March 23, 2024 by Mark Archibald — Corsicana Daily Sun The Navarro County Republican Executive Committee voted to endorse Daylon Caldwell and Doug Woolsey on their bids to join the Corsicana ISD Board of Trustees. The position of School Board is nonpartisan, although i recent years school board positions have become political said Navarro County Republican Chairman Steve Jessup. Caldwell is running for Place 3, said that if elected, his primary focus would be committing the district back to educational excellence. Caldwell is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Pathway Services, a mortuary forensic autopsy service located in Waco.  Caldwell, […]

Saturday, April 27, 2024 The annual “Derrick Days” Festival was established in 1976 to commemorate Corsicana’s rich oil history and its significant impact on the community’s development. Drilling for water in 1894 resulted in the first significant discovery of oil west of the Mississippi River, which led to Texas’ first oil boom.  In 1923, a new and even larger oil deposit, the Powell oil field, unleashed a new oil boom.  This brought a variety of new citizens and commerce to Corsicana’s historic downtown business and residential properties.  Today, there are activities for everyone in the family to enjoy, such as:  […]

Victor has been the mascot for the Republican Party of Texas since the 2012 state convention.  He has been generously housed in Navarro County.        

March 2, 1836 Texas Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836.  Sixty delegates from all over Texas signed the declaration. In the fall of 1835, many Texans, both Anglo-American colonists and Tejanos, concluded  that liberty and republicanism in Mexico, as reflected in its Constitution of 1824, were dead. The dictatorship of President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, supported by rich landowners, had seized control of the governments and subverted the constitution.  As dissension and discord mounted in Texas, both on the military front and on the seat of the provisional […]

October 14, 2023  —  5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar will be the keynote speaker for the “Taking Care Of Republican Business” fundraising event benefiting the Republican Party of Navarro County.  It will be held at the Navarro College Cook Center, 3200 West Seventh Avenue (North 41st Street & West Collin Avenue) in Corsicana on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 6:00 pm.  Dinner, auction, and speakers will begin at 6:15 pm.  (Contributor Reception will occur at 5:30-6:00 pm).  Dress business casual.  Singing entertainment by Joanna Fritz. State Senator SD02 Bob Hall will introduce Texas […]