Graford News

A Weatherford man was arrested Saturday and charged with robbery after allegedly stealing a T-shirt from a downtown merchant.

About 52,000 fingerling Channel Catfish were introduced to Moss Lake Wednesday afternoon when a trailer from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department arrived.

By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com PALO PINTO - The Palo Pinto County Grand Jury recently returned 17 indictments against 16 named individuals and 19 indictments against unnamed individuals.

By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com A Graford woman arrested Monday marks the eighth arrest made in an 18-month-long investigation into "engaging in organized criminal activity" involving the ...

By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com GRAFORD - A Graford woman reportedly stabbed by her spouse is doing better but remains in the intensive care unit of a Fort Worth hospital, according to her ...

From Staff Reports GRAFORD - As fuel prices continue to increase, fuel thieves are apparently becoming bolder as the county learned Tuesday when unknown persons stole almost 1,000 gallons of fuel from a county ...

By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com GRAFORD - Two people remained in critical condition and unconscious Wednesday after sustaining stab wounds on Tuesday, Palo Pinto County Sheriff Ira Mercer ...

By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com GRAFORD - A number of firefighters joined forces Wednesday to battle a grassfire sparked by a fallen electrical line.

Shooting death of Graford man results in donations for county to purchase Tasers By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com PALO PINTO - In response to the shooting death of a Graford man, two families ...

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com PEADENVILLE - Just over eight miles north of Mineral Wells lies what Texas Monthly calls "a mirage in the desert" - the two-year old Hashknife on the Chisholm ...

Palo Pinto General Hospital Auxiliary recently presented six 2008 educational health care scholarship awards in the amount of $1,000 each to Mirenda Taylor , Leticia Martinez , Stefanie Charles , Alicia Walker ...

By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com GRAFORD - Ian Todd Reedy will be honored as Graford ISD's 2008 valedictorian.

A routine family outing became anything but routine for the Stockton family when they drove up on the scene of an accident just outside a Palo Pinto sheriff's sub-station. Sheriff's deputies say a man, ...

By MIKE LEE A Palo Pinto County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a Graford man Sunday after the man crashed a car into a sheriff's substation near Possum Kingdom Lake, confronted deputies and lunged at one with a ...

“The story lives in Texas and I feel it should be shot there”

Special to the Index GRAHAM - The movie "Mouth of Caddo: The Legend of Hell's Gate" premiered in Hollywood on Feb. via Mineral Wells Insider

Special to the Index At the April 17 meeting of Zonta Club, new President Kelly Wilkerson introduced groups in the community that were recipients of Zonta donations this past year. via Mineral Wells Insider

“The DeSoto area was hit pretty hard”

By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com While powerful winds wrecked havoc in several areas of North Central Texas Thursday morning, most of Palo Pinto County residents weathered the storm with ... via Mineral Wells Insider

A so-called super cell thunderstorm formed in Stephens County on Wednesday afternoon, spawning at least two confirmed tornadoes and packing high winds, large hail and heavy rain. via Mineral Wells Insider

Severe straight-line winds and rain slammed into North Texas about 3:30 a.m. Thursday, toppling 18-wheelers, downing trees and fences, lifting roofs and leaving widespread power outages.The storms developed in ... via Star-telegram.com

“We heard sort of a screaming, whining sound”

By RACHEL SLADE and KIMBERLY DURNAN / The Dallas Morning News Getting ready for work Thursday was a challenge for many North Texas residents who woke up to find no electricity at their homes, trees and debris ... via Denton Record-Chronicle