Azle News Archives

“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

“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

“We called in (TCSO) because we had some witnesses who believed our officer ran the red light”

An Azle police officer suffered minor injuries Friday, April 18, when a truck and flat bed trailer ran a red light at Main and Stewart streets. via Azle News Online

“But it also teaches you that life goes on.”

Azle's fourth annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life starts this Friday at 6 p.m. at the Azle High School track - and it continues for the next 12 hours, until 6 a.m. Saturday. via Azle News Online

“When it comes to philanthropy, she stands alone.”

Janie Rector of Azle received the Texas Library Association's Outstanding Service to Libraries Award Wednesday during the TLA's annual conference in Dallas. via Azle News Online

“I've never seen anything like this in my 44 years of law practice”

Jurors are often thought of as impartial and disinterested evaluators, but one jury in Fort Worth, TX recently reminded us that jurors are not only sympathetic, they can sometimes demonstrate that sympathy in ... via Neatorama

A 46-year-old Azle woman was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for stealing and misusing a mentally handicapped man's life savings. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“In addition to all of the normal benefits you get from electronic ignition”

From time to time, we'll feature posts and commentary from our sister magazine Kitplanes . via AVweb

'Jurors in Tarrant County jury have sentenced an Azle woman to five years in prison for stealing a mentally impaired man's life savings. via KWTX

“Silver Creek might have been the winning school - but the real winners are the Azle charities”

Because of the generosity of Azle school children, needy families will have food on their tables. via Azle News Online

“I told him we weren't going to have enough money for the business if we keep spending it”

Cynthia Sue Hardee said she is not a thief, but a bad businesswoman who made terrible mistakes with Johnny Bryant's retirement money. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“We don't have the growth Eagle Mountain-Saginaw does - they have about a $390 million bond package they're looking at right now”

Looking east, Azle ISD voters have seen school districts like Keller, Grapevine-Colleyville, Northwest and Eagle Mountain-Saginaw pass enormous bond issues every few years to handle the explosive growth rolling ... via Azle News Online

“Not a good way to start the day”

In recent weeks, readers have alerted The Watchdog to foreign objects they say they found in foods.

Each reader asked what he or she was supposed to do. Below, you can read what I found out.

But first, the complaints.

Hershel Blackshear of Fort Worth bought a pack of Bump bubble gum at a Raceway gas station. When her daughter, Janireka, 15, bit into a piece, her mother says, she chomped down on a half-inch screw and fractured a molar. Her daughter lost a permanent tooth when it was extracted. Read more

The boardwalk at Annapolis Royal, the pretty English town that prospered, across the Annapolis Basin, after the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. via National Post

“There will always be books that need to be purchased and computers to be updated”

Steve Parker and Jean Rider Azle's generous spirit was on full display again Friday night. via Azle News Online

“You've got to have the will and determination to go on”

A&M Garden owners Allen and Melody Shelton have been through a lot over the past 37 years. via Azle News Online