2011-11-12

School considers adding monument to stadium

Boyd School Board member Ernest Partin presented an idea to add a monument, and perhaps a new tradition, to the new Boyd High School football stadium. “We’re not sure what the monument will look like,” Partin said. “It might be a large rock shaped like the state of Texas. We want to have it by the field house, so when […]

Wildcats ruin Eagles’ perfect season; Kennedale 24, Decatur 14

It wasn’t the 63-13 romp that Decatur suffered at the hands of Kennedale in the first round of playoffs last year, but it was probably more painful. On the heels of a perfect regular season and a district championship, the Decatur Eagles rolled into Rough Rider Stadium in Saginaw Friday night poised to wreak revenge for last year’s loss. The […]

‘Jackets stay alive after win over Lions; Boyd 40, Life Oak Cliff 26

In a knockdown, drag-out battle between two big-play offenses, Boyd’s defense made the plays that turned Friday night’s game and made the Yellowjackets a 40-26 bi-district winner over Dallas Life School of Oak Cliff at Neal Wilson Athletic Stadium in Flower Mound. The Yellowjackets advance to play Redwater in a Class 2A Region II Division I area-round game at 7:30 […]

News Briefs

HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICIES REVIEW – The Bridgeport Housing Authority annual plan policy changes and utility allowance for the year of 2012 are now available for a 45-day public review. The office is located at 1508 Cobb St. and its hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. A meeting to discuss the review will be 9 a.m. Thursday, […]

Veterans honored with special ceremony

On a crisp, clear morning, young and old alike paused Friday to remember the selfless service of military men and women. Veterans Day was marked with various ceremonies throughout the county, including a program hosted by the Wise County Veterans Group at the Memorial Park in Decatur. Local veterans Rachel Vance and Stephanie Cooper addressed the crowd and explained a […]

Grants lead to learning experience for science students

McCarroll Middle School Assistant Principal Teela Watson recalls the frustration she felt when teaching her children to tie their shoe. “It’s a bunny; it’s a burrow; you just pull the bunny through the burrow, for crying out loud,” she remembers saying impatiently through their struggles. “It seems so simple. But I realized – until you have to explain, until you […]

Fire departments receive donations

The Texas Farm Bureau and its local boards of directors are putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to thanking the state’s volunteer firemen for a job well done. Wise County Farm Bureau presented checks for $1,334 to each of Wise County’s 17 fire departments Nov. 1 in brief ceremonies held at the Decatur and Bridgeport Farm […]

Brothers in arms: Braun family gives more than 150 years of military service

“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” – John F. Kennedy, Oct. 26, 1963, at Amherst College It’s tough having a loved one away from home, fighting in a war overseas, not knowing if they are safe, if they are alive or dead. But imagine […]

Voters pass local props

Wise County voters were in the mood to pass local propositions Tuesday, but not so much on state constitutional amendments. Decatur voters easily passed two propositions related to the Wise County Water Supply District. Proposition 1 passed 76-50, or 60 percent to 40 percent. Proposition 2 passed 83-42, or 66 percent to 34 percent. Residents won’t notice any change from […]

Truck rolls, traps driver

A Weatherford man was flown to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth after the 18-wheeler he was driving flipped in a bar ditch, trapping him inside. The accident occured on Texas 101, just north of Chico near Farm Road 2265, around 11:45 a.m. Friday. According to investigators on scene, it appears the driver of the rock truck, Arthur Lee […]