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Roos to walk stage at  Dickie’s Arena

When Weatherford High School seniors attend their graduation ceremony in 2027, they’ll be doing it at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, the district recently announced.   The ceremony will …

Medicaid funding restored to Texas hospitals

Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals will be restored after a nearly year-long stalemate between the state and the federal government ended, the Texas Standard reported. …

Commissioners hear update on transportation projects

A representative of Freese & Nichols, the firm managing Parker County’s transportation bond program, gave commissioners a project-by-project update during the Sept. 14 …

‘One thing’

In August, when The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the Accountability A-F Ratings for the 2025-26 school year and Weatherford ISD improved to a B from a C, the effort to improve that to an A …

Senate GOP opens wallet for Paxton’s campaign

The Senate Republican leadership is pouring tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. Senate campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight race with …
Tuesday brought a horrible sight to Cindy Bartlett and Cherie Scott.

911 Remembrance

Editor’s note: This story was originally published Sept. 20, 2001, in The Community News. The subject, Cindy Bartlett, a former Aledo resident, passed away in 2025.
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Roos destroy Texans 59-10

What a difference a week makes as the Weatherford Kangaroos blew out Arlington Sam Houston 59-10 on homecoming Friday, Sept. 25.

Sports Briefs for Sept. 25

Former Aledo Bearcats quarterback Hauss Hejny limped off the field in the first quarter of Colorado State’s game against Brigham Young University on …
Dylan Poston hits a cross court forehand as Weatherford beat Arlington Bowie 19-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Weatherford Roundup for Sept. 25

The Weatherford cross country teams got a taste of running on the state course while competing Saturday, Sept. 19, in the Hoka McNeil …

Lions mercy-rule Temple Christian 49-0

The Weatherford Christian School Lions shut out Temple Christian 49-0 in their homecoming game Friday, Sept. 18, finishing the game at halftime due to the mercy-rule. WCS was led by Alex …
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Cleta Ann Mize was born May 13, 1932, in McAlester, Oklahoma, and passed away on Sept. 5, 2026, at the age of 94. Cleta grew up in a small farmhouse as the only girl among seven brothers. Life …
Phyllis Norine Walker Hensley died on August 20, 2026, at the age of 100 years, eleven months and one day.
The former mayor of Weatherford, Gabe Thomas “Tom” Vick Jr., a dedicated leader, esteemed attorney, and cornerstone of the Parker County community, passed away on Sunday, Aug. …
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WC breaks enrollment record again

For the seventh consecutive long semester in a row, enrollment at Weatherford College set a new record.  As of Sept. 8, 7,539 students were registered compared to 7,245 students last year, …

WC board renames quad for former President Mince

The Weatherford College Board of Trustees approved naming the college’s central quad after former President E.W. Mince, creating a permanent tribute to the longest-serving president in the …

WC among first in nation approved for Workforce Pell Grants

Students pursuing careers in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and advanced manufacturing at Weatherford College have a new source of financial aid after the U.S. Department of …

SWAU added to list of WC transfer agreements

Weatherford College hosted administrators from Southwestern Adventist University on campus earlier this month to sign a transfer agreement that creates an additional pathway for WC students …
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AT&T is even worse than I remember

We have some cell phone lines here at The Community News that were originally on the AT&T network. Several years ago, due to AT&T’s customer service, or rather lack thereof, we switched to …

Dedicated community servants

As the Aledo Bearcats take the field Friday night I will be passing the gavel as the president of the National Newspaper Association Foundation to Jeanne Straus of Chester, New York. It has been …

Rocky Mountain High

The Rocky Mountains. are majesstic from any angle.

It wasn’t just lyrics in a song when John Denver sang “Rocky Mountain High.” He was expressing the magical feeling people experience when they fall in love with …

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