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Type(s) | Quotidien |
Langue(s) | Anglais |
Pays et région | Texas (TX) / États-Unis |
Villes(s) | Mineral Wells |
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MWISD board accepts Kuhn resignation; Tarver named interim
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 18/04/2024 à 1:11
MINERAL WELLS — School trustees here accepted the resignation Wednesday night of Superintendent John Kuhn, who is set to take the top administrative position for Abilene ISD on April 26.
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Ram Elite Finalists named
par From staff reports le 16/04/2024 à 7:02
Mineral Wells High School has announced the 2024 Ram Elite finalists.
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MW council incumbents defend spending to secure water, ask what challengers propose
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 15/04/2024 à 10:35
MINERAL WELLS — Two incumbent council members defended moves they’ve taken to ensure future water reliability, with each facing challengers inspired to run by a 146 percent water rate hike.
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Incumbent MW mayor, challenger in race soaked in water rates, new lake proposal
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 15/04/2024 à 5:12
MINERAL WELLS — An incumbent mayor seeking a second full term is challenged in Mineral Wells by a first-time candidate looking for answers in the city’s expensive quest for water.
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Graford ISD details $59.9M bond proposal
par From staff reports le 11/04/2024 à 7:06
Voters in Graford will have the opportunity to chime in support or opposition to a bond next month.
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Palo Pinto County tightens electioneering regulations
par From staff reports le 10/04/2024 à 1:00
Palo Pinto commissioners Monday tightened up their stance on electioneering, approving an order that includes restrictions to distance and political signage at county-owned buildings.
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Gordon, Mineral Wells groups investing in MW council races
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 09/04/2024 à 7:51
MINERAL WELLS — Competing groups are funding the lion’s share of campaigns for city council as Mineral Wells residents look to the May 4 election.
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2024 All-Palo Pinto County Girls Basketball Team
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 09/04/2024 à 7:11
Below is a list of superlative awards as well as first-team and second-team rosters comprised of players from Palo Pinto County UIL high school girls basketball teams. The UIL All-Palo Pinto County Team relies on coaches’ nominations, all-district lists, statistics…
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Get to know APPC Playmaker of the Year Payton Reed
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 08/04/2024 à 7:30
This year’s Playmaker of the Year of the All-Palo Pinto County Girls Basketball Team is Gordon guard Payton Reed. The senior helped Gordon earn an overall record of 25-8 (12-0 in district play) – the program’s best season in two…
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Get to know APPC Defensive MVP Ashley Crawford
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 08/04/2024 à 7:27
This year’s Defensive MVP of the All-Palo Pinto County Girls Basketball Team is Graford guard Ashley Crawford. The senior helped Graford earn an overall record of 27-7 (9-3 in district play) and reach the second round of the postseason. Crawford…
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Get to know APPC Offensive MVP Kamryn Glover
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 08/04/2024 à 7:23
This year’s Offensive MVP of the All-Palo Pinto County Girls Basketball Team is Graford forward Kamryn Glover. The junior helped Graford earn an overall record of 27-7 (9-3 in district play) and reach the second round of the postseason. Glover…
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Get to know APPC Post of the Year Caitlyn Parsons
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 08/04/2024 à 7:20
This year’s Post of the Year of the All-Palo Pinto County Girls Basketball Team is Gordon’s Caitlyn Parsons. The senior helped Gordon earn an overall record of 25-8 (12-0 in district play) – the program’s best season in two decades.…
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Lady ’Horns put together strongest season in 20 years
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 08/04/2024 à 7:13
The Gordon Lady Longhorns basketball team put together its strongest campaign in two decades, after earning an overall record of 25-8 and 12-0 in district play. The historic season came to a screeching halt, after star senior post Caitlyn Parsons…
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Kuhn departing Mineral Wells ISD for similar post leading Abilene district, begins May 20
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 05/04/2024 à 4:58
MINERAL WELLS — John Kuhn said Friday he has accepted the superintendent’s position at Abilene ISD and is leaving the helm at the Mineral Wells district.
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Mineral Wells council updated on airport plan, Main Street and economic development success
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 05/04/2024 à 2:13
MINERAL WELLS — Council members concluded Tuesday’s meeting with applause after a raft of reports revealed jobs, new businesses, sales tax revenue and tourism on the rise.
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Mineral Wells High School seniors share views on likely presidential choices in first time to vote
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 02/04/2024 à 5:12
MINERAL WELLS — A trio of Rams planning their first presidential votes recently shared they wish their choices were not six decades older than them.
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Palo Pinto County mulling 'electioneering' regulation after raucous primary crowds at MW Annex
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 28/03/2024 à 8:05
PALO PINTO — County commissioners are mulling a set of electioneering regulations after candidate supporters created commotion at the Mineral Wells Annex on voting day.
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Mineral Wells joining Music City Texas ranks to promote local scene, Weatherford also a member
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 26/03/2024 à 3:12
MINERAL WELLS — Crazy Town took a step last week to join some 55 Texas cities in the Music Friendly Texas database.
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Water district chief outlines plans to improve availability in MW and seven systems amid drought
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 22/03/2024 à 4:21
Editor's note. An earlier online version of this story inaccurately reported the monthly rental cost projected for a reverse osmosis unit. It has been corrected in this version.
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WC hosts 22nd annual Coyote Area Math Championship
par By Crystal Woerly Special Contributor le 21/03/2024 à 7:02
Students from area high schools gathered on the Weatherford College campus earlier this month for the 22nd annual Coyote Area Math Championship in memory of longtime instructor Pat Cook.
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Residents can follow common sense habits to minimize wildfire risk as season approaches
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 19/03/2024 à 4:55
Common sense habits are the first line of defense for residents as wildfire season arrives with a Texas-sized growl.
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Animal advocates starting trap/neuter/release program in Palo Pinto County, first event March 28
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 12/03/2024 à 8:17
MINERAL WELLS — Parker and Palo Pinto county cat advocates are teaming up on a new program to spay and neuter feral cats in Mineral Wells.
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Full calendar of Mineral Wells Main Street events start March 16, Free Kids Day also set in April
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 12/03/2024 à 3:23
MINERAL WELLS — Contacts continue with potential downtown Mineral Wells retailers, the Main Street Program board learned during a meeting that unveiled a full spring and summer schedule of events.
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Palo Pinto commissioners get primary election report, agree to stiffen security door rules
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 11/03/2024 à 11:55
PALO PINTO — County Elections Administrator Laura Watkins reported Monday that turnout in the March 5 party primaries rose slightly from the 2020 cycle.
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Federal court rejects ex-MW mayor's appeal of lower court's dismissal
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 07/03/2024 à 12:25
MINERAL WELLS — A federal court in New Orleans on Tuesday rejected ex-mayor Chris Perricone’s appeal to revive his lawsuit against Mineral Wells, the city reported.
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Final, but unofficial, voting totals in Parker and Palo Pinto counties
le 06/03/2024 à 4:07
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MWISD counselor earns prestigious Play Therapy credential
par From staff reports le 05/03/2024 à 10:06
MINERAL WELLS — Mineral Wells ISD Special Education Counselor Michaela Rothe recently earned the prestigious Registered Play Therapist credential by the Association for Play Therapy.
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Super Tuesday voting 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, local state and national posts on ballot
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 05/03/2024 à 12:45
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today for Texans to decide several local, state and national party nominees.
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No. 8 Gordon upsets No. 1 Graford in regional final
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 02/03/2024 à 11:13
MANSFIELD – Two local titans needed four extra minutes to decide Saturday’s Class 1A Region III title.
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No. 1 Graford ousts Huckabay in gritty fourth-round win
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 02/03/2024 à 4:42
MANSFIELD – Following a hard-fought third-round win over Slidell in the regional quarterfinals, the No. 1 Graford Rabbits found themselves matched up against another tough opponent in the regional semifinals Friday night. Graford competed against the Huckabay Indians at Mansfield…
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Gordon takes down Dodd City in regional semifinals
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 02/03/2024 à 4:40
MANSFIELD – The stage was set for a clash of Class 1A Region III powers at Mansfield High School in the first of two regional semifinal matchups Friday night. The Gordon Longhorns faced off against the Dodd City Hornets at…
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Water to Mineral Wells and beyond flows through multiple steps en route to area faucets
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 02/03/2024 à 12:50
MINERAL WELLS — The Texas Supreme Court declared in 1904 the movement of water in underground aquifers is “secret, occult and concealed.”
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On the sidelines with Mineral Wells senior dancer Klarissa Piñon
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 01/03/2024 à 6:50
Get to know Mineral Wells senior and future Hardin-Simmons dancer Klarissa Piñon on and off the dance floor.
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No. 1 Graford pulls away for victory over Slidell
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 28/02/2024 à 6:57
BRIDGEPORT – The No. 1 Graford Rabbits basketball team has hoisted the state championship trophy as the best team in Class 1A competition in each of the last two seasons. In this year’s regional quarterfinal matchup against the Slidell Greyhounds.…
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Palo Pinto courthouse annex in MW to host election night public, forest service clearing fuels
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 27/02/2024 à 7:32
PALO PINTO — County residents can get a taste of election nights of old after commissioners agreed Monday to open the Mineral Wells Annex on March 5.
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Caught in the political crosshairs; Primary election results to have big impact on public education
par By SALLY SEXTON ssexton@weatherforddemocrat.com le 27/02/2024 à 5:39
WEATHERFORD — In case you missed it, the Weatherford Democrat published a guest op-ed piece Saturday penned by 14 of our local superintendents.
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Leap Day Babies celebrate quirky nature of being one in 1,460
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 26/02/2024 à 10:11
Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Happy birthday!
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Early voting for March 5 primary continues through Friday
par From staff reports le 26/02/2024 à 8:20
Early voting continues this week for the March 5 party primaries after brisk balloting last week, Parker County Elections Administrator Cricket Miller reported.
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Pedestrian struck and killed in MW
par From staff reports le 25/02/2024 à 5:28
MINERAL WELLS — Police are investigating an incident Friday night during which a man was struck and killed by a vehicle.
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Mineral Wells council OKs lower base water rate for account holder 60 years or older
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 23/02/2024 à 6:53
MINERAL WELLS — A new minimum base rate for water will lower monthly bills for account holders 60 years and older in Mineral Wells under city council action taken Tuesday.
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Mineral Wells rejects petitions to change charter but starts process that could pleas GR group
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 21/02/2024 à 9:03
MINERAL WELLS — Petitions gathered by a grassroots organization to change two Mineral Wells city charter provisions, that are tied to council recall elections set in May, were declared insufficient Tuesday by the city clerk.
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Community Christian wins TCAF state title
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 20/02/2024 à 8:00
FORT WORTH – “Everything you want is on the other side of hard,” said Brad Stevens, the head of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics.
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Early voting for March 5 party primaries starts today; Ballots include local, state, national posts
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 20/02/2024 à 12:17
Early voting for the March 5 party primaries starts Tuesday, Feb. 20, and runs through March 1.
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Local schools compete in area round matchups
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 19/02/2024 à 5:52
Entering the area round of postseason play this past weekend, there were three remaining local schools fighting for a chance to advance to the regional quarterfinals of their respective postseason brackets. Those schools were the Aledo Lady Bearcats, Brock Lady…
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Olcott vs Rogers in HD 60 rematch
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 19/02/2024 à 12:24
MINERAL WELLS — A race to represent Parker, Palo Pinto and Stephens counties in Austin is between two old rivals.
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Q&A: Palo Pinto County Constable, Precinct 1
le 16/02/2024 à 10:04
Get to know more about the candidates running for Palo Pinto County Constable of Precinct 1.
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Lady Longhorns' stellar season comes to abrupt end after UIL rules player ineligible
par By Geoff Heppes sports@weatherforddemocrat.com le 15/02/2024 à 11:23
The Gordon Lady Longhorns basketball team was putting the finishing touches on arguably its best season in the program’s last 20 years when everything came to a screeching halt.
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Q&A: Palo Pinto Commissioner, Precinct 1
le 13/02/2024 à 11:33
Get to know more about the three candidates running for Palo Pinto County Commissioner of Precinct 1, Richard Ralls, Nathan Buschow and Mark Harrington.
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Mineral Wells sets third recall election for May; Maldonado petition forces vote
par By Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com le 13/02/2024 à 8:25
MINERAL WELLS — Council members called for a recall election in a special session held Tuesday to beat Friday’s deadline to set the May 4 ballot.
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Q&A: Palo Pinto County Sheriff
par Staff reports le 13/02/2024 à 7:17
Get to know more about the two candidates running for Palo Pinto County Sheriff, Doug Hart and JR Patterson.