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Marisah Mata and the Lady Hornets are fighting for a playoff berth. Photos by Mark K. Campbell

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:00am

Down to the wire

Azle’s girls soccer team needs to win one of its two final games, coach Tim Lyons noted. One was against state-ranked Grapevine March 19 (results not available at press time). The other is the season...

Lady Hornet Emily Bradley prepares to bash a ball. She picked up a win on the mound in a district game against Saginaw; at the plate she added two hits and scored twice. Photos by Mark K. Campbell

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:00am

Diamond athletes shine

During Spring Break, the Lady Hornets were impressive after a slippery start in White Settlement. Azle (3-1 in 7-5A) gave up eight runs in the first inning in a Brewer district loss. But, over the...

The Azle Junior High eighth grade boys track team finished second at Keller’s Adams Middle School.

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:00am

AJH track boys impress

Azle High School wrestlers who qualified for state were honored by the Azle ISD board of trustees at a March 18 meeting. Coach Tyler Harrison said the wrestlers – Jasmine Howard, Triniti Smith, Elizabeth Hubbard, Jewel Lively, Shayna Bombonati, Conner Powell, Lawson Nagel, and Brady Campbell – put in strong performances, particularly Howard, who was a state champion, named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the state meet, and did not give up a point all season. Photo by Maggie Fraser

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:00am

ISD board honors swimming, wrestling teams for postseason success

Justin Mills – the 2016 Azle High School graduate who died March 7 – leaves behind two sisters, Haley and Julianne.

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:00am

After deadly accident, AHS grad saves lives

Justin Mills – the 2016 Azle High School graduate who died March 7 of injuries he sustained in a car accident – saved five lives through organ donation. According to a Face-book post by his mother,...

TOP HEADLINES

March numbers show Azle’s sales tax take rose

03/20/2019 - 5:00am
Long-range committee gives progress report

03/20/2019 - 5:00am
Azle’s CCPD helps police perform at peak levels

03/13/2019 - 5:00am
AISD students showoff at showcase

03/13/2019 - 5:00am
THR Azle president position eliminated

03/13/2019 - 5:00am
AHS student dies in skydiving accident

03/13/2019 - 5:00am
Former county judge reprimanded by state commission

03/06/2019 - 12:00am
Two-year-old needs kidney

03/06/2019 - 12:00am
No credible threat found after note discovered at AJHS

03/06/2019 - 12:00am
Four contested races for council, Azle school board

02/27/2019 - 12:00am
Azle welcomes two new police officers

02/27/2019 - 12:00am
No-bill returned in deadly accident

02/27/2019 - 12:00am
Crime rate drops

02/27/2019 - 12:00am
B-e-e

02/20/2019 - 5:00am
Time to pay up or get rounded up

02/20/2019 - 5:00am

NEWS

03/20/2019 - 5:00am

Azle library to host spring gardening classes

Next week, the Azle Memorial Library will host the first of a series of gardening classes to teach residents to grow their own food. The five classes – hosted by Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension office – include sessions on choosing garden...

Senior Center Open House here March 21

Chamber hosts ribbon cutting

AML to celebrate 10 years on March 30

Servolution searching for volunteers, funds for April 5-6 blitz

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Azle High School wrestlers who qualified for state were honored by the Azle ISD board of trustees at a March 18 meeting. Coach Tyler Harrison said the wrestlers – Jasmine Howard, Triniti Smith, Elizabeth Hubbard, Jewel Lively, Shayna Bombonati, Conner Powell, Lawson Nagel, and Brady Campbell – put in strong performances, particularly Howard, who was a state champion, named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the state meet, and did not give up a point all season. Photo by Maggie Fraser

03/20/2019 - 5:00am

ISD board honors swimming, wrestling teams for postseason success

Hardball Hornets’ super season continuing

Golfers hit the links

AJH track boys impress

COLUMNS

03/20/2019 - 5:00am

How to make Chip and Joanna Gaines flee

ON YOUR MARK Whenever the Bride and I are in a hotel room, I know what the TV will be tuned to without fail: Home and Garden Television (HGTV). (We have never had cable TV or satellite in our home, so the chance to catch it is not to be passed up,...

The weekly challenge

A (sometimes) funny character in a bad movie

Texas House Democratic caucus declares legislative priorities for public education

OBITUARIES

03/20/2019 - 5:00am

Robin (McFather) Hale

Robin (McFather) Hale 60, of Weatherford passed peacefully Wednesday, March 13, 2019. A memorial will be held at 1:30 p.m., March 20, at North Side Baptist Church, 910 N. Main St., Weatherford, Texas 76086. In lieu of flowers the family has...

Oleta Hale

Elva Edna Doggett

Betty Jean Richey

Sue (McLain) Nations