Meridian News

A round trip to Waco now costs Charles McLean $15, which means he gives it a lot more thought.

Cathy Reagan Sheffield, director of finance and gift planning at Harris Methodist Health Foundation, has some unusual summer vacation plans.

Updated: Jul 1, 2008 10:33pm A new Bosque County pipeline that's been in the making for 60 years will provide water for double the amount of residents as the existing one.

For reservations: call 356-9100 or visit www.wayoutwineries.org Directions to Big Country wineries on the tour - Rising Star Vineyards, Rising Star: 60 miles southeast of Abilene on State Highway 36.

A 44-year-old Morgan man is being held in the Bosque County Jail after authorities say he lured a Lake Whitney real estate agent to a house where she was tied up, beaten and sexually assaulted.

A power outage left thousands of residents of Bosque County in the dark Thursday morning and temporarily shut down emergency dispatch systems.

The group Texas EquuSearch had teams on standby Sunday in Waco, ready to join the three-county search for missing Bosque County News Managing Editor La Dawn Garland, 42,, who has been missing since Wednesday ...

The Texas Rangers have joined the search for a woman missing in Meridian. LaDawn Garland, a 42-year-old managing editor of the Bosque County News, has been missing since Wednesday.

Police jailed overnight a newspaper editor who was found at a central Wyoming rest stop five days after she went missing in Texas.

A Texas newspaper editor missing since Wednesday was found at a rest stop near here this morning, and taken to the Lander Regional Hospital.

Updated: May 30, 2008 10:40pm Search crews in three Central Texas counties spent another day searching for a missing woman who disappeared Wednesday.

An aerial search over three counties is underway today in hopes of locating the 42-year-old managing editor of the Bosque County News in Meridian.

League coaches announced the District 14-A all-district baseball squad on Wednesday, revealing the selection of five Evant Elks to the elite squad.

“If (enough of) the kids come (in the fall), we'll hire some more teachers and throw back in some more programs.”

A Bosque County school district that may lose nearly half of its funding next year has decided to slash costs to ensure it can continue operating. via Waco Tribune-Herald

Loud, late-night Wednesday rain boosted Waco from an average year to above-average. The National Weather Service reports that Waco received 1.56 inches of rain from the last storm system. via Waco Tribune-Herald

“Just your basic cattle-doctoring medicine bag”

Tater Paschal is up at 5 a.m. at his house in south Cleburne, putting the coffee on, then heading out to his barn to feed his horses, getting ready for another day of cowboying. via Fort Worth Weekly

“During that semester [before camp], I started to feel a little empty”

Issue date: 4/3/08 Section: News Camp Reynal, a one-week summer camp designed to help children and youth with renal and urological disease grow in their self-esteem and strengths, is looking for Aggie ... via The Battalion

“We've had lots of people, the weather's perfect, and the vendors are happy. It's been a good steady flow of traffic. Everyone's enjoying themselves. It's just been spectacular.”

A winter storm of ice and snow days before the fifth annual Johnson County Master Gardener Association Lawn and Garden Show may have put organizers and vendors into a frenzy, but Saturday's show - and its clear ... via Cleburne Times-Review

MERIDIAN CAF, 112 Meridian Ave., 897-9703. This cozy St. Matthews lunch spot has always attracted crowds, but now they made a good thing even better by adding a bunch of appetizing breakfast dishes. via LEO Weekly

Updated: Feb 12, 2008 5:46pm Meridian City Council members are expected to discuss the employment status of the police chief at Tuesday night's city council meeting. via KCEN