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Changes coming for city operations
Dirt is being moved on the west side of the Aledo Commons traffic circle as construction is now under way on the new Aledo City Hall, which will include a library and also house a future police department. City staff and the board of the East Parker County Library finalized...
Missing Parker County children found safe
WILLOW PARK, Texas - UPDATE: Willow Park police say both kids have been located safely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authorities in Parker County are looking for two kids who went missing Thursday. Police in Willow Park are searching for 7-year-old Echo Sanchez and 10-year-old Antonio Smith. The two were last seen around 4:30...
Woman killed in crash near Springtown
Just after 11:00pm Tuesday evening, Parker County ESD 1, PCHD EMS, Springtown PD, Parker County SO and DPS responded to a major accident on Highway 199 near Pojo Road west of Springtown. Initial reports indicate a vehicle struck a pedestrian. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene by PCHD...
Annual Parker County event closes successful week
The arena is quiet and the trailer parking area is empty. The 2024 Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo and Frontier Days is in the books with high attendance, entertaining exhibits, and cash prizes for fortunate contestants over the week of June 4-8. The week began with a traditional cattle...
Angel Perez Martel injured in Parker County 2-vehicle accident
PARKER, TX, (June 14, 2024) - The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a two-vehicle crash on June 14 that claimed the life of a Springtown woman and left two other people with injuries. According to a preliminary investigation, a 2005 Nissan Frontier pickup truck exited from a private...
Cory Kidd V Talks Winning in Weatherford and New Perspectives
Cory Kidd V and his heeling partner Dustin Davis turned in a 4.4-second run to win Parker County last weekend, adding $3,230 to their season earnings. “It’s a big advantage in Weatherford to get to go second on the steers and go later on in the rodeo, and we were the second-to-last team of the whole rodeo,” Kidd said. “It seems the steers get better at the end.”
TCEQ issues ozone pollution alert affecting North Texas Saturday
An air quality alert was issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for Saturday. The alert is for Wise, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Hood, Johnson, Ellis and Henderson counties. "The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort...
Parker County Sheriff's Office searching for teen who has been missing for four days
CROWLEY, Texas — The Parker County Sheriff's Office is searching for a teen who has been missing since Sunday. 14-year-old Abigail Diane Rodriguez was last seen shortly before midnight June 9 on Creekbend Street in Crowley, Texas. She was also last seen wearing the light brown hoodie in the...
Winstead, the winner
SPRINGTOWN — Springtown High School graduate Paige Winstead walked out of the ring at the Parker County Stock Show this year for the last time with the highest title she has ever won. Winstead earned reserve champion in the show’s market lamb competition as well as medium wool reserve...
Parker County bomb hoax to test new Texas terrorism law
PARKER COUNTY, Texas - A bomb hoax in Parker County is believed to be the first test of new state terrorism laws. Two men, Parker Whitworth and Kristopher Cloud, were indicted on charges of terrorism and planting a hoax bomb. A worker at the Parker County District Court found the...
Shad Mayfield's 'Reign of Terror' Tie-Down Roping Continues in Texas
Weatherford, Texas, Cutting Horse Capital of the World, also hosts some stout rodeo and bull riding competition. The Parker County Sheriff's Posse Frontier Days and PRCA rodeo/Xtreme Bulls brought elite competition on all fronts.
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