Area Breaking News

    Leon County Judge, Byron Ryder, has announced a Declaration of Local State Disaster due to public health emergency. The county judge has determined that extraordinary and immediate measures must be taken to respond quickly to prevent and slow down the community spread of COVID-19. All individuals currently living in Leon County are ordered…

  Leon County has declared a public health disaster effective until April 3, 2020. Additionally, Gov. Abbott has issued an emergency executive order banning gatherings of 10 or more people. As a result, many local businesses have made changes in hours of operation and services. Please continue to support local businesses as much as possible…

Several events that were posted in the Messenger of March l8, 2020 have been cancelled. We received the request to cancel these ads after the paper had gone to press. The following have been cancelled: The Marquez Chamber of Commerce Crawfish Boil scheduled for Saturday, March 28th has been cancelled.  It is unknown if it…