Aquilla News

Counselors and co-chairs dance to the Macarena at the Impact fall retreat. The purpose of the retreat was to prepare for Impact 2009, discuss the logistics of the camp and how to treat incoming freshman.

MENLOW The biggest piece discovered from the Feb. 15 meteor that broke apart near West now sits in a meteorite museum in Kansas, its owner happy to have acquired the space rock as well as the trust of the Hill County couple who found it and sold it to him.

Mike Farmer has spent about a month now in West, searching for pieces of the meteor that blazed a fiery trail in the Central Texas skies and broke apart over southern Hill County and northern McLennan County ...

At Lake Whitney, 5.14 inches of rain has fallen in the last two days. Aquilla and Goldthwaite also report 48-hour totals of more than 5 inches.

The Board of Regents of Hill College received a spring-enrollment report at its Tuesday, February 17, meeting.

Filing for May 9 city and school elections continues at the respective city and school offices in the area.

If the first severe weather outbreak of the year to hit Hill County last week was any indication of what the upcoming spring storm season might bring, hold on, it could be a bumpy ride.

An election to fill two seats on the Hillsboro Independent School District Board of Trustees was called at its Monday, February 9, meeting.

The first severe weather outbreak of the year brought destruction to several areas of Hill County Tuesday night, February 10, as a line of fast-moving thunderstorms blew through the area.

Power is out in parts of Waco, including near downtown and at the Tribune-Herald. We also have reports of strong winds, rain and hail around Central Texas.

A man was injured Friday morning, February 6, when a tractor and trailer ran over him southwest of Aquilla.

A county program to dispose of used vehicle tires is expected to be opened to the public next month.

County High Schools Recognized Abbott and Aquilla high schools have been rated as two of the best 100 high schools in America by U.S. News & World Report.

Fire units from Whitney and Aquilla responded to the fire off FM 933 on Hill Country Road 2218.