February 15, 2016 - The red fox, not native to East Texas, was first introduced here in 1959 and it wasn't long before fox hunters and their dogs were spending nights in the piney woods hunting them.
January 11, 2016 - Forty-seven men and one woman have served as Shelby County Sheriff since the office was created in 1838, during the days of the Republic. Willis Blackwell became the forty-eighth person to hold the office when he was sworn in on Jan. 1, 2013.
November 9, 2015 - Noted author, educator, and historian David Swanzy will speak to the Timpson Area Geaealogical and Heritage Society at their regular monthly meeting in the Timpson Public Libray next Wednesday, Novwmber 18, 2015.
August 18, 2015 - If Timpson ISD had a Hall of Fame, Pat Franks Crawford would be in it. Her name, like those of Herbert Eakin, Preston Billingsley, and Tommy Mack Hooper, is forever linked to Timpson schools. When she retired from teaching at the end of the 2014-2015 school year, Mrs.