When Weatherford High School seniors attend their graduation ceremony in 2027, they’ll be doing it at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, the district recently announced. The ceremony will …
Willow Park City Council approved, during its Tuesday, Sept. 22, meeting, an ordinance updating several water utility rates and fees for Fiscal Year 2026-27. The decision continues the …
Weatherford City Council voted unanimously during its Tuesday, Sept. 22, meeting to join in the formation of the Parker County Public Utility Agency (PUA). The vote comes after several …
Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals will be restored after a nearly year-long stalemate between the state and the federal government ended, the Texas Standard reported. …
A representative of Freese & Nichols, the firm managing Parker County’s transportation bond program, gave commissioners a project-by-project update during the Sept. 14 …
In August, when The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the Accountability A-F Ratings for the 2025-26 school year and Weatherford ISD improved to a B from a C, the effort to improve that to an A …
The Senate Republican leadership is pouring tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. Senate campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight race with …
Editor’s note: This story was originally published Sept. 20, 2001, in The Community News. The subject, Cindy Bartlett, a former Aledo resident, passed away in 2025.
Willow Park City Council approved the 2026-27 fiscal year budget during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8. The budget includes $5,360,440 in projected revenues, offset by projected expenditures of …
Completing the final steps in the budget process, Weatherford City Council approved the published tax rate of 39.2246 cents per $100 valuation and the 2026-27 fiscal year budget during its meeting …
With the state’s new fiscal year beginning on Sept. 1, Texas hospitals are expected to lose $27 million per day in additional Medicaid funding, according to the Texas …
The Weatherford College Board of Trustees approved a $117 million budget and a property tax rate of 11.4716 cents for the 2026-27 fiscal year at a special meeting Thursday. The meeting included …
A man faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon stemming from a road rage incident Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, in northwest Parker County. Parker County Sheriff’s Office …
Parker County Commissioners Court appointed Bryan Grimes as county manager Tuesday, Sept. 2, according to a press release. Grimes, who previously served as the county's director of Strategic …
Hudson Oaks Mayor Tom Fitzpatrick commended Eagle Scout candidate Preston Fought for improvements Fought and his crew made to the city’s public safety building as an Eagle Scout …
The pushback against booming data center construction continues to grow, even as the state’s grid operator warns of rolling blackouts in West Texas if new transmission lines aren’t built, the …
Parker County Commissioners Court spent nearly three hours Tuesday, Aug. 25, working through a long list of budget decisions for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, opening the session with a public hearing …
Emergency crews and first-responders made headway on a wildfire that broke out in Palo Pinto County and traveled north into Jack County, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. More than 30 …
A busy night for the Weatherford ISD Board of Trustees began with a special meeting to host a public hearing on the 2026-27 budgets and ultimately vote to adopt it. In all, there are three …
Willow Park City Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, so residents can provide their input on the proposed budget and tax rate to support it. It is expected council …
Weatherford City Council voted to propose maintaining last year’s tax rate of 39.2246 cents per $100 valuation for the upcoming fiscal year 2027 budget during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. …
With the Nov. 3 general election approaching, Parker County commissioners approved a slate of election preparations during their regular meeting Monday, Aug. 24, including polling locations and the …
Amidst mounting public outcry, the federal government last week halted construction of border barriers through state park property in far West Texas, The Texas Tribune reported. …
Weatherford ISD students may have just started class but the district has already received a grade. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released the Accountability A-F Ratings for the 2025-26 …
Herstle Renfroe has dedicated more than a decade serving others as a first-responder, according to Sacred Cross EMS. And that’s what the Sacred Cross EMT was doing when a house fire …
