Wortham News

While many people are heading to the beach to relax and enjoy the holiday weekend, some families are concerned a new proposal from the state could put their beachfront property at risk.

Many beachfront homeowners along the Bolivar Peninsula are concerned. The Texas General Land Commission has proposed new rules for property owners.

Dawson Lions Club Dawson Lions Club met May 28 for a noon luncheon in Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church in Dawson.

Spring and summer times bring joy each year - long hours of daylight, picnics at the park, a break from routines; but these seasons also bring a great need for blood donors.

Barack Obama, in his own fashion, wants to be the next Tom DeLay. He is plotting to convert the Texas congressional map to his party, just as DeLay did four years ago.

Ms. Essie Mae Dove of Wortham gives that GED smile upon receiving the diploma at the age of 72.

The Wortham Independent School District is to approve a contract providing for some anti-drug measures when the school board meets Monday night at 6:30. Trustees, who will meet in the high school library, are ...

Yamaha of Troy regrets the unfortunate off the track action of their recently crowned 2008 Supercross "Lites/West" Champion, Jason Lawrence, at Freestone National MX in Wortham, Texas this past weekend.

The American Motorcyclist Association issued separate penalties to professional motocross riders Jason Lawrence and Josh Hill for off-track activities detrimental to the sport at last weekend's AMA Toyota ...

Yamaha Motor Corp. regrets the recent actions of Yamaha of Troy rider Jason Lawrence and Yamaha Factory Rider Josh Hill during the Freestone National in Wortham, Texas on June 9, 2008.

James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto completed a Kawasaki sweep of round three of the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series at Freestone County Raceway in Wortham, Texas, today.

Kawasaki riders James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto are looking fast in timed practice this morning, in preparation for round three of the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series at Freestone Country Raceway ...

After a successful start to the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF, the world's top motocross riders head to Wortham, Texas on June 7-8 for the Monster Energy Freestone Motocross National ...

As ProNews 7 found out this week at the Wind power 2008 convention in Houston, our windy conditions are getting the Panhandle a lot of attention from worldwide energy leaders.

Monster Energy backed Tucker Hibbert will begin his 2008 motocross season at round three of the American Motorcyclist Association Toyota Motocross Lites Championship in Wortham, Texas June 7-8. This marks ...

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Retirement parties for five Union Pacific employees are being held today in Palestine.

MILDRED RABY will be honored on her 90th birthday with a reception Sunday afternoon, June 1 from 2 until 4 o'clock in the Family Life Center of First United Methodist Church, 305 West Main Avenue in Wortham.

Greg Wortham returned to his hometown of Sweetwater in 2004 with a vengeance. On his mind at that time: the lack of attention being paid to the potential of wind energy in his native West Texas. via Abilene Reporter-News

Billy Budd Throughout Houston Grand Opera's Billy Budd , an unseaworthy mechanical gizmo spins on stage - it's an annoying mechanical platform that's supposed to be the deck of the English warship Indomitable. via Houston Press