Azle News

“Of course, the longer we wait, the more it will cost.”

Most years, 1,000 votes will get you a seat on the Azle school board. But 1,077 wasn't quite enough for incumbent Gary Hann Saturday as voters returned former board member Kinny Pack to office by a 28-vote ... via Azle News Online

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“They say these are suppose to be his golden years, but things are a little rusty.”

Marilyn Holmes is more than willing to talk about the good natured strangers who visited her home a couple of weeks ago. via Azle News Online

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Top professional cowboys from across the country will compete in next week's 63rd annual Santa Rosa Roundup. via Times Record News

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“The angle (of impact) made the damage greater”

Rain-slicked roadways contributed to an accident Wednesday morning at the intersection of South Stewart Street and FM 730 South that left two vehicles disabled. via Azle News Online

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“The contaminated aquifer and drinking well water have been the only source of water for these residents, who have been drinking the water as well as using it for other consumptive purposes for an indeterminate period of time.”

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com AZLE - A plume of trichloroethylene an estimated half-mile wide and one mile long remains embedded in soil and groundwater beneath residential portions of Pelican Bay, ... via Weatherford Democrat

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“Monica said she'd do it anyway when she turned 18 in six months.”

Pfc. Monica Brown cracked open the door of her Humvee outside a remote village in eastern Afghanistan to the pop of bullets shot by Taliban fighters, but instead of taking cover the 18-year-old medic grabbed ... via Waco Tribune-Herald

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“I was afraid she was going to get sunburned”

Pansy Lavender was astonished at the work the volunteers had done to her precious home. via Azle News Online

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The good news: an old Azle High track record fell. The bad news: the quartet could not repeat the effort. via Azle News Online

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“What [PCAD] is saying the property is worth and what they're selling it for is not even close”

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com A closer look at methods used by the Parker County Appraisal District to sell tax-delinquent property is warranted, county commissioners agreed Monday. via Weatherford Democrat

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“It requires more equipment and personnel than we have. We're trying to create a regional response capability.”

"Improvise, adapt, overcome." Instructor Jason Williams reminded a class of Azle and other area firefighters as he reviewed their efforts in digging and shoring up a deep narrow trench in a field next to Ash ... via Azle News Online

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