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February 14, 2025

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In this issue

  • Basketball: Ladycats claim bi-district title over Birdville

    Monday, February 17

    HALTOM CITY – With the regular season in the rear view window, Aledo’s varsity Ladycats kicked off their 2025 playoff run with a dominant performance against Birdville to claim their …

  • Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House

    Wednesday, February 12

    A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the  Austin American-Statesman  reported. …

  • A quarter for your thoughts?

    Wednesday, February 12

    Economists have suggested for years that we’d be better served if the U.S. Mint ceased turning out pennies--the nation’s lowest denominational coin. Though some 140 billion pennies remain …

  • Weatherford: Council designates train depot as local landmark

    Wednesday, February 12

    In what may have been the shortest city council meeting on record, the Weatherford City Council voted unanimously to designate the original Santa Fe train depot as an individual local historic …

  • Clearfork Creek Farm: Legacy land becomes labor of love

    Wednesday, February 12

    Along a heavily wooded fork of the Trinity River, three miles south of Aledo, a small farm with a big heart is producing bountiful crops exclusively for particular consumers — people who need …

  • Willow Park: Contreras, Allen to vie for Place 1 on council

    Wednesday, February 12

    Eric Contreras has filed for re-election for his seat on the Willow Park City Council. For the first time since 2019 he will have an opponent in David Allen. Contreras has held Place 1 since …

  • Willow Park: Council approves final annexation of Beall-Dean property

    Wednesday, February 12

    Months of analysis, research, and meetings came to a conclusion Feb. 11 with the unanimous approval from the Willow Park City Council to annex 317 acres of Dean Ranch at the southwest corner of …

  • Football: Beard leaving Bearcats

    Wednesday, February 12

    One season after being the starting quarterback for the Aledo Bearcats, Gavin Beard is leaving the program to transfer to Fort Worth All Saints, Bearcats head coach Robby Jones announced. Beard, …

  • Basketball: Six Bearcats honored on Senior Night

    Wednesday, February 12

    With decorated tables in the foyer of Aledo High School’s gymnasium and recognition before a home crowd, the senior boys on the Bearcat basketball team were honored on Monday night, Feb. 10. …

  • Basketball: Bearcats roll to first-ever district championship

    Wednesday, February 12

    AZLE – The Aledo High School boys and girls basketball teams have earned high marks on their respective seasons thus far and both achieved major accomplishments in their most recent …

  • Sports Briefs - Feb. 14, 2025

    Tuesday, February 11

    BOYS BASKETBALL Ballard scores 1,000th point The Weatherford Kangaroos varsity defeated Boswell 68-49 on Feb. 7. In the victory, Kangaroo Brandon Ballard scored the 1,000th point of his …

  • Weatherford ISD: Board meeting features evening of achievement

    Tuesday, February 11

    It was standing room only Monday evening when Weatherford ISD school board president Mike Guest gaveled the meeting to order at 7 p.m. after an executive session. Five Ikard Elementary School …

  • Baseball: Bearcats ready to build off impressive 2024

    Tuesday, February 11

    With a new season on the diamond upon the community of fans touting orange and black, the Aledo Bearcats baseball team is eager to build off the successful campaign they had in 2024. Last season, the …

  • Swimming: Aledo qualifies eight for state

    Tuesday, February 11

    The city of Austin has gotten quite familiar with a contingent from Aledo making its way down south about this time of year for the annual University Interscholastic League Swim Meet. This year …

  • Wrestling: Aledo’s Powell to be alternate at state

    Tuesday, February 11

    One of the best seasons in Aledo’s young wrestling history continued at the Class 5A Region I Tournament in Lubbock this past weekend. The highlight of the tournament was Brady Powell finishing …

  • Football friends to stay teammates in college - 11 athletes from AHS sign letters

    Monday, February 10

    National Signing Day is a day of joy for high school athletes committing to keep playing their respective sport at the college level. It’s also a day when reality sets in that the time is …

  • Bearcats soccer rolls past Granbury

    Monday, February 10

    The Aledo Bearcats put their winning ways on display on the soccer field once more Friday night, Feb. 7, during the midst of their district schedule. Aledo was firing on all cylinders offensively and …

  • Powerlifting: Aledo girls win own meet

    Sunday, February 9

    The Aledo Ladycats topped the field in their Aledo Invitational powerlifting meeting on Jan. 30. They scored 60 points to easily outdistance runner-up Trinity Christian Academy with 22. The …

  • Finley honored by THSCA

    Sunday, February 9

    The postseason accolades keep coming in for Aledo junior wide receiver Kaydon Finley. For a second straight week he was honored by one of the state’s elite organizations. Finley was named …

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