Azle News

“The most enjoyable part of the deployments was deploying with a group of (Soldiers) who you didn't know very well, and through the experiences - good times and bad times we shared - brought everybody closer together as a group”

Today's Soldiers and servicemembers are taught to be leaders - strong, resilient and dedicated - and not much has changed over the years. via Montgomery Advertiser

“If we needed something, she was always there. If we needed Christmas presents wrapped, she was there with the Scotch tape.”

Winjie Tang Miao joined Harris Methodist Northwest Hospital as its president in September 2007. via Fort Worth Business Press

“This season has been a real test of character”

When you're among the state's elite, there's no such thing as the middle of the pack. via Azle News Online

Firefighters battled a brush fire that destroyed a mobile home Wednesday in northwest Tarrant County, NBC 5 reported. via NBC5i.com

“But we have to wait on the Lord. I just felt it was going to get better. And it did”

Down to two services a month, with a handful in the congregation only two years ago, a small and serene historic church in Azle has been revitalized. via Azle News Online

With proceeds are still coming in, the Harris Methodist Northwest Hospital's second annual "Levis and Lace" gala has already grossed around $55,000 towards payment on a $250,000 debt for Azle's Intensive Care ... via Azle News Online

Staff Report Barry Dwight Jackson, 30, and Linda Ann Rachal, 20, both of Azle, were arrested Tuesday after Weatherford-Parker County Special Crimes investigators and Fugitive Apprehension deputies served a ... via Weatherford Democrat

Training paid off. The boys cross country team had been practicing improving between miles one and two. via Azle News Online

“It took a 4-year-old's perspective.”

Serving in a strange land, miles away from the home she knows and loves, surrounded no longer by family and friends but by people she barely knows, Kristen Walter is learning that a life of service has its ... via The Lufkin Daily News

Last respects and public viewing for Platon Reyes Enaligo, also known as "Uncle Junior/Papa Junior," of Azle, Texas, formerly of Merizo, may be paid from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Nov. via Guam Pacific Daily News

“They came off the field feeling they performed well, and they were rewarded by getting to go to the state contest.”

Five Tarrant County-area bands qualified for the state finals Saturday at competitions in Carrollton and Odessa.

Azle, Saginaw, Boswell and Fossil Ridge high schools took the four Area A qualifying spots in Odessa, with Springtown as the first alternate. Aledo finished second behind Sherman in Area B in Carrollton, with Birdville and Joshua as the alternates.

The 4A state finals will be Nov. 5-6 in San Antonio.

'We killed it,' said Bryan Shaban, an Aledo junior who plays the saxophone. 'That may have been our best performance.' Read more

Rosary for Platon Reyes Enaligo, also known as "Uncle Junior/Papa Junior," of Azle, Texas, formerly of Merizo, is being prayed nightly at 8 at San Dimas Church, Merizo. via Guam Pacific Daily News

“El Paso to Amarillo to the western side of Fort Worth.”

The Azle High School Marching Green Pride advances to Area contest in Odessa this Saturday after receiving ones from all the judges last Saturday at UIL Region Marching Contest. via Azle News Online

“I thought (the pedestrian) was okay as we came on scene because it looked like he was sitting up”

Time is life, according to Azle fire chief Will Scott. But the Azle ambulance was already on a call when a pedestrian was struck last Thursday night by a sport utility vehicle on a dark stretch of Boyd Highway ... via Azle News Online

“What has happened in the sub-prime market is with adjustable-rate mortgages and funny money loans going on in the last three to four years. It has added to the problem”

Along U.S. Highway 380, where new subdivisions are filling with homes by the hundreds each year in and around Aubrey and Cross Roads, an undercurrent of uncertainty belies the bright picture of prosperity. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“Now I've got a whole new life, and that's amazing.”

Vote for the "ugliest house of the year" at www.theugliesthouse.com. Lung gives new life to veteran dealmaker Holt Hickman, the Fort Worth businessman credited with reviving the Historic Stockyards District, ... via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“All of the sites are valid for the FWISD election”

By DIANE SMITH Early voting begins Monday in the Fort Worth school district's $593.6 million bond referendum, which would pay for six new schools, renovating schools and upgrading athletic facilities.The Nov. via Star-telegram.com

The proposed extension of Denver Trail across the Ash Creek floodplain potentially has a new route, according to a presentation to city council by city engineer Daniel Christodoff Tuesday night. via Azle News Online