Alvarado News

Johnson County Commissioners approved Robert Rudzavice's position as building superintendent for the Guinn Justice Center on Monday.

Twenty-year-old Cody Marriot of Cleburne won first place in the 16-25 age group at Friday's fiddle contest during the Pioneers and Old Settlers Reunion in Alvarado.

Sandy Shauna, right, with the Alvarado Veterinary Clinic, holds a dog while Dr. Monte White gives it a shot Tuesday at the vaccination clinic hosted by the city of Keene at Keene's city hall.

The Johnson County Commissioners Court voted Monday to partially fund salaries for school resource officers in four school districts in the county.

Charles Barnard built an Indian Trading Post on the Brazos River within sight of Comanche Peak in 1849.

People attending the 116th Pioneers and Old Settlers Reunion will renew old acquaintances and make new ones.

An account has been set up to accept donations for the children of an Alvarado store clerk killed during a July 23 robbery attempt.

Johnson County commissioners discussed relocating two county offices on Monday but reached no final decisions.

What a week for Cleburne and Johnson County. It seemed like every day something was happening to put the city and county in the state's limelight.

Police in Alvarado have arrested a 16-year-old suspect in the brutal shooting death of a truck stop clerk last Wednesday afternoon.

The Alvarado school board approved the hiring of 13 professionals at its meeting on July 14.

An Alvarado store clerk shot Wednesday during a robbery attempt died Thursday night at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.

An Alvarado store clerk shot Wednesday during a robbery attempt died Thursday night at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.

An account titled the Charles Gerard Kibodeaux Fund has been established at First Financial Bank in Cleburne to accept donations for the Kibodeaux family.

Police say they are searching for a robber who walked into the Shell Travel Center in Alvarado early Wednesday and shot a 52-year-old female store clerk in the head.

A female clerk at an Alvarado truck stop was shot and seriously injured during a robbery early Wednesday.

Officials have identified the 15-year-old boy who drowned in Lake Pat Cleburne on Friday as Charles Gerard Kibodeaux of Alvarado.

Authorities have released the name of the Johnson County teen whose body was recovered over the weekend from a lake in Cleburne.

Cleburne firefighters recovered the drowned body of a 15-year-old Alvarado boy Saturday, Cleburne Assistant Fire Chief Keith Scarbrough said.

Firefighters from the Keene, Joshua, Alvarado and Briar Oaks volunteer fire departments extinguish a blaze in a vacant mobile home on Thomas Road between Keene and Joshua.