Millsap News

Parker County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Activity Call Log for June 29 through July 1, 2009.

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson congratulated Jennifer Goebel of Plano for winning one of six National Federation of Independent Business / Visa Young Entrepreneur Awards.

After winning his fourth world championship in 2006, Texas team roper Allen Bach thought about riding into the sunset.

Yogi Berra, the beloved baseball player and manager for the New York Yankees, was infamous for his unique quotes or malapropisms.

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com Shattered storm doors and windows, metal roofs ripped off, trees and limbs felled were just a few of the incidents last Friday when high, whipping winds and a reported tornado blew from north-central to eastern Palo Pinto County and down through western Parker.

J.B. 'Shorty' Williams returned to his maker Wednesday, May 27, 2009, from Paris Regional Medical Center.

Morgan Danielle Kemper and Shannon Renae Thomas will graduate top of their class when Millsap High School's 2009 seniors accept their diplomas Kemper is MHS's valedictorian this year with a 3.90 grade point average.

Chelsea L. McGowan cmcgowan@weatherforddemocrat.com The Parker County Commissioners Court held a special meeting Wednesday morning to discuss appointing a new member to the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

By DEANNA BOYD The Bulldogs are back.Donations have poured in for Millsap Youth Athletics, which had thousands of dollars' worth of sports equipment stolen this month.

From Staff Reports A high speed chase through the south end of Mineral Wells involving a motorcycle Wednesday afternoon ended with an arrest, according to Department of Public Safety Trooper Sgt.

Chelsea L. McGowan cmcgowan@weatherforddemocrat.com James Hamilton knows coming into a city council with new ideas and a fresh outlook can sometimes lead to some tension.

Parker County Sheriff's Department Sheriff's Activity Call Log Report for May 8 through 12, 2009.

By DEANNA BOYD On a stretch of Farm Road 113 in Millsap, the marquee says it all.'Thou shalt not steal.

Friends and fellow musicians will gather on Sunday at McDavid Studio to pay tribute to Stephen Bruton.

Hundreds of riders - between 400 and 500 by one estimate - young and old made the annual trek Wednesday from Weatherford to Mineral Wells to help kick off this year's Mineral Wells Pro Rodeo, which runs through Saturday at the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association arena.

Police are requesting information on a theft over the weekend from a business in the 500 block of Grant Road.

By Galen Scott Lone Star News Group Dillon Fairrel, 16, of Weatherford, was found dead in 8 feet of water at a small lake known as Lago Lindo outside Peaster Saturday evening.

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com PARKER COUNTY - Seventy panels with 58,260 names are almost complete and being installed at the National Vietnam War Museum for the permanent replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

The 2009 Palo Pinto County Livestock Association Pro Rodeo is May 6-10 at the PPCLA Arena and Expo Center.

We can only hope Rick Perry was kidding when he said Texas legally "would be able to leave" the United States anytime.