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Medicaid funding restored to Texas hospitals

Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals will be restored after a nearly year-long stalemate between the state and the federal government ended, the Texas Standard reported. …

Aledo 2026 Homecoming Parade

The Aledo High School Homecoming Parade takes a course around the campus, with children of all ages waving, smiling and hoping for goodies.

Commissioners hear update on transportation projects

A representative of Freese & Nichols, the firm managing Parker County’s transportation bond program, gave commissioners a project-by-project update during the Sept. 14 …

Senate GOP opens wallet for Paxton’s campaign

The Senate Republican leadership is pouring tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. Senate campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight race with …
Tuesday brought a horrible sight to Cindy Bartlett and Cherie Scott.

911 Remembrance

Editor’s note: This story was originally published Sept. 20, 2001, in The Community News. The subject, Cindy Bartlett, a former Aledo resident, passed away in 2025.

Council approves tax rate, budget

Willow Park City Council approved the 2026-27 fiscal year budget during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8. The budget includes $5,360,440 in projected revenues, offset by projected expenditures of …
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Martin snaps Aledo's historic district win streak

The Aledo Bearcats carried a 136-game district win streak into their game with Arlington Martin on Friday, Sept. 25. The streak dated back to Oct. 14, 2007. That win streak came to an end in a 35-21 loss.

Bearcat runners compete at HOKA McNeil

The Aledo cross country team competed Saturday, Sept. 19, at the 32nd annual HOKA McNeil Invitational in Round Rock. Thirty-two schools competed in the meet. The Bearcats team placed sixth in …

Sports Briefs for Sept. 25

Former Aledo Bearcats quarterback Hauss Hejny limped off the field in the first quarter of Colorado State’s game against Brigham Young University on …

Ladycats sweep Arlington High

The Aledo Ladycats completed a sweep of Arlington High on Friday, Sept. 18, winning 25-8, 25-8, 25-19. Outside hitter Kaelee Berkley led the team in kills with 14, while defensive specialist …
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Cleta Ann Mize was born May 13, 1932, in McAlester, Oklahoma, and passed away on Sept. 5, 2026, at the age of 94. Cleta grew up in a small farmhouse as the only girl among seven brothers. Life …
Phyllis Norine Walker Hensley died on August 20, 2026, at the age of 100 years, eleven months and one day.
The former mayor of Weatherford, Gabe Thomas “Tom” Vick Jr., a dedicated leader, esteemed attorney, and cornerstone of the Parker County community, passed away on Sunday, Aug. …
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ALEDO ISD

Trustees adopt 2026-2027 budget, tax rate

Aledo ISD Trustees adopted the 2026-2027 budget Monday night, Aug. 24, lowering the tax rate for the eighth-straight year. The tax rate is $1.1775 per $100 …

Putting the ‘A’ in Aledo

The Aledo Independent School District earned an “A” for its “exemplary performance” during the 2025-26 school year by the Texas Education Agency.  The performance was calculated …

Trustees back in session

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees welcomed a new Bearcat Leadership Team member to the district during the Aug. 17 meeting. Kristin Bundy began her new role as assistant principal of Annetta …

Advocates for the ’Cats

Twenty-four years ago, a group of women joined together and created Aledo Children’s AdvoCats, a nonprofit organization devoted to meeting the needs of Aledo ISD students and families. …
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AT&T is even worse than I remember

We have some cell phone lines here at The Community News that were originally on the AT&T network. Several years ago, due to AT&T’s customer service, or rather lack thereof, we switched to …

Dedicated community servants

As the Aledo Bearcats take the field Friday night I will be passing the gavel as the president of the National Newspaper Association Foundation to Jeanne Straus of Chester, New York. It has been …

Rocky Mountain High

The Rocky Mountains. are majesstic from any angle.

It wasn’t just lyrics in a song when John Denver sang “Rocky Mountain High.” He was expressing the magical feeling people experience when they fall in love with …

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