Schleicher County News

Also delayed Wednesday was the trial of former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints president Wendell Nielsen, the Schleicher County clerk said.

Warren Jeffs is tightening his grip on the polygamist group he leads as "prophet" while he is in prison, demanding people abandon amenities such as toys, pets and recreational vehicles to give more money to their church, possibly to support the sect's massive ranch in Texas, a sect member said.

A former polygamous sect leader sentenced to probation on bigamy charges may yet take back his plea and go to trial.

Range and pasture management is the focus of a multi-county workshop to be conducted Nov.

NOVEMBER RAINS came too late for most Texas rangeland, such as this stretch in Schleicher County, south of San Angelo, where the only things left growing are cacti and mesquite.