Following an executive session at its March 11 city council meeting, the council voted to hire Ray Lacy as the city’s new police chief. Lacy was most recently the interim police chief in …
A new tractor dealership received the final thumbs-up at the Weatherford City Council meeting March 11. The Kioti Tractor dealership on 2.46 acres at 1435 Fort Worth Hwy. next to All About Kids …
Parker County will be well-represented among the girls and boys at this year's State Powerlifting Meets. The girls are competing this weekend, March 15, at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, …
For Bill McAdams, Jr. the movie God’s Here was a labor of love and personal grief. The film revolves around a tragedy that occurs just before Christmas and the protagonist Jack …
The Kangaroos and Lady Roos were among the field at the Bearcat Relays on March 6 in Aledo. The Kangaroos placed fifth. The Lady Roos finished sixth. Among the junior varsity team, the Lady Roos …
The phone was ringing inside the Malt Shop Monday, even though it was closed. When Janie Harrison announced she was selling one of Parker County’s favorite burger joints, more than 1,000 …
The movement started when the church Jeff Oakes attends, Weatherford Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, encouraged members to become more involved with the community. The half-mile road in …
Guests to the annual Careity Foundation Cancer Survivor Luncheon were treated to uproarious laughter, rodeo tickets, and special Careity gift bags January 28 during the Fort Worth Stock Show & …
The Parker County Health Foundation hosted its annual Boots & Bling gala at the River Ranch Stockyards on Saturday, February. 15. The sold-out crowd enjoyed food, conversation, an auction, and a …
In November of 2023, Steve and Barbara Russell celebrated 50 years of marriage. The couple marked the occasion by taking the trip of a lifetime. Traveling to France, Spain, and Italy, the …
Along a heavily wooded fork of the Trinity River, three miles south of Aledo, a small farm with a big heart is producing bountiful crops exclusively for particular consumers — people who need …
In the early 1990s when Aledo School Board member Rhonda Torres would meet with Superintendent Willard Stuard in a little white house that stood in front of what is now Aledo Middle School, her young …
An athletic trainer is in the rare position of hoping a certain aspect of their job never has to take place. "We hope to not see major injuries, but there are a few every year that require …
Had a Texas Aggie been a Rip Van Winkle wannabe in 2011, he (she) might hardly recognize the university upon awakening from slumber in 2025. There might be understandable confusion. Is real time …
Taxation without representation is tyranny. Though it’s hard to nail down who initially coined this statement, it was the hue and cry of “British Americans” when they fought during …
Odds of brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright constructing, then flying, the world’s first powered aircraft in 1903 — and Southwest Airlines’ founding what would become one of the …
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