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  • Locals enjoy success in NTPGA Junior events

    Friday, July 22, 2022

    Might we see them holding up a major golf championship trophy themselves someday? Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Annika Sorenstam, Georgia Hall, and many others got their own starts playing golf as a …

  • Weatherford Swimmers at State

    Friday, July 22, 2022

    The Weatherford Swim Team will be well-represented this weekend at the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Swim Meet in Corpus Christi. Pictured qualifiers are (top row, from left) coach Tif Williams, …

  • Area athletes honored by THSBCA

    Friday, July 22, 2022

    Several players from Aledo and Weatherford received postseason honors from the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association recently. Named to the Class 5A All-State Team from Aledo was senior …

  • Leatu accepts position at NCAA program 

    Friday, July 22, 2022

    Alexandra Leatu, who coached the Weatherford College women’s tennis team in its return to competition in 2021-22, has accepted the head coach position at Queens University.  Queens is a …

  • Layla Rose Ranch helping horses find loving homes

    Thursday, July 21, 2022

    It all started when Catherine Hudson was out for a walk one day near their home in Annetta. She met Cletus, a Tennessee Walker horse whose owner did not want him any more. Cletus, now 8 years old, …

  • Aledo All-Stars win world series

    Thursday, July 21, 2022

    Part of growing up in Aledo for the local youth is playing ball at Aledo Athletics off of Bankhead Highway in the spring. Since 1976 the nonprofit organization has provided Aledo youth the …

  • Charlie Lawrence

    Thursday, July 21, 2022

    Charlie Lawrence passed away on July 17, 2022. Born in Breckenridge on May 19, 1941, he was the youngest of nine children. He grew up on a ranch, riding horses, herding cattle, roping calves, …

  • Rosson to renew career at Ohio State

    Wednesday, July 20, 2022

    When Hunter Rosson graduated from Aledo High School in 2018, his future in the game of baseball looked bright. He had been a major part in the Bearcats baseball program through his time in high …

  • Summer Sidewalk Shop

    Wednesday, July 20, 2022

    Carve & Cask will host a Summer Sidewalk Shop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 243 Willow Bend Drive in Willow Park. A variety of local small businesses will be on hand, and the …

  • Comeback Season - the Cade Pulido story

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    A phrase originating from the mid-19th century says “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” The phrase has caught plenty of meaning in the past 200 years, with many prime …

  • Property vandal identification sought

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    Parker County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man in connection with property damage in the 1200-Block of …

  • Walsh Kinder Camp

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    Walsh Elementary School will host Walsh Kinder Camp from 10-11:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 5. All kinder students and their families are welcome to participate in a Q&A with the principal, meet …

  • Peabody Conservatory piano professor to perform free concert

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    World renowned pianist Dr. Steven Spooner will perform a free concert in Weatherford College’s Alkek Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 29.   Spooner, a professor of …

  • Mourning named new coach at Aledo High School

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    With the Texas heat, many golfers like to hit the course in the morning. In Aledo, there is a brand new Mourning in the golf program, as in new head coach Brian Mourning, who has taken over both …

  • WC Summer Stage presents ‘Little Red Riding Hood’

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    The Weatherford College Summer Stage Children's Series presents "Little Red Riding Hood" by Heath Thompson July 23-24 and July 30-31 in the Alkek Fine Arts Center, 239 College Park Drive in …

  • WC Summer Stage presents ‘Little Red Riding Hood’

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    The Weatherford College Summer Stage Children's Series presents "Little Red Riding Hood" by Heath Thompson July 23-24 and July 30-31 in the Alkek Fine Arts Center, 239 College Park Drive in …

  • Texas Prepaid Tuition Program newborn enrollment deadline approaches

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022

    (AUSTIN) — Texas families have through July 31 to enroll their newborns at 2021-22 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state's prepaid college tuition program. Newborns are …

  • Golf Team Tryouts

    Monday, July 18, 2022

    The Aledo High School golf teams will hold tryouts on Monday, Aug. 1 and Tuesday, Aug. 2 at Squaw Creek Golf Club, 1605 Ranch House Road in Willow Park. Tryouts for the women’s team will run …

  • How to help trees survive the heat and below-average rainfall

    Monday, July 18, 2022

    It’s easy to see how valuable trees are in our daily lives particularly when enjoying their shade on a scorching summer day. Their worth goes well beyond shading in the benefits they offer, …

  • Using rideshare in West Seventh area on weekends just got easier

    Monday, July 18, 2022

    Beginning July 15, rideshare locations will be expanded in the West 7th Village to accommodate peak demand for rideshare services on Friday and Saturday nights. Additionally, one new rideshare …

  • Monday, July 18, 2022

  • Big Tech is steamrolling America’s newspapers

    Monday, July 18, 2022

    Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free …

  • Brinkleys establish new WC scholarship endowment

    Monday, July 18, 2022

    Michael and Jamie Bodiford Brinkley have established  a new permanent scholarship endowment with the Weatherford College Foundation. The scholarship will be earmarked for students in WC's …

  • Wildfire danger continues to rise

    Monday, July 18, 2022

    As we cross the halfway point of July, wildfire danger continues to increase across the state. On Friday, July 15, Texas A&M Forest Service firefighters responded to 15 new wildfires that burned …

  • Bushaw making drive to nationals

    Wednesday, July 13, 2022

    Will Bushaw may not be old enough to drive a car on his own yet, but he sure knows how to steer a horse around a rodeo arena with no assistance. Bushaw will turn 16 in September, and his mother, …

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