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July 31, 2026

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In this issue

  • Future 'Roos put in the work

    Thursday, July 30

    Weatherford hosted its football camp.

  • Future Bearcats on the prowl

    Thursday, July 30

    Aledo hosted its football camps this week.

  • Launch on the Lawn

    Thursday, July 30

    Launch on the Lawn will take place from 6 - 8 p.m. on Aug. 16 at Lakeshore Baptist Church in Hudson Oaks. The event is for all ages. There will be free games, music, and bounce houses for the kids. …

  • Schools will follow ‘Wet Bulb’ temperature for the upcoming school year

    Thursday, July 30

    With practices officially being able to start next week for UIL activities, the worry is always with the oppressive Texas heat and coaches trying to find ways to avoid the worst of it. This year …

  • Sports Briefs for July 31

    Thursday, July 30

    BASEBALL Love commits to DBU Senior-to-be Garhett Love of the Aledo Bearcats has committed to play at Dallas Baptist University following his 2027 graduation from AHS. Love helped the …

  • Aledo's Hardison wins national pole vault title

    Thursday, July 30

    Aledo High School's pole vault history is renowned, with the program sending vaulters to the state track meet on almost an annual basis. Now they can add a national champion to their resume'. …

  • ‘Cole would have loved this’

    Thursday, July 30

    The Aledo Black 7U baseball team was playing in the championship game of this summer’s USCSA World Series in Baton Rouge and found itself behind for the first time in the tournament. That’s …

  • Mayor, council debate agenda setting

    Thursday, July 30

    Willow Park Mayor Teresa Palmer's ongoing feud with city council members continued Tuesday night, July 28, as she pushed an agenda item stressing she was being left out of the agenda-setting process. …

  • Council hears pitch on new water agency

    Thursday, July 30

    As has been happening in neighboring cities and agencies in Parker County over the past few months, the city received an update on an initiative to help alleviate the water issues some in the county …

  • Veteran journalist joins The Community News

    Thursday, July 30

    Long-time journalist Richard Nelson has been named the new editor at The Community News in Aledo. Nelson started his newspaper career as a sports reporter at his hometown newspaper, The Baytown …

  • EV charging station coming to H-E-B lot

    Thursday, July 30

    The Hudson Oaks City Council considered a proposal by Rivian to add electric vehicle charging stations to the existing parking lot at the H-E-B store at its July 23 meeting. The proposal called …

  • New challenge to school funding system

    Thursday, July 30

    The Midland school district is suing Education Commissioner Mike Morath and other state leaders in another challenge to the state’s public school finance system, known as “Robin …

  • Warning: Don’t let Bankhead construction make you tardy

    Thursday, July 30

    Bankhead Highway is closed off to thru-traffic for the time being, and the city has asked patrons to use the Interstate 20 service road as a detour.   Construction for the utility line …

  • Aledo library crafting group makes T. rex cross stitch projects

    Thursday, July 30

    In honor of Unearth a Story, Aledo Public Library’s dinosaur-themed summer reading program, participants at the library’s monthly crafting group worked on T. rex cross stitch projects. The …

  • ‘Anything can happen if you let it’

    Thursday, July 30

    Hannah Beth Baker and Emily Farmer-Smith have a friendship that is super … califragilisticexpialidocious. Like many best friends, Baker and Farmer-Smith share a love for many things, most …

  • Richard A. Baack

    Wednesday, July 29

    Richard A. Baack of Willow Park passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at the age of 77. He was born on June 8, 1949, in Pipestone, Minnesota, and lived a life defined by ingenuity, determination, …

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