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Academy prepares young people for movies

| |Monday, Mar. 08, 2010

A warrior returned from Iraq to find his wife and the lion's share of their home devoted to turning kids into actors and stunt doubles.Read more

Aledo road project expanded

| |Monday, Mar. 08, 2010

Aledo traffic congestion may be reduced as safety is improved after Parker County officials approved Monday a revision to a transportation bond project.Read more

City moves toward more friendly codes

| |Monday, Mar. 01, 2010

Weatherford's zoning codes may undergo revisions to make them more user friendly for developers.Read more

Board sends utility bill increase to council

| |Monday, Mar. 01, 2010

Weatherford's water and wastewater customers could see their bills go up incrementally over the next five to seven years.Read more

Housing Authority moves into new home

| |Monday, Mar. 01, 2010

Randall Anderson recalled previous buildings that were home to Weatherford Housing Authority.Read more

City seeks input on zoning codes

Monday, Mar. 01, 2010

Amendments to Weatherford's Zoning Code - designed to make the process more developer-friendly - are subjects of a public hearing.Read more

Baker retires from FNB Munday

Monday, Feb. 22, 2010

Officers, directors and employees of First National Bank in Munday have been blue since Charles Baker announced his retirement from the bank's Board of Directors after 40 years of service.

Baker, a lifelong resident of the Munday area, who is affectionately known to many as "Mr. Munday," became a stockholder of the bank in 1965 when he purchased the bank stock of C. L. Mayes, following Mayes' death.Read more

Texas Opry poised to do its thing again, plus some

| |Monday, Feb. 01, 2010

Big time entertainment will return to downtown Weatherford, and the owners of Texas Opry want to make area residents part of the show.

Jerry and Marilyn Carter never let go of the theater on York Avenue, though its days as an entertainment venue seemed to have ended.Read more

First National Bank of Weatherford to celebrate 130 years

| |Monday, Feb. 01, 2010

Time really does mean money at First National Bank of Weatherford, which has been taking deposits and making loans for 130 years downtown.

The First National Bank & Trust Company of Weatherford was chartered May 15, 1880, and according to bank sources, it holds the oldest national bank charter in Texas. It was located on the corner of Fort Worth Highway and Austin Avenue back then.Read more

Falling sales tax revenue affects services

| |Friday, Jan. 15, 2010

Weatherford’s ability to provide services to its residents has been severely curtailed by budget amendments that City Council members approved Jan. 12.Read more