put under a burn ban for seven days including Cass County. Judge Travis Ransom signed the Cass County Commissioner’s Court order Mar. 20.
Longtime Cass County Citizens Journal-Sun sports editor Tim Emmons has been named the new General Manager of your hometown community newspaper.
Last week Samantha Smith, a former Hughes Springs’ daycare worker, was arrested after investigators reportedly discovered a video of her sexually assaulting a child.
Spring is popping up all over Cass County with the blooming of daffodils, red buds and pollen. Photo by Melanie Rhyne
Sharon Haynes is home now. She’s among the last graduates of Pleasant Hill’s Rosenwald School which closed in 1964. It had just 23 students.
By Neil Abeles
Columns & Opinions
Gov. Jimmy Allred became governor of Texas in a desperate time for Texas. The Great Depression created many hardships for families and crippled state finances.
The Texas Senate last week passed a bill to allow school districts to set aside time for inschool prayer and gave initial approval to requiring all schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in
Texas farmers are voicing growing concerns about tariffs being enacted by President Trump adversely affecting their ability to sell agricultural goods overseas, the Houston Chronicle reported.
(New Boston) - State Representative Gary VanDeaver (R-New Boston) was recently informed that there have been four cases of measles confirmed in Lamar County. Rep.
Hospitals watch as children fill the wards. The diagnosis, numbering in the hundreds, would be the same: the dreaded measles.
Critics say a House bill proposing $7.5 billion in new funding for public education doesn’t go far enough, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Sports
BASEBALL
Atlanta High School Mar. 28 – vs. Redwater (JV, V) – 4:30 p.m. Apr. 1 – at DeKalb (JV, V) – 4:30 p.m.
Bloomburg High School Mar. 28 – vs. Avery – 4:30 p.m.
Atlanta’s varsity girls’ team won its third consecutive title at the conclusion of the Atlanta Lions Club/ Gordon Pynes/Runnin’ Rabbs Relay last Friday.
By Tim Emmons
Atlanta Baseball
On Mar. 11 the Rabbits topped rival Queen City 15-2. For the Rabbs, Peyton Harrison was on the hill and gave up three hits over six innings with five strikeouts.
By Tim Emmons
PAUL PEWITT HIGH SCHOOL RELAYS Linden-Kildare and McLeod track and field participants competed in the Sibley Brahma Relays on Mar. 7 at Paul Pewitt High School.
By Tim Emmons
Lifestyle
The Atlanta Lions Club program featured Jennifer Cunningham, Dean of the University of Arkansas Texarkana Campus.
The Cass County Genealogical Society will meet on Thursday, March 13th, 2025 for their monthly Membership Meeting At our March meeting our Guest Speaker will be C.C.G.S. Publisher Dr.
Track Coach Nick Miller was the guest speaker at the Atlanta Lions Club Thursday.
Obituaries
Linda Campbell, 71, of Avinger, passed away Friday, March 14, 2025. She was born on October 27, 1953. Arrangements entrusted to Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs.
Funeral services for Tatum Stambaugh, 17, of Hughes Springs, were 3 p.m. Friday, 3/21/2025, at South Union Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Robert Wesley Barrett, 70, of Humble, were at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Reeder- Davis Funeral Home Chapel-Hughes Springs. Burial followed at Hughes Springs Cemetery.
Funeral services for James “Burt” Samples, 44, of Jonesboro, AR, were 11 a.m. Friday, March 21, 2025, at First Baptist Church-Hughes Springs.
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