Whitt News

As the remains of the fire at Furr Building Materials continued to smoke Monday, the Furr family continued to inventory what is left and make plans to reopen their business.

A 53-year-old family business went up in flames early Friday morning when the main shop and storage building at Furr's Building Materials was burned to the ground.

An exotic deer, known as a barasingha, was taken into custody by Kerr County authorities on the morning of Oct.

Mineral Wells High School Principal John Kuhn will serve as grand marshal for tonight's 2009 Homecoming Parade.

The following people were processed through the Palo Pinto County Jail. Information in this column is gathered from the Palo Pinto CountySheriff's Office incident reports and any related public documents.

Head coach: City View ; Chillicothe ; Lefors ; Petrolia ; Perrin-Whitt . Graduated from: Southwestern Oklahoma If you weren't coaching, you'd be: I have no idea.

Texas schools potentially face an educational "Catch 22" position Tuesday with President Barack Obama's national address to give American students a pep talk on staying in school and working hard to get an education.

Parker County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Activity Call Log for Aug.10, 2009. Deputies investigated a terroristic threat call Aug.

The following people were processed through the Palo Pinto County Jail. Information in this column is gathered from the Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office incident reports and any related public documents.

The owner of a tire shop in North Austin is charged in the shooting of a former employee, Police said Sunday.

Children's authors, historians, musicians and Texas' most popular cowboy poet helped welcome Azle's new Memorial Library during a three day celebration last weekend.

May 19, 2009 3:56 pm US/Central Arezow Doost GRAND PRAIRIE The Grand Prairie Independent School District Board has approved money to provide daycare for some teachers.

Sean Fowler, of Perrin-Whitt High School, has been selected to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston this summer to participate in a one-week summer internship.

By Christin Coyne ccoyne@mineralwellsindex.com The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2399 recognized several community workers for their service and students for speeches and essays honoring veterans and their service to the United States Thursday night.