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 …
National Signing Day is a day of joy for high school athletes committing to keep playing their respective sport at the college level. It’s also a day when reality sets in that the time is …
Aledo High School has a reputation for excellence in many sports. Now lacrosse is looking to be added to that list, as Athan Iannucci was recently hired to serve as the junior varsity head coach …
New play equipment and a fresh look await visitors to a revitalized park at the end of Village Parkway, directly across from Vandagriff Elementary School. The improvements are part of a broad effort …
The honors are great but the selected are few. Out of 1,238 FFA Service Access Equity Grant applications submitted nation-wide,16 were selected from Texas and, of those, 14 are from Aledo High …
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 …
In his own words, Dan Hardick hasn’t gone far and he’s gone to a lot of places. The 2003 Aledo graduate now lives just a few miles down the road. However, his life has taken him to …
Hudson Oaks, TX – Early on a recent Saturday morning, more than two dozen members of Scout Troop 75, under the direction of Evie Banis, gathered at Dawson-Hackett Cemetery. Banis, a student at …
Parker County has become an increasingly popular filming destination for movies and television series in recent years, and local Medicare broker Lee Ann Miller has experienced much of it firsthand. …
It is one of the rarest and most exciting phenomena in the world of professional baseball — the no-hitter. From the time of the sport’s inception in 1869, there have only been 326 …
For Aledo resident Savannah Lacefield, May Flowers Mobile Bookstore is a labor of love. Lacefield, 25, opened the store about a year ago, and to this point has had a phenomenal reception. …
At an age when most girls are developing their first crush and looking forward to life in junior high school, Lilli Williams was simply trying to hang onto life. The Weatherford College …
With multiple trips to the state meet between the boys and girls teams, Aledo High School enjoys a proud tradition in the sport of distance running. Consequently, the cross country program has …
For Aledo High School cheerleader Abby Myser, Thanksgiving break included more than its usual holiday cheer, and it all began earlier this summer. The AHS sophomore participated in an …
It can be a long road to the top, but the view from there can be rewarding. In business it is seldom a smooth ride, but Spence Conrad shares what persistence and perseverance can do to help your …
Andrew Jones has been getting around a lot lately. It is not just his construction and maintenance business that sends him around North Texas, it is his part-time job as a musician that has him …
Best-selling author Andy Andrews is quoted as saying, “We’re all either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or heading for a crisis. That’s just part of being with us on this …
Donna Dickinson enjoys giving back. The Aledo woman has volunteered with the Weatherford School District for the past 30 years, and her generosity of time and spirit was recently rewarded. …
Six years ago, Rose Hoffman accepted the opportunity for a midlife career change and the chance to define the position of Communications and Marketing Director for the City of Willow Park. …
Maximum capacity crowds attended this year’s presentation of Christmas in Bethlehem at Willow Park Baptist Church.
41st annual festive journey through the pages of history in Weatherford, Texas
The Parker County Committee on Aging sponsored a successful “Jingle all the Way” fun run/walk on Dec. 14 at Holland Lake Park. The path for the evening event went through Holland Lake …