Santo News

Palo Pinto County party chairs were in full swing Thursday for the first day of filing for the 2010 Republican and Democratic primary elections.

Santo teen collecting socks for children in hospital at Christmas; bring donations to the Index by Tuesday Socks are so often underrated, but not if you're a youngster who is hospital bound.

Sandra Miller, left, and Martin Flinn, right, both of Santo, stand with Buck Taylor on one of the sets for the feature-length movie, 'The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy,' Sunday.

Colleges, universities, military services and the like were the fare in the Mineral Wells High School cafeteria Wednesday morning as area students scoped out their options beyond high school.

Millsap ISD voters said "no" to the district's request for 13 more cents for maintenance and operations taxes in Tuesday's tax ratification election, known around the state as a TRE.

Mineral Wells High School is encouraging students to "Go Get It" this week through a state initiative for students to go to college and be successful after high school.

There's no need to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to begin your holiday shopping.

By Libby Cluett Lone Star News Group MILLSAP - Millsap ISD inches closer to next Tuesday's election when the district finds out if voters will approve an additional 13 cents per $100 taxable valuation in a tax ratification election.

Have some clutter to get rid of? Bring it Saturday to the annual fall clean up, which helps keep Palo Pinto County and Mineral Wells beautiful.

Millsap ISD is up to bat, seemingly swinging like crazy to ask voters to pony up an additional 13 cents per $100 property value for the district's maintenance and operations tax.

By a narrow margin, Santo ISD voters rejected a tax ratification election, meaning cutbacks will follow until "there's a legislative change in the funding system," according to Superintendent Greg Gilbert, who said the current system pays SISD about $300 less per student than the state average.

A passenger was pronounced dead and the driver was taken by helicopter to a Metroplex hospital with a severe injury after an 18-wheeler wreck on Interstate 20 south of Santo Friday morning, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported.

A little boy with a big heart, Rickey Ellis recently entered a drawing for a painting, with the proceeds going to help the family of Justin Cohron, of Millsap, who was seriously injured in a fireworks accident during the Fourth of July holiday.

Santo ISD is asking taxpayers for more funds to run its schools through a tax ratification election.

By Christin Coyne ccoyne@mineralwellsindex.com While the Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office and the Mineral Wells Police Department reported a relatively quiet weekend, EMS responders and the Department of Public Safety worked at least nine wrecks in the county over the weekend.

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com Santo ISD and Millsap ISD are following the path of a number of other Texas school districts this fall by pursuing a tax ratification election, or TRE.

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com Santo ISD and Millsap ISD are following the path of a number of other Texas school districts this fall by pursuing a tax ratification election, or TRE.

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com LAKE PALO PINTO - An odd series of occurrences led to the explosion of a trailer home Saturday on the west side of Lake Palo Pinto.

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com PALO PINTO - While some appraisals held steady this year, some went up, resulting in 4,117 protests out of 45,183 parcels of property on the Palo Pinto Appraisal District's roll.

Police are asking for help in solving a weekend burglary of a business in the 500 block of S.E. 2nd Avenue.