The Weatherford Art Association recently announced two months of Artist of the Month winners. 

Peaster High School FCCLA recently hosted Mike Guidry from Texas AgriLife Extension for an assembly promoting safe driving in the community. 

The Weatherford High School Horseshoe Club hosted their Halloween Special Horseshoe Tournament Oct. 30

WC alumnus Brazeal to speak at Veterans Day ceremony Weatherford College will commemorate Veterans Day with a ceremony at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11, in the Ed Kramer Veteran Memorial Flag Plaza.

The Doss Cultural Center and Weatherford Art Association held their annual Spirit of the West Awards earlier this month featuring artists from around the North Texas area.

Theatre Off The Square presents “ROCKET MAN” by Steven Dietz, directed by Tyler Burden, with assistant directors Wally Jones and Jacob Myers and stage manager Jordyn Mahar Nelson. 

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.