DeCordova Bend Estates members have overwhelmingly voted to approve a significant renovation of their 1970s-era club facility. The renovation is expected to take 9-12 months at a cost of about $3 million.
Hood County has flipped the switch on Christmas. From Tolar to various neighborhoods in Granbury, we found some of the brightest and more enduring testaments to the Chritmas spirit.
While traditional Christmas trees, such as fir or spruce, do not thrive in North Texas soils, there are many native and introduced evergreens that look amazing during the holidays, particularly when decked with holiday lights! What’s more, they give landscapes year ‘round color, texture and form.
As we near the end of the 2020 year, Lipan displays Christmas spirit and has winter events. Student Council assists charity organizations, our bands present their concert, and the Hood County Stock Show is just around the corner.
Years ago when I sent out a call to all family members for recipes to compile into a book, my sweet mother sent more than 100 recipes to me that she wrote by hand, in cursive.
With Christmas quickly approaching and the stress of what the year 2020 has been for everyone, this is certainly a great time to talk about being grateful for what we have.
A Hood County sheriff’s deputy suffered a broken nose and hand when he was assaulted during an arrest, authorities said.
A 48-year-old Cresson pilot was killed in a smallplane crash.
Staff Sgt. Steve McCoy places a carnation in the Acton Cemeter as part of the Wreaths across America program. The annual event pays tribute to veterans and did not include a public program this year due to COVID-19 precautions. Volunteers, including McCoy and Linda Meyer (standing), visited veterans’ graves to say aloud their names and place remembrance wreaths sponsored by family members. McCoy is in the Army Reserve Color Guard and the Brazos Valley Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.
Hard to imagine it is Christmas time. Where did the year go?
Teddy Bears are our truest friends. They hug when we’re lonely and comfort us in the dark. They love us when we’re unlovely and listen to us when we truly need a friend. They never criticize us or judge us. Even when they lose their stuffing, their gentle presence reassures us that some things in life will never change.
For 30 years, the Granbury Night of Lights Christmas Parade has been lighting up the square every Saturday after Thanksgiving, providing residents with music, candlelight, shops, food and good, holiday cheer.
The Transit System, Inc. on South Morgan Street near Brookshires will soon get a new parking lot courtesy of the city of Granbury, enabling it to be a park-and-ride facility.
A fire Tuesday morning in Sky Harbour destroyed a home, displacing the two men who lived there, according to Fire Marshal Jeff Young.
TheilGranbury Alive!” photo book debuted last week at Arts & Letters Bookstore on the square.The authors, Roxanne Laney, owner of Arts & Letters, and Shad Ramsey, a professional photographer, worked to select the best photographs to represent the heart of Granbury. Buyers were able to have their books personalized with signatures of Ramsey, left, and Laney, second from left, at the book launch last Friday. DEBBIE SCHNEIDER I HOOD COUNTY NEWS
Pinnacle Bank, 4535 Highway 377, opened its doors Monday.
Hood County resident Nolan Olson was recently surprised to discover a thick, white foam covering the top of the water at the end of a canal in Lake Granbury where he lives on Montego Bay Court.
Despite the ongoing pandemic and warnings to avoid travel, many families will be traveling with children to celebrate the holidays.
A Lipan man was killed on the morning of Dec. 12 in a headon crash one-half mile south of Mineral Wells.
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