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March 14, 2025

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  • Willow Park: City hires new police chief

    4 days ago

    Following an executive session at its March 11 city council meeting, the council voted to hire Ray Lacy as the city’s new police chief. Lacy was most recently the interim police chief in …

  • Willow Park sponsoring photo contest

    4 days ago

    The Willow Park communications and marketing department is sponsoring their first ever photo contest, Picture the Park. According to the city, “you can only submit photos that you took and …

  • Weatherford: Tractor dealership approved to move forward

    4 days ago

    A new tractor dealership received the final thumbs-up at the Weatherford City Council meeting March 11. The Kioti Tractor dealership on 2.46 acres at 1435 Fort Worth Hwy. next to All About Kids …

  • Hoops fever in Aledo? You bet!

    4 days ago

    Winning a district championship is hard. Well, unless you’re the Aledo Bearcats football team, which has been collecting them every year since 2008. Then it’s about as common as a …

  • James Edward Villwock

    4 days ago

    James “Jim” Edward Villwock, 82, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2025, surrounded by family after suffering a traumatic brain injury sustained from a fall on February 16, 2025. …

  • Swimming: Aledo program says farewell to trio of greats

    4 days ago

    This season for the Aledo High School swim team was a bittersweet one. While they once again sent a strong contingent to the Class 5A State Meet, they also bid farewell to three of the best female …

  • Softball: Fast start, balanced effort propels No. 6 Aledo

    4 days ago

    After blanking Brewer 7-0 on the road to open district play in their previous outing, the No. 6 Aledo Ladycats softball team hosted the Chisholm Trail Lady Rangers in Aledo’s first district …

  • Powerlifting: Area lifters advance to state

    5 days ago

    Parker County will be well-represented among the girls and boys at this year's State Powerlifting Meets. The girls are competing this weekend, March 15, at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, …

  • Sports Briefs for March 14

    5 days ago

    BASEBALL Coyotes still No. 1 The Weatherford College baseball team remained No. 1 in the National Junior College Association Division I rankings released Monday, March 3. The Coyote …

  • 'God’s Here' racks up award nominations

    5 days ago

    For Bill McAdams, Jr. the movie God’s Here was a labor of love and personal grief. The film revolves around a tragedy that occurs just before Christmas and the protagonist Jack …

  • Annetta: Council tables amending the drought contingency plan

    5 days ago

    The Annetta Town Council meeting only had a few items on the agenda at its Feb. 20 meeting, but none were more important than ordinance amending the Drought Contingency plan. Every council …

  • Track and field: Aledo teams top home meet

    5 days ago

    The most exciting track and field meets often come down to the final event   — the 4x400-meter relay   — and this was the case at the Aledo Bearcat Relays on March 6 at Tim …

  • Track and field: Weatherford teams compete in Aledo

    5 days ago

    The Kangaroos and Lady Roos were among the field at the Bearcat Relays on March 6 in Aledo. The Kangaroos placed fifth. The Lady Roos finished sixth. Among the junior varsity team, the Lady Roos …

  • Golf: Bearcats, Ladycats play in regional preview

    5 days ago

    The Aledo Bearcats and Ladycats got an early look at what they may be facing again in a few weeks   — wicked West Texas weather   — as they trekked to Lubbock to play in the …

  • Chamber Awards Gala

    Monday, March 10

    The Parker County Chamber of Commerce honored local business leaders at its annual awards gala on Feb. 27. The honorees were: Ambassador of the Year - Joni Mattocks, Moss Insurance …

  • Powerlifting: Eagles soar to regional finals

    Monday, March 10

    Powerlifting coach and Trinity Christian Academy assistant athletic director Perry Myers is exhilarated with the team’s success — not just because of the Eagles’ accomplishments. …

  • ESD-1: Firefighters honored for saving lives

    Monday, March 10

    Firefighters are trained in emergency life-saving techniques. Stationed throughout the county, they are likely to be the first on the scene of a medical emergency before an ambulance arrives. …

  • House proposes $7.5 billion in new school funding

    Monday, March 10

    Critics say a House bill proposing $7.5 billion in new funding for public education doesn’t go far enough,  The Dallas Morning News  reported. House Bill 2 would raise the per-student …

  • Mort in Mourning

    Sunday, March 9

    Taxation without representation is tyranny. Though it’s hard to nail down who initially coined this statement, it was the hue and cry of “British Americans” when they fought during …

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