Azle News

It's not every day that members of the Azle Marching Green Pride parade down an elementary school hallway, but May 22 was no ordinary day.

Like her father before her, Chelsa Holder did much for many in Azle. Holder, 66, died May 16 and at her May 19 funeral in Willow Park was lauded for her contributions to generations of Azle children.

A Parker County inmate who walked away from a work detail and went on a weekend crime spree killed himself in North Carolina this morning, officials said.

An Azle man was killed and his passenger injured in a one-vehicle rollover on FM 1886 near Murr Road early May 9. According to Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Deputy Lonny Haschel, Kenneth S. Mimms, 40, of Azle, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 1 a.m. Mimms' passenger, Holly A. Huckaby, 41, also of Azle, was injured in ... (more)

Election day for local municipalities is this Saturday, May 12, but not all citizens will be voting.

The drought is officially over. At least it would seem so in areas served by Tarrant Regional Water District , including the City of Azle.

Tommy Poindexter has a long, tough year ahead of him as he recovers from surgery last week to replace his failing heart with one from an organ donor.

As many as 80 percent of burglaries of vehicles occur at an unlocked vehicle, Azle police estimate.

A man was killed Sunday night in a blaze that consumed a house on West Bill B Road just north of Azle.

A 70-pound pit bull became family for Emmie Teehee. "She was 11 years old, going on 12," she said.

A man thought to be in his early 40s was found dead after firefighters from several departments extinguished a fire at a home in unincorporated Parker County late Sunday, officials said Firefighters were alerted to a structure fire in the 1600 block of West Bill B Road near Azle about 10:45 p.m., according to the Parker County Sheriff's Department.

Gas drilling and preservation of the city's water supply and infrastructure -- and the costs to maintain them -- are considered the top issues facing the city of 1,200 near Lake Worth.