Local nursing home officials are excited after a great response from a pen pal program initiated for their residents.

The Weatherford Art Association has had a very busy summer despite the pandemic. The Peach Festival was well represented by Parker County Artists. Currently the members of WAA have a show that is hung at the Doss Cultural and Heritage Center. This show will hang through Sept. 19.

The city of Weatherford/Weatherford College roundabout at the intersection of College Park Drive and Martin Drive was selected as the American Public Works Association Texas Chapter Project of the Year for projects costing less than $2 million.

Six Parker County 4-Hers recently got a kick-start to their futures receiving scholarships from the parent leader association.

WILLOW PARK — Published authors from a third-grade class at Trinity Christian Academy recently received notification that the book they wrote received a $100 grant from School Mate Publishing. 

The Weatherford Art Association in coordination with the Doss Cultural & Heritage Center hosted the annual Peach Festival Art Competition during June and July. Winning exhibits were on display at the Doss.

If more young folks like Kealey Dent continue to join, the future of America's armed forces should be in pretty good shape.

WILLOW PARK — Trinity Christian Academy announced two new roles for employees — Jessica Sims has been hired to fill the role of technology coordinator and instructional technologist and Cody McKenzie as operations coordinator.

Verbal hazing from fellow deputies at the Parker County Sheriff’s Department was intense in the early 1990s, as Annie Carbone recalls it. At 24, she became a rookie deputy at a time when women with badges and guns were uncommon and often unappreciated by their male counterparts.

The 2020 Miss Parker County Peach Pageant, held on June 20, recently announced its winners.    

The Parker County office of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be offering a Master Gardener Intern Training Course this fall. Those seeking to apply for Master Gardener intern training must attend one of two mandatory orientation sessions. The first orientation session will be he…

After losing their 12-year-old son, Hayden, to suicide on April 17, the Hunstable family, of Aledo, is making it their mission to share his story and tell the world that conversations matter.

Weatherford's Pinnacle Christian School seniors Brooke Souhrada and Traysen Crist played the role of pathfinders in front of friends, family and faculty Thursday morning in front of campus, officially becoming the first high school graduates of the hybrid school, which utilizes elements of b…

Sarah Harvey-Toth will always treasure Mother’s Day. Not only because she is a mother herself, and of course she loves her own mother, but it is an annual reminder of a day that changed her life forever.

Myrlan Coleman didn’t set out for a career in education, but after spending more than 50 years teaching art at Weatherford College, she found that it is her passion.

Organizations dedicated to helping veterans recently discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their services as well as what resources are still available and how they’re adapting to the hardships.

Reese’s is a great combination, but the popular candy has nothing on the Erwins when it comes to making folks feel good.

The Weatherford Art Association sponsored the annual Parker County Student Art Show. The show was forecast for the Fine Arts Center at the Weatherford College, a first-time experience for WAA, but the coronavirus delayed the awards and the viewing. There were 215 entries from seven different…

Established in 1987, Parker County Crime Stoppers continues to be an asset to the community by helping law enforcement solve crimes through its anonymous tip service.

For most of its 150-year history, Weatherford College has focused on providing a variety of two-year degrees with the anticipation of students entering the workforce upon graduation or transferring to a four-year institution.