Hudson Oaks News

I recently found myself arguing with a police officer after wiping out on Main Street.

Phil Riddle editor@weatherforddemocrat.com The congregation at Weatherford Community Fellowship is in the midst of a campaign in which they give of themselves.

DAVE LIEBER He expected a towing bill of maybe $175, so when the total was $647, he couldn't believe it.

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com A developer interested in building a shopping center a short distance outside Weatherford's western boundary recently contacted Parker County Judge Mark Riley.

PHIL RIDDLE/DEMOCRAT PHOTO Authorities with the Parker County Fire Marshal's Office are still investigating what caused a fire at 3 Burton Hill Road, near Weatherford Lake Friday night.

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com Weatherford Police are encouraging anyone who witnessed a disturbing collision which left a father, 49, and his 8-year-old son in critical condition Tuesday to come forward.

A father and his child were rushed to area hospitals after their vehicle was struck by a car involved in a pursuit in Weatherford.

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com A bill designed to give emergency services districts across Texas more tax authority is working its way through the Legislature without support from Weatherford's representative, Phil King.

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com Two suspects were detained under suspicion of human trafficking Sunday after a citizen reported witnessing "hands, arms and fingers" emerging from a tractor-trailer traveling east on Interstate 20.

The Hudson Oaks City Council amended the city's fiscal year 2008-09 budget Thursday night, reflecting a slower growth rate in sales tax collections.

Chelsea L. McGowan cmcgowan@weatherforddemocrat.com Although a total of six city council seats in Hudson Oaks and Aledo will appear on the May 9th ballot, only two of those seats are contested, leading to a rather quiet municpal election in east Parker County.

Parker County Firefighters are accustomed to answering emergency calls. But one firefighter in particular is making a different kind of rescue.

Phil Riddle editor@weatherforddemocrat.com It seems like the last election was just over and already another is in sight.

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com Authorities confirmed Ryan Hart, 20, of Cresson, was killed at approximately 4:30 a.m. Friday when the car he was driving collided with a semi tractor-trailer a short distance east of Hudson Oaks.

Barbecue is serious business in Texas, sometimes prompting lawsuits over sauce-recipe rights and causing family rifts, like the famous fracas over Lockhart's legendary Kreutz Market.

By Christin Coyne ccoyne@mineralwellsindex.com and By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com Index Staff Writers High winds, extremely dry vegetation and humidity levels in the teens and single digits was the recipe for an explosion of wildfires across North Texas on Thursday, including a handful in the Palo Pinto County and Mineral Wells ...

A wild fire centered in the Hudson Oaks area just east of Weatherford. Firefighters were battling a large wild fire in Parker County Thursday afternoon that sent smoke as far east as downtown Fort Worth .

A grass fire that blackened as many as 100 parched acres in Parker County on Thursday afternoon was contained to a few hot spots by 8 p.m., fire officials said.

Parker County Sheriff's Investigators have identified a female homicide victim whose body was found along Interstate 20 by a passerby 23 years ago near Hudson Oaks.

The station reports the couple's son was treated for burns at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and was in fair condition.