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President Bill Dixon with newest Pittsburg Rotary Club member, Realtor Sonya Warrick Barker.
President Bill Dixon with program speaker Richard Witherspoon, of Herschel’s Restaurants

Herschel’s Owner talks Franchising

Thu, 04/09/2026 - 5:00am

The Rotary Club of Pittsburg met at noon on Wednesday, April 1, in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church. First discussion of business was the scholarship program for local high school seniors. The Scholarship Committee discussed giving $1,000 scholarships to as many seniors as they could. During the meeting, the basket was passed and the $6,000 current amount was increased to almost $9,000 by the end of the meeting.

URECC Upgrading

Thu, 04/09/2026 - 5:00am

The 2026 annual meeting of the Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation (URECC) met at the Upshur Rural headquarters in Gilmer Texas, on Thursday, April 2, at 1:00 for a two-hour meeting. URECC provides power to over 51,000 meters across a ten-county area in Northeast Texas. The cooperative mainly serves Upshur, Smith, Gregg, Harrison, and Wood counties, along with surrounding areas, including parts of Camp, Cass, Marion, Rusk, and Titus counties. For eighty-nine years the group has met to discuss how they have done over the past year and what they anticipate achieving over the next twenty years. There were 356 co-op members in attendance at the meeting.

Kyleigh McBeth - in silent auction Courtesy photo
Grand Champion Market Steer - Brooklyn McNutt - $4,400 - McNutt Land & Cattle
Grand Champion Ag Mechanics - Gabriel Bradshaw - $3,600 - Michael Matthews
Grand Champion Rabbit - Gunner Shumard - $1,800 - Pittsburg Tractor & City National Bank
Grand Champion Swine - Brylie Moore $2,000 - Cypress Bank-Cato
Grand Champion Goat - Blakely Berry - $2,500 - Cypress Bank-Cato
Grand Champion Lamb - Haizlee Sorensen $2,100 - S&S Roofing
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Grand Champion Broiler - Cooper LLewellyn - $1,900 - Pilgrims
Grand Champion Photography - cutline - Wade Marks - in silent auction
Reserve Champion Drawing - Cooper Llewellyn - in silent auction
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4-H’s Show Beats Records

Thu, 04/02/2026 - 5:00am

On Saturday, March 7, the 2026 Camp County Youth Show, in the Aubrey Pilgrim Heritage Center, and Ag Exhibition building, 4-Hers and FFAers exceeded the anticipated $120,000 total show amount. Last year the 4-H Camp County Youth Show netted just over $100,000. This year, so far, according to the association treasurer, Staci Lowe, they brought in over $146,500. The final number would not be available for at least another couple of months because folks were doing add-ons (sending extra money) for the show animals.

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