Mineral Wells News

Peggy Mitchell of Plano is 81, but Dorothy Johnston still calls her "my baby sister." The two women, along with three brothers, grew up in a white, wooden home on 16th Street in Plano, where the Mitchell family moved in 1933 from rural Collin County.

Jonathan Shockey of Lubbock, formerly of Rhome, graduated May 19 from Texas Tech University with a bachelor of science in agriculture in environmental science.He is a 2002 graduate of Northwest High School.Shockey is married to Emily Shockey, and they have one son, Paxton Shockey.

With the exception of Graford, sales tax rebates sent to communities in Palo Pinto County were again higher in May.

District Attorney Michael Burns and his opponent, Kriste Burnett, answered questions and presented their qualifications at a Republican forum in Mineral Wells last week attended by an estimated 86 people.