Weatherford News

COURTESY PHOTO Joseph Nicikowski, Weatherford College theatre technical director, right, oversees adjustment of part of the set that will provide the background for the college production of The Music Man, playing Thursday through Saturday, Nov.

Cast of Curse of the Werewolf . Theatre Off the Square presents Tim J. Kellya s Curse of the Werewolf beginning Friday, November 13 and running weekends through Sunday, November 22.

Bigamy charges against House of Yahweh leader Yisrayl Hawkins were dismissed Thursday after the leader of the House of Yahweh pleaded no contest to four cases involving child labor violations.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Three restaurants on South Main Street have closed their doors to the public in the last few weeks.

Originally published October 31, 2009 at 6:32 p.m., updated October 31, 2009 at 8:02 p.m. WEATHERFORD, Texas a ' Registered sex offenders on probation in three Texas counties have a mandatory counseling session on Halloween night.

Registered sex offenders from three counties have a meeting in Weatherford tomorrow night and attendance is not optional.

Friday, August 17, 1945 was the same as any other terribly hot summer day in Texas.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com A jury of seven men and five women found Robert Ernest Wilkerson, 33, of Granbury, not guilty Wednesday afternoon on two charges linking him to the Jan.

At the annual appreciation dinner recognizing scholarship donors recently, the Weatherford College Foundation presented one of the College's most prestigious awards, the Carlos Hartnett Award, to Marjorie Kimbrough Dome of Longview.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Three pieces of a wrinkled and faded dollar bill are placed on the table while a group of Korean veterans sit inside Davis City Pharmacy reminiscing about the last time the three were together, some 50 years ago.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Perhaps the scariest part of being in a haunted house is going into the narrow hallways behind the scenes.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Weatherford Regional Medical Center is inviting the community to celebrate the two-year anniversary of Healthy Woman, a monthly seminar series providing educational programs and interactive events that focus on the emotional, physical and fiscal well-being of women of all ages.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Two flu shot clinics are scheduled for this week after numerous clinics were cancelled in the past few weeks due to a shortage of the seasonal flu vaccine.

The Weatherford College Fire Academy recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a reception at the Alkek Fine Arts Center.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Keeneland Nursing Home celebrated the 100th birthday of resident Bob Sanders Friday afternoon.

Hudson Oaks receives $10 million in TxDOT funding, council to discuss engineering contract to start project Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Action items on tonight's Hudson Oaks City Council agenda are brief, but one packs a big punch in the form of nearly $10 million granted to the city from the Texas Department of Transportation.

A sect leader's bigamy trial has been moved from Callahan County to Parker County after his lawyers argued that too many people in his home county are prejudiced against him.

The bigamy trial of West Texas sect leader Yisrayl Hawkins has been moved to Weatherford after Hawkins' lawyers argued that too many people in his home county were prejudiced against him.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Money rolled in from contributors during the annual Weatherford ISD Education Foundation Gala Saturday evening.

COURTESY PHOTO Replacement of aging staircases on three buildings on the Weatherford College campus started earlier this week with the demolition of the stairwell on the south side of the Liberal Arts Building, the west end of Mince Building and the south end of Couts Hall.