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Parker County Sheriff's Office searching for mystery motorcyclist responsible for seven high-speed chases
The Parker County Sheriff’s Office is trying to find a man who has led them on high speed chases at least 7 times! They haven’t been able to get a good look at the guy because he’s always riding a motorcycle and wears a helmet.
In the shadow of SB 14
Texas law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth harms children, families and trans adults. Tina Biffle started P.L.A.C., the Parker County LGBTQ+ Awareness Community, in Weatherford in 2019. In 2023, Republican lawmakers passed Senate Bill 14 restricting doctors in Texas from giving minors puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria, the dissonance some people feel between their sex assigned at birth and their gender identity.
Republicans face-off in race for open North Texas congressional seat
State Rep. Craig Goldman and businessman John O'Shea duke it out in next month's primary runoff for the congressional seat Rep. Kay Granger is leaving behind. Presumed Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump made waves after saying abortion rights should be a state, not a federal issue. We hear from two North Texas lawmakers about that position. Frisco voters will soon decide whether firefighters should have civil service protections and collective bargaining, or if it's a budget buster. Jack Fink covers these stories and more in the latest edition of Eye on Politics (original air date: April 14).Face-Off Next month...
Springtown brothers plead guilty to intent to distribute fentanyl
WEATHERFORD — The Parker County 43rd District Court recently convicted two Springtown men of a first-degree felony for possessing between 4-200 grams of fentanyl with intent to deliver the drug. Samuel Ibarra, 24, and his younger brother Angel, 21, pled guilty to the charge and were both sentenced to...
Wildscape program, plant sale on horizon
The Native Plant Society of Texas, Cross Timbers Chapter, will meet for its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 at the Mount Pleasant School, 213 Raymond George Way in Weatherford. The program, titled “Wilding” with Terri Walker, will feature Walker, a Cross Timbers Native Plant Society member and...
Meet the candidates running for Walnut Creek SUD board
SPRINGTOWN — The election next month will bring two new faces to the Walnut Creek Special Utility District board of directors. The current board members whose seats are up for re-election — Vice President Al Garrett and former President Frank Henderson — are stepping down from their positions. In their absence on the ballot, four challengers are running for election, but only two of them can win a spot on the board.
GOP primary runoff for open 12th congressional district in Tarrant, Parker counties
NORTH TEXAS — State Rep. Craig Goldman of Fort Worth and businessman John O'Shea face off for the open 12th Congressional District seat in next month's GOP primary runoff. Goldman and O'Shea were the top two vote-getters among the five candidates during the March 5th GOP primary. They're vying to succeed longtime Congresswoman Kay Granger who announced last year that she's retiring at the end of her term this year. The 12th Congressional District is in much of the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant and Parker counties. Goldman is endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker...
Two men charged with making terroristic threats after fake bomb scare at District Court building in Weatherford
The Parker County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Rangers have charged two men in connection with the Tuesday morning incident at the District Court’s Building in downtown Weatherford.
PCSO looks for persons who left suspicious case at District Courts
WEATHERFORD — The Parker County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division and the Texas Rangers are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating two individuals in connection with a suspicious package left on the steps of the Parker County District Courts Building early Tuesday, April 9. Parker County...
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