AUSTIN—The Texas Transportation Committee agreed to sell a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 4 to the Palo Pinto County Municipal Water District No. 1 to build an alternative route around the planned Turkey Peak Reservoir at a meeting in Austin, May 21.
FORT WORTH – Nancy E. Larson was named as the Acting United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas following her appointment on May 29, 2025, by President Donald J. Trump.
MINERAL WELLS - The Mineral Wells ISD school board met Monday, June 9, during which they provided information regarding a TEA complaint, discussed student enrollment results and had two special recognitions.
After a lengthy closure, the full 20-mile stretch of Lake Mineral Wells State Park Trailway is officially open to the public thanks to the completion of a major bridge repair between FM 1195 and the National Vietnam War Museum.
The Palo Pinto County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to be cautious around wild animals after two positive cases of rabies were confirmed recently, the first in the county in about three years. The Texas Department of State Health Services laboratory in Austin informed the Sheriff’s Office that the rabies cases were found in one skunk and one cat in the Gordon/Mingus area.
HOOD COUNTY—Mineral Wells High School senior Jose Hernandez, 18, was looking forward to graduating, becoming a welder and providing for his parents, when a two-vehicle accident in Hood County cut his life short, May 23. Hernandez played on the school’s soccer team, loved trucks and was a huge fan of the Dallas Cowboys, his sister-in-law Yesenia Mejia added.
PALO PINTO—Palo Pinto ISD marked a proud and memorable moment for families, students and staff as it celebrated both kindergarten and sixth-grade graduations in May.
