The city council held a special retreat Saturday with city department heads. The overwhelming consensus seemed to be that development of the downtown area and the city's parks would bring the most benefit to the city.
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The city council held a special retreat Saturday with city department heads. The overwhelming consensus seemed to be that development of the downtown area and the city's parks would bring the most benefit to the city.
The Mineola City Council has a retreat planned for Saturday, June 15th at 9 AM in the council chamber. A retreat is where each of the department heads of the city come before the council with their priorities and ideas they would like to implement in their department. Each council member will also have...
Traffic management and clean-up are the order of the day after a barrel of diesel fuel spilled on to Hwy 69 right in front of the Mineola Historical Museum today. Crews are using peat moss to soak up the fuel while MPD officers control the traffic in the area. If you are planning to...
Full results of Saturday's Mayoral and City Council election by voting district. Two races in the election were decided by five votes or less. If there was ever a doubt, this graphic will prove that every vote counts.
Just over 400 votes were cast for mayor in this election and candidate Ken Pearce came out on top by a tiny margin of 4 votes. After such a small margin, a recount is certainly possible and can be asked for by a candidate. Also elected today were incumbent Pat Wood for City Council...
Mineola May Days 2013 was a great success. The weather cooperated and the festival was very well attended.
APET SPCA is sponsoring our 4th annual Woofin’ Waggin Walk-A-Thon on Saturday May 4 at the Mineola Civic Center. Participants will walk their dogs around the grounds with sponsorships from donors for their walks. The student who achieves the most in donations will be awarded a prize. We are inviting walkers of all ages and would really appreciate a large turn...
It was announced to the city by the National Park Service that Mineola would be added to the National Register of Historic Places. This is a fantastic thing for the city in that the increased exposure will help local business and bring more people to town. In a short phone conversation with Main St....
Full audio of the mayoral forum between Bo Whitus and Ken Pearce. Monday, May 29 at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, which is a really nice church. Thank you to Demethruis Boyd for planning and hosting this event.
This Saturday, April 13th, Mineola's newest shop, Stonewall Jackson's Armory & World Coin Gallery opens. There are lots of prizes, great deals and fun for collectors and for the whole family. Mineola Buzz fans get a free gift. This is a Huge Grand Opening Event.
Late last night the details were made public for the pending merger of Mineola and Lindale. The mayors of the two cities have been working on this for over a year. “It just makes sense”, said a Lindale official of the merger. “Every time we have gotten close to completing the merger, more details...
Beckat Oil and Fuel has built another distributorship in Mineola to better serve their customers. They now offer 24 hour drive-up service for ethanol-free premium gasoline and highway diesel. Beckat also has red farm diesel available during business hours. Ethanol-free gasoline is preferred on farm equipment and other items that might sit for periods...
Two candidates have announced their intent to run for mayor of Mineola. We asked direct questions about issues in our city, current and future challenges and more. Read their answers.
Mineola citizens are encouraged to get involved in their city government. Often, city council and other positions are decided with no contest because only one person runs for a given office. If you would like to be involved, now is a prime opportunity.
Mineola has watched with a glow of pride as Kacey Musgraves has progressed in her singer/songwriter career. Now we have an opportunity to give her career a boost. She has been nominated for New Female Vocalist of the Year for this year’s ACM Awards. The awards will air Sunday, April 7th at 7PM on...
Pastor Demethruis Boyd will lead a city wide MLK service on Monday, January 21st starting with a city wide community walk of unity at 10:30 am from the Amtrak pavilion down Front St. to St. Paul. Services at St. Paul begins about 11:00. Pastor Boyd will be the speaker and a variety of Mineola Ministerial...
Toward the end of last week, all the weather gurus said we had a small chance of snow on Christmas. You probably thought the same thing I did, “Yeah… right!” Late yesterday the forecast was revised because the front was supposed to dip further south than originally predicted. And dip south it did. We...
A message from Pastor Demethruis Boyd: Come join us for a Christmas Eve celebration. The event is from 6 to 8 PM. We will open at six with a festive church tour concluding with a brief worship service conducted by our youth and young adult ministries. I will be sharing a mini message and...
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We’re happy to bring you video of this year’s Christmas Parade in its entirety. The city has done extensive work on the Christmas decorations in town over the past few years. Downtown looks great at night. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a trip downtown after dark.
