The first Monday in August is known as August Monday in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. It is also know as Emancipation Monday, marking the day the British Empire freed all of its slaves. …
The Parker County Republican Party has a vacancy for Republican Chair. We are asking the Republicans of Parker County to support Joe Wilkinson for this important position. Joe is all about all …
Friends, The County Chairman of the Republican Party has resigned, and the precinct chairs, the folks from your neighborhood who represent you on local Republican business will fill the vacancy …
“Shysters” is the only word I could think of to describe political operatives who are bombarding us with misleading mailers and billboards. I just got one in the mail yesterday. …
Dear Friends, In this place, we stand for God, Country, and Truth! You know that Parker County, Texas is one of the most conservative places in the country, and thank God for each of you as you …
A recent story on KTVT Channel 11 reported that, according to Lauren Anton, executive director of Saving Hope animal rescue, many animals they have rescued from kill shelters and other places are …
The horse…inquisitive, sensitive, totally aware, much smarter than you think, fearful, and a creature of habit. When my daughter returns to our family barn after training in Florida for six …
I often find myself reflecting on perhaps the greatest American President in my lifetime, Ronald Reagan. He sparked a conservative movement across this country by holding fast to his faith, …
How many halls of fame should Tim Buchanan be in? Well, how many are out there? Saturday, Buc, as he is known to all in Aledo, will receive yet another well-deserved accolade. He will be …
Summertime and the Living is Easy. (From the opera Porgy and Bess by Ira and George Gershwin) Well, it is summer time here in Parker County but, the living is not so easy for some folks. …
By Laura Finer The Community News My son and I were recently able to go to the opening weekend of the NCAA baseball College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. As a TCU graduate and having a …
The truth can be hard to find these days, as lies and deceit flood our social media pages, run rampant on the internet, show up on billboards, and flow freely from the mouths of self-righteous …
Some things in life are just too easy. Predicting the Dallas Cowboys will not make another Super Bowl, for example. Or saying that the Aledo Bearcats will contend for another state football …
Thanks a bunch, Weatherford College Coyotes baseball. Because of you, what might have been a laid-back week with summer starting turned into one of scrambling to get things done because we had …
Attorney General Ken Paxton is in the news locally and nationally, on social media, and in conversations. It's a hard discussion that needs facts and light before those of us who don't have the facts …
Whoever said winning is only about the person in first place never met Ben Camp. Camp is the epitome of a winner. No, he didn't win a state championship this season — though he did as a …
The May 6 Aledo ISD school bond election is about a month behind us but that doesn’t mean all of the business of the election is complete. The results are final — voters in the …
Two decades ago Jeff Lightfoot came home. A 1988 graduate of Weatherford High School, he came to Weatherford College in 2003 to start a baseball program. It wasn't long before that …
This week marks 28 years since I became owner of The Community News. We’ve seen a lot of changes over those years, from a one-elementary-school district to six, and number seven on the …
It might sound like science fiction, but the first highway for flying vehicles is already being developed in the skies over Alliance Airport north of Fort Worth. And an air corridor for flying taxis …
