Goldthwaite News

In Manatee County, there's a mystery over a 22-year-old missing soldier who seems to have vanished without a trace.

NWS CONFIRMS ALVORD AREA TORNADO - National Weather Service survey crews spent yesterday gathering information about the damage created by Wednesday night's storm which produced what they say are 16 confirmed tornadoes stretching from Montague County to just north of Goldthwaite in Central Texas.

A judge has slashed a landmark $240 million verdict to $1.6 million for 32 mentally disabled workers in Iowa who suffered years of abuse by their caretakers.

A judge has slashed a landmark $240 million verdict to $1.6 million for 32 mentally disabled workers who suffered years of abuse by their caretakers.

A landmark $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million because of a federal cap, attorneys in the case agree.

The second time was the charm for Colorado Independent School District as two of its three school bonds passed, including its $24.95 million bond for new elementary and middle school facilities and upgrades to high school in Saturday's general election.

Central Texas voters stood tall for education on Saturday. Nine area school districts were up for bond elections, and eight of them passed.

The Falls City Beaverettes held off Goldthwaite by less than half a second to capture the Class 1A Division 1 girls 1,600-meter relay title at the UIL State Track and Field Championship on Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

Prop. 1 - $6 million to renovate Comanche Middle School into elementary school; add science labs to Jeffries Junior High School After hearing critics complain that Colorado Independent School District's $29.9 million bond package in November contained "a lot of fluff," the district has split the bond into three propositions for Saturday's general ... (more)

A Texas company has been ordered to pay $240 million in damages to 32 mentally disabled workers who formerly worked at the company's turkey processing plant in Iowa for what government lawyers described as decades of around-the-clock abuse on and off the job.

An Iowa jury on Wednesday awarded a total of $240 million to 32 mentally disabled Iowa turkey processing plant workers for what government lawyers described as years of around-the-clock abuse and discrimination by the Texas company that oversaw their care, work and lodging.

The owner of Henry's Turkey Service testified during a trial in federal court that he didn't strike a disabled man who worked for him.