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Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Weatherford High School is mourning the loss of another classmate this week.

A North Texas high school campus is coping with the loss of two students in one week, including a 17-year-old girl who died Tuesday morning in a car crash.

By BILL MILLER Grief counselors were at Weatherford High School Wednesday to help students deal with the loss of a classmate who died Tuesday in a two-vehicle wreck south of Weatherford.Sarah Brinkmann, 17, was active in the WHS Leadership Council, Student Council and other activities, according to a news release from Derik Moore, schools ...

In connection with an April 17 incident in which Brian Durant refused to surrender his handgun and was shot by law enforcement, the 35-year-old Weatherford resident pleaded guilty Tuesday to one felony count of evading arrest with a vehicle and four counts of deadly conduct.

Sara Ortega sortega@weatherforddemocrat.com Weatherford city residents and employees will feel "service-affecting cuts" as the city prepares to close the gap between the predicted sales tax revenue and the actual coming in Weatherford City Manager Jerry Blaisdell said.

The following offenses were observed or reported to the Weatherford Police Department between Friday Nov.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com It's been 65 years since Staff Sgt.

Robert A. Smart, Bobbie Lou Smart McBride, Jill Anderson and Glen Smart were just a few of the family members of Staff Sgt.

Fresh Fruits and Vegis are a healthy choice for families. Weatherford, TX Farmers Market With the holidays just around the corner, Fall is a time that most people start to take an inventory of the things that they are grateful for.

BY ALEX BRANCH The suspects probably smell good.Weatherford police on Monday released surveillance images of five people suspected of shoplifting $700 worth of perfume from Ulta Cosmetics, 225 Adams Drive.The group operated so smoothly that investigators think they may do it often, police said.

Halloween is history and the holiday season is here. You're going to hear a lot about the economy and the holiday shopping season over the next few weeks, as Americans decide for themselves if the recession is really over or not.

COURTESY PHOTO Joseph Nicikowski, Weatherford College theatre technical director, right, oversees adjustment of part of the set that will provide the background for the college production of The Music Man, playing Thursday through Saturday, Nov.

Cast of Curse of the Werewolf . Theatre Off the Square presents Tim J. Kellya s Curse of the Werewolf beginning Friday, November 13 and running weekends through Sunday, November 22.

Bigamy charges against House of Yahweh leader Yisrayl Hawkins were dismissed Thursday after the leader of the House of Yahweh pleaded no contest to four cases involving child labor violations.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com Three restaurants on South Main Street have closed their doors to the public in the last few weeks.

Originally published October 31, 2009 at 6:32 p.m., updated October 31, 2009 at 8:02 p.m. WEATHERFORD, Texas a ' Registered sex offenders on probation in three Texas counties have a mandatory counseling session on Halloween night.

Registered sex offenders from three counties have a meeting in Weatherford tomorrow night and attendance is not optional.

Friday, August 17, 1945 was the same as any other terribly hot summer day in Texas.

Crystal Brown cbrown@weatherforddemocrat.com A jury of seven men and five women found Robert Ernest Wilkerson, 33, of Granbury, not guilty Wednesday afternoon on two charges linking him to the Jan.

At the annual appreciation dinner recognizing scholarship donors recently, the Weatherford College Foundation presented one of the College's most prestigious awards, the Carlos Hartnett Award, to Marjorie Kimbrough Dome of Longview.