Rio Vista News

A lifetime Cleburne Yellow Jacket, from his public school athletic playing days to his 16-year teaching career, Paul Chavez is leaving Cleburne ISD to become an assistant varsity coach in football, baseball and basketball at Rio Vista High School under new head coach Craig Carpenter.

Paul Chavez, an Irving Elementary School PE teacher for 15 years, has been hired as varsity assistant coach in football, baseball and basketball at Rio Vista High School.

Cleburne police arrested a Waxahachie man on Saturday after determining the vehicle he was driving had been reported stolen from Ellis County, according to reports.

On any given day in spring and early summer, You can find Melvin McCollum in his quarter-acre garden off County Road 1205, offering tender loving care to okra, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, radishes, corn, jalapeno peppers, blackeyed peas and other delicacies.

Work continues to make Hamm Creek Park completely operational, said Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey.

A judge's ruling on June 10 declaring the May 9 Rio Vista option election void proves the existence of voter fraud in Texas, said Rio Vista resident Pamela West on Friday.

Clyde Turner is quick to praise every U.S. Army officer who trained him or supervised him during World War II.

Texas Fallen Heroes Foundation Chairman Evan Coleman arrived at the Caddo Street Grill in Cleburne on Tuesday in part to promote and raise funds for a planned national memorial honoring service members who lost their lives while serving in the first Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

After a tumultuous three months that saw swine-flu induced delays and the near-cancellations of the regional meets altogether, Johnson County athletes are finally headed to Austin for the UIL state track meet, which starts Friday.

The CowPasture Gang, a group of former employees of First State Bank in Rio Vista, has come together again this spring to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society by participating in the 2009 Relay For Life of Johnson County, set for this Friday at the Cleburne High School track.

Cleburne bees proved harder to evict than expected. Refugees from a swarming hive of Africanized honey bees cleared out by Cleburne firefighters on Wednesday returned to the scene on Thursday, attracted by the left-behind honey comb, according to reports.

Incumbents seeking re-election in Saturday's city council elections throughout the county were successful in all but one case.

School trustee incumbents face challengers in three Johnson County communities in elections from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

Cleburne and Rio Vista voters will weigh in on options involving alcohol sales within their respective cities Saturday.

An 18-year-old man killed in a motorcycle wreck on Monday near Cleburne was a senior at Rio Vista High School, RVISD officials confirmed on Tuesday.

Lowell "Stretch" Smith, Jr. will be the guest lay speaker at the Monday meeting of the Cleburne Christian Business Club, which will begin at 6:50 a.m. in the Student Center of the Cleburne branch of Hill College.

Cleburne voters will decide on May 9 whether their city will have beer and wine sales in stores and mixed-drink sales in restaurants, while in Rio Vista residents will vote on liquor sales for the fifth time in four years.

Despite worldwide economic troubles, Johnson County remains financially strong, said Tom Masters, a partner with Kennemer, Masters & Lunsford, an independent company hired to audit the county.

Cleburne ISD third, fifth and eighth graders fell short of perfection on TAKS reading tests, but they fared well enough to put a bounce in the step of Dr.

Johnson County commissioners approved the installation of a commercial vehicle weigh station on Monday to be located at the Precinct 3 Maintenance Facility.