On Friday night, Sept. 24, horseshoes were flying and battles were fought. 

The Weatherford High School Horseshoe Club held its first ever Horseshoe Pitching Championship Tournament at Love Street Park, Noon Lions Ringer Alley Courts Sept. 25.

Beekeeping 101 will take place as a series of virtual-live trainings in October. There will also be an optional in-person field day.

The Parker County Camera Club’s members took home a total of 23 awards at the State Fair of Texas 2021 competition.

To mark the somber anniversary of the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago, various entities will be holding community events Saturday.

Theatre Off The Square in Weatherford presents “The Addams Family, A New Musical,” book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. The show begins Sept. 10 and runs weekends through Sept. 26. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. 

Weatherford Art Association’s July meeting featured Laurin McCracken, nationally known watercolor artist. 

Across Texas, United Way are supporting their respective communities as they respond and recover from the February winter weather disaster. The United Way of Palo Pinto County Inc. recently presented a $10,000 grant to the Salvation Army Mineral Wells and the Mineral Wells Center of Life, in…

WEATHERFORD — More than 150 adults and students entered their work to be judged at the 2021 Parker County Peach Festival Art Competition this month.

His band has the word “little” in its name, but John Thomasson’s role in their success is anything but small. The same could be said for his career in the music industry.

Theatre Off The Square in Weatherford presents its annual youth production, The Rainbow Fish Musical; book, music, and lyrics by Austin Zumbro; adapted from the book by Marcus Pfister; translated into English by J. Alison James; and presented by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama, Inc. 

There are numerous benefits when youth participate in the Junior Master Gardener Program.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Junior Shorthorn enthusiasts gathering from 28 states competed in the 2021 National Junior Shorthorn Show and Youth Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, June 21-26. Juniors competed with their animals, and had the opportunity to compete in 15 individual, team or state contests.

MINERAL WELLS — RedRover, a national animal welfare nonprofit, was on the ground June 29-July 4, helping the Mineral Wells Animal Shelter provide daily care and comfort for 43 animals who were surrendered by a local homeowner. The animals relinquished include 34 cats and kittens, and nine do…

The Weatherford Art Association met last month at Barlow Hall in Weatherford, awarding several recognitions, including the Artist of the Year, an annual event when members vote on each first place winner from the past year. This year the winner was Colleen Erickson.

The June meeting for Weatherford Art Association had a turnout to see artist Susie Monzingo demonstrate her skill in applying gold leaf application to her paintings. Each month there is a new demonstration for all types of media that includes oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, photography…

The 2021 Miss Parker County Peach Pageant was held June 19.    

OKLAHOMA – Weatherford’s Melinda Mayes-Kelly captured the All-Around Limited Amateur Bronze Champion title at the AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships on June 26 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Many Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service employees statewide answered the call when a wide range of efforts related to disaster recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hurricane Laura and Winter Storm Uri were needed in the past year.

WILLOW PARK — For all of its 28 years of existence, Trinity Christian Academy has been without home fields for outdoor athletic programs. But not anymore.

Growing up in California, Jace Helton never gave a thought to being a rodeo competitor or having anything to do with horses at all.

More than 700 people, a record, gathered in Heritage Park last Thursday for the 12th annual Taste of Parker County benefiting the Weatherford College Foundation.

Two long-term Brock ISD students are going out on top — valedictorian Aislyn Beauregard and salutatorian Tim Hoffman, who have each attended Brock schools since kindergarten.

Theatre Off The Square in Weatherford will present “BOB: A Life in Five Acts,” beginning June 4. 

Erik Rodriguez was the recipient of this year’s Tom DeBeauford Scholarship, presented by the Kiwanis Club of Weatherford. 

Six area students have qualified for the Texas High School Rodeo State Finals in cutting. Charles Russell Bushaw, Madison Flynn, Blake Heid, JT Hill, Jade Mitchell and Ryann Packard will be traveling to Abilene to compete June 3-5.

Torrye Tyler does not waste time. Whether it’s winning a race on the track or getting her education, she knows how to get it done faster than most other people.

More than two months following the record cold temperatures of Winter Storm Uri, Texans are noticing that some oak trees are still struggling to recover. This has left many of our state’s experts wondering why.

If there was a picture next to a definition of a “master teacher,” Kimberley DeNeefe’s would be the one.

Weatherford Horseshoe Club hosted the best horseshoe pitching men, women, elders and junior cadets in Texas on April 24. Almost 100 pitchers arrived in town with their families, ready to claim a championship. Brackets were created in groups of eight. Each bracket could claim a champion, thou…

The FCCLA State Conference was held in Dallas April 8-10, with four teams from Peaster FCCLA advancing to the state contest. 

The Weatherford Music Teachers Association earlier this month sponsored its annual master class on the stage of the Margorie Alkek Fine Arts Center at Weatherford College. Each year, WMTA invites a distinguished teacher to teach selected students in a master class setting.

Weatherford College recognized three alumni during the annual Alumni Awards Luncheon on Friday, April 16, at the Doss Heritage and Culture Center.