Gordon News

On June 25, Gordon residents came out to support the local fire department. A baked potato supper was sponsored by CARE benfitting the Gordon VFD.

Roscoe will host a line-up of bands Saturday, July 4, for their Independence Day celebration, leading up to a fireworks show at around 9:30 p.m. The first band on stage across from City Hall on Cypress Street will be a group of Roscoe natives reunited under the name from their high school days, Purple Spirit.

Herald//Catrina Rawson West Boyd and Ira F. Bennett, both of Killeen, talk during the Juneteenth picnic, Saturday at Melba Jo Pioneer Park in Harker Heights.

Information in this column is gathered from the Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office incident reports and any related public documents.

By Christin Coyne ccoyne@mineralwellsindex.com The Texas Senate has passed a bill authored by Sen.

Charges of attempted capital murder of a peace officer and attempted murder are pending against a northwest Harrison County man following a Friday night incident.

Two men shot Friday in a "normally quiet" Harleton neighborhood remained hospitalized at Good Shepherd Medical Center-Longview Saturday.

Several items were reportedly stolen out of a church in the 100 block of Pasadena Boulevard over the weekend, police said.

It's often said we are what we eat. Because of that, recipes offer a delicious way to explore history, geography and culture.

From Staff Reports As largely expected, January's taxable retail sales fell sharply in Mineral Wells, resulting in the city's largest retail sales tax decline in several years.

By Christin Coyne ccoyne@mineralwellsindex.com Only Mineral Wells City Council Place 2 will be up for grabs during the May election.

Richard E. Dennis, of Gordon, a board member of both the Palo Pinto County Hospital District and the Texas Healthcare Trustees, has been appointed by the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees to serve ...

From Staff Reports The critical December retail sales locally were - as several of the major retailers said - good.

When people think of a ghost town, images of spooky, run-down buildings with doors swinging open and rolling tumbleweed springs to mind.

The University High School Junior ROTC is sponsoring its annual Trojan Tyke Boot and Fun Camp from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the UHS gym, 2600 Bagby Ave.

From Staff Reports Despite positive reports from some local merchants in late November at the beginning of the holiday shopping season that sales were relatively strong, sales tax collections for the month were ...

By Tommy Wells sports@mineralwellsindex.com STRAWN - Peggy McQueary, Laura Sharp and Laura Shur didn't set out to prove that the actions of a few can change the world.

Mineral Wells police have issued a Crime Stoppers alert for the Saturday burglary of an office in northwest Mineral Wells.

He will retire as county's longest-serving commissioner. By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com PALO PINTO - On Monday, Precinct 3 Commissioner George Nowak retires as Palo Pinto County's longest-serving ...

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com Joe Watts still "rides for the brand," literally mounted on a horse.