Breaking News and Updates
Azle police search for missing woman
By Carla Noah Stutsman
Azle police, with help from the Azle Fire Department, Briar VFD, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and TRWD police, are actively searching the woods east of both North and South Ash Avenue all the way to Eagle Mountain Lake for a woman believed to be lost in the area.
Since before midnight last night, and throughout a strong storm that dumped more than two inches of rain on the area, searchers have been house-to-house and combed the woods looking for Donna Johnstone, 61, of Springtown.… Read the rest
Summer reading club is for all ages
The Azle Memorial Library will offer reading clubs for all ages this summer. Three different clubs arrive in June: for children, teens, and adults. Reaching specific milestones will award top readers prizes. For more information, call 817-444-7216 or visit www.azlelibrary.org.… Read the rest
Front Page News
Payoff for golf course closer than before
Gas well revenues, reserve funds enable early payoff of Cross Timbers Golf Course
by Carla Noah Stutsman
Since 1996, the people of Azle have either loved it or hated it.
Back then, at interest rates ranging from 4.3 to 6.0 percent, the $6,405,000 price tag the citizens of Azle were committed to pay for Cross Timbers Golf Course would not be paid off until 2025 – more than 29 years later.… Read the rest
6th Annual Seth Darnell Day slated June 22
Event honors Darnell as well as Chris Anderson
by Carla Noah Stutsman
The Sixth Annual Seth Darnell Day is scheduled for 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Shady Grove Park.
Free food and drinks will be served to guests and a flag that flew over the Texas Capitol in Seth’s honor will be presented to the Darnell family, said event organizer Dr. Randy Mask.… Read the rest
City seeks MDD board applicants
by Carla Noah Stutsman
Voters in the city of Azle approved the creation of a Municipal Development District (MDD) in the recent general election.
Now the city is seeking applicants to fill as many as seven seats on a board of directors for the MDD.
The city council adopted bylaws for the MDD at its regularly meeting held June 4. Those bylaws call for a seven-member board of directors for the MDD.… Read the rest
Sports
Hornets fill All-District 5-4A baseball roster
by Mark K Campbell
Seven Azle baseball players were selected to the elite District 5-4A All-District list.
In addition, one – first baseman Slayton Vaughan – was picked for the 4A All-State Second Team by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association. In 5-4A, Vaughan was a First Team selection.
The Hornet will become the first Azle player to compete in the Class 5A-4A All-Star Game in Round Rock’s Dell Diamond; he will play for the North squad June 15.… Read the rest
Camps, PAC 3 arrive
Summer camps continue with wrestling. Also arriving is the third and final part of the Performance Course.
Session III for boys grades 6-8 has a $215 fee and runs from 10:30 a.m.-noon June 17-Aug. 1.
The remaining camps:
June 17-20 – Wrestling: Session I, grades 1-5, 8-10 a.m. Session II, grades 6-8, 10-noon. $40.
Future camps:
June 24-27 – Soccer: Session I, grades 1-2, 8:30-9:15 a.m., $30.… Read the rest
Movie Man
Purge plausibility and you might like this picture
Quickie horror movies seem the way to go these days; many have been quite profitable.
Still, it’s unusual for many scary movies to pop up in the midst of the summer blockbuster season.
However, that anti-programing worked big time for The Purge.
About the film
Horror fans know that summer is usually the time to shift to fantasy or science-fiction because fright films are rare in the hot months.
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