Azle News Archives

Last respects and public viewing for Platon Reyes Enaligo, also known as "Uncle Junior/Papa Junior," of Azle, Texas, formerly of Merizo, may be paid from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Nov. via Guam Pacific Daily News

“They came off the field feeling they performed well, and they were rewarded by getting to go to the state contest.”

Five Tarrant County-area bands qualified for the state finals Saturday at competitions in Carrollton and Odessa.

Azle, Saginaw, Boswell and Fossil Ridge high schools took the four Area A qualifying spots in Odessa, with Springtown as the first alternate. Aledo finished second behind Sherman in Area B in Carrollton, with Birdville and Joshua as the alternates.

The 4A state finals will be Nov. 5-6 in San Antonio.

'We killed it,' said Bryan Shaban, an Aledo junior who plays the saxophone. 'That may have been our best performance.' Read more

Rosary for Platon Reyes Enaligo, also known as "Uncle Junior/Papa Junior," of Azle, Texas, formerly of Merizo, is being prayed nightly at 8 at San Dimas Church, Merizo. via Guam Pacific Daily News

“El Paso to Amarillo to the western side of Fort Worth.”

The Azle High School Marching Green Pride advances to Area contest in Odessa this Saturday after receiving ones from all the judges last Saturday at UIL Region Marching Contest. via Azle News Online

“I thought (the pedestrian) was okay as we came on scene because it looked like he was sitting up”

Time is life, according to Azle fire chief Will Scott. But the Azle ambulance was already on a call when a pedestrian was struck last Thursday night by a sport utility vehicle on a dark stretch of Boyd Highway ... via Azle News Online

“What has happened in the sub-prime market is with adjustable-rate mortgages and funny money loans going on in the last three to four years. It has added to the problem”

Along U.S. Highway 380, where new subdivisions are filling with homes by the hundreds each year in and around Aubrey and Cross Roads, an undercurrent of uncertainty belies the bright picture of prosperity. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“Now I've got a whole new life, and that's amazing.”

Vote for the "ugliest house of the year" at www.theugliesthouse.com. Lung gives new life to veteran dealmaker Holt Hickman, the Fort Worth businessman credited with reviving the Historic Stockyards District, ... via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“All of the sites are valid for the FWISD election”

By DIANE SMITH Early voting begins Monday in the Fort Worth school district's $593.6 million bond referendum, which would pay for six new schools, renovating schools and upgrading athletic facilities.The Nov. via Star-telegram.com

The proposed extension of Denver Trail across the Ash Creek floodplain potentially has a new route, according to a presentation to city council by city engineer Daniel Christodoff Tuesday night. via Azle News Online

“One of the first things that folks need is to have someone visit with them and understand their problem. The biggest issue usually is transportation and food”

Neighbor Helping Neighbor, a relatively new program by the United Way, is trying to make a difference in the lives of the elderly.

The nonprofit is finding senior citizens living alone and perhaps needing help and enlisting others to check in on them to see if they might need a ride to the drugstore or doctor and to make sure there's food in the house.

Don Smith, director of the Area Agency on Aging for Tarrant County, said the program started in September 2006 and is one of a kind.

'We don't know of any other place that does this, at least in Texas,' he said. Read more

“Everybody has problems but we haven't had any significant problem since then”

By R.A. DYER Texas led the nation in the number of facilities discharging pollution at levels exceeding federal clean water guidelines, according to a new report from an environmental watchdog group.The ... via Star-telegram.com

“In 20 years, there could be more people in East Parker County than the rest of the county”

Founded in 1869, it's the oldest continuing community college in Texas. And it's outgrown its space. via Azle News Online

“It's nice to know people will be gathering here again 50 years later to have fun”

Azle's union of high school sophomores - 2010 United - put in more than 50 man-hours Saturday, Sept. via Azle News Online

“We're fire guys, we expect the unexpected”

A&M Gardens owners Melody and Allen Shelton have a long list of priorities this week, just a few days after their facility on Gantt Road north of Azle burned down. via Azle News Online

“The accomplice-witness rule is a law which states a jury cannot convict someone solely on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice to the commission of a crime”

Special to the Democrat The conviction and 15-year sentence a Parker County jury handed down to a jewelry thief last December was upheld on appeal in a ruling by the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth last ... via Weatherford Democrat

“But mom... what about my homework? You know that big test is tomorrow!”

Teaching, unlike parenthood, comes with a list of instructions. But when teaching kids about social responsibility and interpersonal relationships, educators as well as parents are often left to fend for ... via Azle News Online

“But it is true that once school goes back in session, we have more (auto) accidents, for instance.”

Well, there was a full moon last week, but even after it was over, Azle paramedics and emergency medical technicians found themselves spread pretty thin on a number of occasions. via Azle News Online

Authorities have identified two suspects in a botched bank robbery during which a Springtown couple was held hostage for hours in their home.

Cary Deon McGowan, 48, of Fort Worth, is wanted in the Jan. 16 kidnapping and attempted bank robbery, Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said Wednesday.

Gary Huddleston, 56, of Muskogee, Okla., was arrested early Wednesday during a raid in Muskogee. Simultaneously, SWAT officers raided a residence in the 6000 block of Nine Mile Azle Road in northwest Tarrant County and may have just missed McGowan, Fowler said in a news release. Read more

“And the Presbyterian Night Shelter houses 600 to 800 people a night.”

Jeannette Chase, 56. who discovered in 1999 that she had Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy was recently honored as a "Daily Point of Light" by the Point of Light Foundation, founded by former ... via Azle News Online