🌱 What Jacksonville’s new UIL classification means for future rivalries

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In today's newsletter:

• What Jacksonville’s new UIL classification means for future rivalries

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Eve Candlelight Services and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A couple of showers, with a high of 70 and low of 39 degrees.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 60, low: 48.
• Saturday: Sunny and breezy, with a high of 76 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• High School Sports: Cutoff numbers released for UIL Reclassification and Realignment (panolawatchman.com) — Jacksonville High will compete in Class 4A Division I for the 2026–28 UIL cycle, with an enrollment figure of 1,254 students. Local fans can now see how Jacksonville stacks up alongside regional rivals like Lindale, Kilgore, Palestine, and Bullard as districts are set on February 3, 2026.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jacksonville

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Jacksonville Economic Development Corporation
  309 E Commerce St, Jacksonville
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Adulting 2.0 @ the Library
  Jacksonville Public Library - Jacksonville TX 75766
  10:00 am

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
  1428 S Houston St , Bullard
  10:00 pm

Thursday December 25

• Kiwanis Weekly Meeting
  Chamber of Commerce , 307 E Commerce St , Jacksonville
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Economic Development Corporation Meeting
  Council Chambers / Court Building , 311 E. Main St. , Whitehouse
  12:00 pm
• Cookies & Cocoa
  Chamber of Commerce , 307 E Commerce St , Jacksonville
  2:00 pm
• Visit Santa Claus – Tyler, TX
  Altra Federal Credit Union - Tyler Troup Highway , 5523 Troup Hwy , Tyler
  3:00 pm
• Alto Girls Varsity Basketball @ Douglass
  Douglass ISD , 20712 FM 225 , Douglass
  5:00 pm
• Lee & Jeff - Texas Music City - Tyler
  Texas Music City Grill & Smokehouse Tyler , 5424 Old Jacksonville Hwy , Tyler
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Groveton Boys Varsity Basketball @ Cushing
  Cushing Independent School District , 1088 Bearkat Dr , Cushing
  1:30 pm
• Calamity Janes Band
  Serenade Range Concert Venue , 12290 Farm to Market 344 E , Whitehouse
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• TAAM Black History Month Celebration
  309 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd , Tyler
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This is up at the women’s Mission thrift store right across from the railroad tracks by the tomato bowl!
  This is so adorable. It’s for the size of American doll American girl doll it’s too big for Barbie but if you’re looking to get your little girl… (Nextdoor College, Lake, Pineda)

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Jacksonville. Apply here.
• Sonic Drive-In posted a job opening for Crew Member in Jacksonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jacksonville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bullard

• Bullard ISD begins search for new superintendent (tylerpaper.com)
• More info revealed about Bullard standoff (ktbb.com)

Rusk

• CANDIDATE ANNOUNCEMENT: Gregg Loden runs for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 (jacksonvilleprogress.com)
• Modern technology identifies final perpetrator in 1983 Kilgore, TX, KFC murders (magnoliareporter.com)

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