The Aledo Ladycats will face Waco University in a best-of-three softball playoff series this week.
Game one will be played at 7 p.m. Friday, April 26 at Aledo High School.
Game two will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Waco ISD softball complex, 1401 South New Road in Waco.
Game three, if necessary, will be 30 minutes after game 2.
From the Texas Department of Transportation.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 24, through Wednesday, May 1, daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting
WHERE: From Oak Street to Elm Street
ALEDO — Farm-to-Market Road 1187 will be reduced to one lane from Oak Street to Elm Street daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the installation of box culverts. Flaggers will direct motorists through the construction zone. Elm Street at FM 1187 will also be closed starting Monday.
The $11.7 million FM 1187 project will expand the roadway to a four-lane divided, concrete roadway with raised medians, curb and gutter and sidewalks.
Completion is estimated for winter 2014. The new roadway will tie into another project known as Aledo Trail, in downtown Aledo.
We appreciate motorist’s patience while crews complete this construction. During construction, alternate routes are encouraged.
Randy Keck/The Community NewsThe 2013 Moritz Chevrolet Ride for Heroes is in the books. About 1,200 bicycle riders took off from Aledo High School to raise money for local first responders. Check the photo gallery at www.community-news.com on Sunday for photos.
From the Parker County Judge's Office
County Judge Mark Riley said he is excited about the positive feedback he has received regarding the upcoming guided courthouse tours slated for Saturday, April 27.
Held in conjunction with Weatherford Blooms, an outdoor home and garden festival put on by the City of Weatherford in the courthouse parking lots, the courthouse tours are expected to draw large crowds.
“We are anticipating a great event,” Riley said. “Working with Weatherford Blooms and our downtown businesses, we have created a great partnership that is really going to showcase our fabulous courthouse and downtown shopping district with the excitement of spring in the air.”
Riley said the tours have sparked interest from area groups as well. The Springtown Extension Education Association and area Boy Scout troops have scheduled separate group tours.
“The courthouse is such a rich part of the history of our county,” Riley said. “It is the people’s building and I love the opportunity to show it off to our residents and visitors. These tours along with Weatherford Blooms will allow people to take a step back in time and experience a part of Parker County culture that goes back to the early days of our community.”
On the day of the tours, the citizens committee appointed by Judge Riley will be on hand at the courthouse to sell courthouse prints, commissioned by Fist National Bank. Funds raised from selling the prints will go to purchase courthouse Christmas decorations.
As work progresses on the expansion of FM 1187, TxDOT is planning to close East Oak St. in Aledo on April 22, weather permitting. Residents will still have access to East Oak by detouring through Elm St. The road will stay closed until mid to late summer.
In addition, weather permitting, McMahon Construction will close Underwood Street at FM 1187 for work involved with the Aledo Trail project on Monday, April 22. The detour route for the Underwood road closure is West Oak to Pine then Pine to Underwood.
Click here or on the link below for a map of detour routes.
In addition TxDOT is in the process of adding a dedicated turn signal at the stop light at FM 1187 and Bankhead. The dedicated turn signal will be for north bound FM 1187 traffic turning west onto Bankhead
Any unreserved season ticket seats will be sold to the public during the Open Ticket Sales Event from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 4, 2013. If you are unable to attend this event, a proxy authorized by you in writing is acceptable. Payment is required at the time of purchase for tickets and parking. Cash, checks, MasterCard and Visa are acceptable forms of payment. For the convenience of our Bearcat fans, the entrance for this event will be on the northeast corner of the AISD Administration Building, by the Bearcat Store. Go Bearcats!
Today's (April 16) varsity baseball game against Southwest is at Southwest at 7 p.m.
Willow Park resident and Boston Marathon runner Greg Takacs confirmed his safety to The Community News this afternoon. Takacs finished the race in 2 hours and 57 minutes, and said he had already returned to the hotel when the bombs went off roughly an hour later.
Takacs posted this message to friends on late Monday afternoon.
“To all my friends: I'm ok. Heading to the airport now. Hopefully back in town tonight. Thanks for thinking of me. It is such a horrible thing. I can't find words to describe my feelings right now...”
As work progresses on the expansion of FM 1187, TxDOT is planning to close East Oak St. in Aledo on April 22, weather permitting. Residents will still have access to East Oak by detouring through Elm St. The road will stay closed until mid to late summer.
In addition TxDOT will be adding a dedicated turn signal at the stop light at FM 1187 and Bankhead. The dedicated turn signal will be for north bound FM 1187 traffic turning west onto Bankhead.
The Parker County Sheriff's Department received a call regarding a man shooting rubber bullets from a toy gun at Bearcat Park on Tuesday. AISD Police Chief Chawn Gilliland said the man has been identified as the father of an AISD student playing with his child at the park.
