Saturday, April 26, 2025 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:  […]

Candidate Contact Information and Vote Center Locations: POLLING LOCATIONS FOR MAY 3, 2025 YMCA Rhoades Optimist Room400 Oaklawn Drive, Corsicana Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints3800 Emhouse Road, Corsicana Rice City Hall305 N. Dallas Street, Rice Chatfield Community Center4808 FM Road 1603, Chatfield Martin Luther King Center1114 East Sixth Avenue, Corsicana Bears’ Den802 South 2nd Street, Corsicana Kerens ISD Administration Building200 Bobcat Lane, Kerens Eureka United Methodist Church8644 South Highway 287, Corsicana Mildred City Hall5415 FM Road 637, Corsicana Navarro College Cook Center3200 West Seventh Avenue, Corsicana Navarro County Courthouse Annex601 North 13th Street, Corsicana Dawson Volunteer Fire […]

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 […]

April 23, 2024  —  6:00 pm Louie Gohmert, former U.S. Congressman, will be keynote speaker and Brian Harrison, Texas State Representative HD10, will be the guest speaker, for the thirteenth annual “Reagan Day Dinner” fundraising event, benefiting the Republican Party of Navarro County.  It will be held at the Navarro College Cook Center, 3100 West Collin Avenue in Corsicana on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 6 pm.  Dinner, auction, and speakers will begin at 6:30 pm. (Contributor Reception will occur at 5:00-6:00 pm).  Cocktail attire.  Three drink tickets included.  Dinner catered by Alisha Greer of Affordable Affairs.  Music and dancing […]

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