Alvarado News

Johnson County offices will be closed Friday in observance of Independence Day as will city offices in Alvarado, Burleson, Cleburne, Godley, Grandview, Keene, Joshua and Rio Vista.

A federal judge sentenced two defendants to prison on Friday for their participation in phone pranks and other crimes that, among numerous victims, involved an Alvarado family.

Casstevens Cash and Carry is a throwback to the all-purpose, cracker-barrel style country store where you bought your bread, chewing tobacco, motor oil, sodas and socks.

Reckless driver, 4100 block of North Street. Officers stopped a vehicle traveling in excess of 90 miles per hour on North Street.

A Cleburne man was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with assault with bodily injury in connection to a family violence call, according to Johnson County Sheriff's Office reports.

Alvarado grad completes Air Force training Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Christopher W. Arndt graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

By MARTHA DELLER FORT WORTH - State District Judge Elizabeth Berry, accused of driving while intoxicated last year, will not seek a third term next year.'I am not seeking re-election as the judge of Criminal District Court No.

Marvin J. "Smitty" Smith, 78, of Abilene, died Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at a local hospital.

The following is a list of arrests - except for minor traffic violations - based on public records at the Cleburne Police Department.

Because of additional requirements for school districts that host their own alternative campus' Alvarado ISD had to re-evaluate its plan to move its alternative campus to the new administrative annex.

Forty-one Cleburne TEAM School graduates received their diplomas in ceremonies held Friday afternoon at Field Street Baptist Church.

Incumbents seeking re-election in Saturday's city council elections throughout the county were successful in all but one case.

A primate skull found at a North Dallas construction site. A plumber working on a construction project outside a North Dallas school unearthed a mysterious skull.

Three cases of family violence resulted in arrests last weekend, according to Johnson County Sheriff's Office reports.

Lary Fowler, 62, of Rio Vista is a fourth-generation carpenter by profession. Because his passion is playing the bagpipes, he manages to combine the two worlds by wearing a canvas utility kilt when he works.

The Johnson County campus of Hill College is celebrating 25 years of existence. In honor of the anniversary Layland Museum has created an exhibit at the Hill College Library at 2112 Mayfield Drive in Cleburne.

Jim Wilhelmsen will be the guest speaker at a conference in Alvarado tonight and Saturday.

Three suspected prostitutes from Texas were arrested Wednesday afternoon in an Overland Park motel room.

South Texas authorities say an inmate suspected of beating a Harlingen business owner was accidentally released from custody.

Alvarado High School's AVID classes recently spent a day at the University of Texas at Arlington campus.