Alvarado News

The Johnson County Commissioners Court will listen to concerns about a proposed slaughterhouse in Alvarado, consider a truancy prevention program for Precinct 1, and decide on the installation of 15 road signs at a regular meeting Monday.

Editor's note: This is part 2 of a series of stories about unusual stories of people buried in Johnson County cemeteries.

Heavy rainfall Wednesday through Thursday morning caused at least one accident, according to Cleburne Police Department reports.

Angelina College students enrolled in several graphic arts, editing and layout, web design and photography classes will display their work in the Graphic Arts Student exhibition set to open Tuesday, Nov.

Eleven Texas 2010 gubernatorial hopefuls chimed in on key issues at the second Alvarado High School Debate Club Decision '09 event Tuesday night.

Johnson County residents may now renew their vehicle registrations at the H-E-B Grocery Store in Cleburne at 600 W. Henderson St., said Scott Porter, Johnson County tax assessor collector.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Democratic candidates for state and national offices gathered at Hall Middle School Saturday for the third annual Old-Fashioned Democratic Rally hosted by the Parker County Democratic Party.

Johnson County Commissioners were proud when renovations on the county courthouse, built in 1912, were completed in 2007.

Cleburne American Legion Auxiliary Unit 50 is seeking volunteers to help sew stockings and candy bags to mail to more than 1,500 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Eight members of Alvarado High School's honor chorale vied for a place in the prestigious all-region choir during the first round of all-state choir auditions on Saturday at Granbury High School.

With several districts reporting increased absences, even more Johnson County students may be sent home this morning as the deadline for vaccinations ends today.

United Way of Johnson County will have its fifth annual "Day of Caring" on Oct. 3. Day of Caring is an event where groups of volunteers donate their time for one Saturday morning in an effort to make life better for people in our community.

A lightning strike is the apparent cause of a Tuesday morning house fire, said Jack Watson, Liberty Chapel Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief.

As he watched Hurricane Ike devastate the Texas coast a year ago, Alvarado Independent School District executive director of technology services Kyle Berger wished he could help the other schools he knew that were facing a long disaster recovery process .

When the Alvarado ISD board of trustees approved $248,000 in teacher raises at its last meeting, it did so knowing the money would come from federal money through State Fiscal Stabilization Funds.

Firefighters from Cleburne, Alvarado, Burleson, Joshua and Keene responded to a Saturday fire in the 1800 block of County Road 909, according to Cleburne Fire Department reports.

Rene Alvarado's paintings are known for including iconic Mexican symbols and legends.

It may still feel like summer, but Christmas may come sooner this year for some local homeowners.

In part because of questions about the full content of President Barack Obama's nationwide broadcast on the Internet and C-SPAN to students at 11 a.m. Tuesday on the importance of education, some Johnson County school districts have decided to make viewing optional for students or to tape the presentation for later viewing.

Keene firefighters are crediting natural causes, probably lightning, for a Thursday night fire that damaged a building on the Southwestern Adventist University campus, said Capt.