Eastland County News

From Staff Reports PALO PINTO - In a special meeting Tuesday, Palo Pinto County commissioners voted unanimously to order a 90-day ban on all outdoor burning.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 10 p.m. for Travis, Williamson, Burnet and Blanco counties.

Former Eastland County Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1 Jack Edward Graham, 79, of Eastland, passed away Tuesday, June 09, 2009 in Eastland after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's and diabetes.

The Tarrant County district attorney's office could be removed from its involvement in the appeal of a condemned woman after her lawyer raised claims of prosecutor misconduct.

Severe thunderstorms have passed through Abilene and most of the Big Country, leaving behind much-needed rain.

The production of 'The Santa Claus Robbery' by the Cisco College drama department has become a popular tradition over the summer.

The Stanley Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep dealership in George West owned by Gaines Stanley was listed as one of the 789 dealerships Chrysler plans to close as it restructures under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court records filed Thursday at the U.S. bankruptcy court.

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Plug/Abandon: Lease: Gary Jones. Well: No. 1. Field: Blind Hog . Location: Six miles northeast of Cross Cut, in Section 798 of the J. McGloin survey.

W.G. Bill Moore, 81, of Cisco, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in a Dallas hospital.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Wildfires still rampant across Big Country today Fire fighters continue to battle rampant wildfires across the Big Country today.

The next meeting of the Hendrick Ostomy Support Group is set for 7 p.m. Monday in the Hendrick Center for Rehabilitation, 1934 Hickory St., with Walter Graham of Eastland County, Speaker of the 12th Texas Silver-Haired Legislature as featured speaker.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Fire evacuees return to find properties undamaged By Celinda Emison Saturday, April 11, 2009 Three-day forecast Today: 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day, increasing to 80 percent tonight.

The Breckenridge Fire Department's skills were put to the extreme test Thursday after several fires broke out in various areas of Stephens County.

Blustery weather that rolled across Texas on Thursday apparently downed power lines, sparking a fire that destroyed about 34 homes in a small town near Lake Corpus Christi, authorities said.

A Catholic priest found guilty Thursday of sexual assault and indecency was sentenced to 50 years in prison by an Eastland County, Texas, jury yesterday.

Jurors in Eastland County, Texas, have sentenced Thomas Teczar, a Catholic priest convicted of child sex abuse, to fifty years in prison.

By DARREN BARBEE and MITCH MITCHELL The Rev. Thomas Teczar gambled - and lost - at his second trial by letting a jury decide his punishment for raping an 11-year-old boy in Ranger in 1990.

A Catholic priest is being retried on sexual assault and indecency charges in Eastland County.

Three Eastland County residents were charged with arson after fires burned more than 260 acres and five structures in Eastland and Callahan counties, according to the Texas Fire Service.