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February 23, 2024

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In this issue

  • Ladycats off to solid start

    Thursday, February 22

    The Aledo Ladycats softball team is off to a 5-2 start this season. Their most recent victory was 2-0 at home over Waco Midway. Taylor McKean pitched a one-hitter and struck out 13. Feb. 13 …

  • Area youths scramble to wins at stock show

    Thursday, February 22

    Two Aledo FFA members and one Weatherford FFA member caught calves at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, earning each a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 …

  • Kangaroo Relays

    Thursday, February 22

    The Aledo Bearcats and Ladycats are - if you’ll pardon the punl - are once again expected to go far this track and field season. However, this past week they only traveled a few miles down the …

  • TSWA All-State

    Thursday, February 22

    Led by quarterback Hauss Hejny and linebacker Davhon Keys, six senior members of the Class 5A Division I state champion Aledo Bearcats were named to the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A …

  • Council approves billboard contract

    Thursday, February 22

    Now, whether going east or west, whatever message is posted on the billboard near Willow Park City Hall, you can be sure it has the city’s seal of approval. That’s because it came …

  • Willow Springs Cemetery

    Thursday, February 22

    The struggle for equal treatment for all people continues, but there was a time segregation was once not only the norm in the U.S., but also the law.   In many places, African Americans …

  • Rowls makes Aledo history

    Thursday, February 22

    Legacy. It’s a word we don’t use much anymore, but it’s something the ancients thought of incessantly.   Perhaps it’s something we all should think of more. …

  • Grilling Groans

    Thursday, February 22

    Texas’ prime grilling season is only weeks away. I await in the shadow of a conundrum, not knowing whether to mark off calendar days with giddy anticipation or be “gloomed” like …

  • Abbott’s revenge tour

    Thursday, February 22

    Governor Greg Abbott has lost his mind over the obsession with school vouchers, the private school entitlement program (so called “school choice”). Currently he’s on a …

  • Area playoffs

    Thursday, February 22

    Ladycat head coach Nikki Hyles knew heading into the area matchup against the No. 1 ranked team in Texas was going to be tough sledding. With just a pair of seniors on the roster, her young team …

  • Bearcats buzz Arlington Heights

    Wednesday, February 21

    For just the second time in program history, the Aledo Bearcats basketball team won a bi-district title.   The Bearcats (20-12), who finished fourth in District 5-5A, edged out 6-5A …

  • TCA advances

    Wednesday, February 21

    Fueled by a tenacious defense, the Willow Park Trinity Christian Academy Lady Eagles won 48-31 at No. 1 seed Dallas Christian in a TAPPS Class 4A playoff game, Tuesday Feb 20.   Sadie Gough …

  • Buzzy Open

    Wednesday, February 21

    The Aledo Bearcats and Ladycats Orange teams competed in the Buzzy Open at Azle’s Cross Timbers Golf Course on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The Bearcats finished second among the boys and the Ladycats …

  • Bearcats at state again

    Wednesday, February 21

    Aledo and Austin aren't that far apart it seems, especially if you go by way of water. For a ninth straight season the program will have competitors in the University Interscholastic League …

  • Dinner, auction, music gala benefits TCA education

    Wednesday, February 21

    Trinity Christian Academy's major fundraiser, the Boots and Pearls Legacy Dinner, sold out long before the Friday, Feb. 9 event. The dinner, auction, and music gala was at The Brooks event facility …

  • Reckless Driving

    Wednesday, February 21

    I was headed home on FM5 recently on a clear, normal day. Then one of those split-second moments when time seems to cease, occurred.   A vehicle driving in the opposing lane began a slow …

  • Don’t let character assassination affect your vote

    Wednesday, February 21

    Politics is full of hyperbole. Donald Trump warned that if Joe Biden was elected. we wouldn’t have a country any more. Biden warns that democracy is at stake if Trump is re-elected. …

  • Federal judge appears skeptical of new border law

    Wednesday, February 21

    A federal judge is expected to rule quickly on the constitutionality of a Texas law about to go into effect that institutes new state penalties for illegal border crossings. During a hearing last …

  • Kotlinski recognized for decade of service

    Wednesday, February 21

    The Town of Annetta held their city council meeting Thursday, Feb. 15, and it was a very special meeting for one of its most tenured staff members.   Diana Kotlinski was recognized for 10 …

  • Budgetary concerns weigh heavy

    Wednesday, February 21

    After months of discussion and pleas to Aledo’s state representatives in Austin for school funding, the reality of the monetary burden facing Aledo ISD and schools across the state loomed as a …

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