By Kyndra Vaught
Rotan ISD welcomes Jessica Watkins as the new band director.
Watkins, a graduate of McMurry University has been teaching at Wylie ISD in Abilene. She accepted the head band... + continue reading
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By Jeff Hurt
Commissioners spent a good deal of time during a series of meetings—stretching from last week into the current—working on drafting a proposed budget before the August submission date and tensions flared before the court adjourned.
On the Thursday morning this edition was printed, the county returned to the still open budget... + continue reading
Representatives from the Texas Association of Counties (TAC) traveled from Austin recently to speak to Fisher and Kent county commissioners about increases in rates for employee benefits.
TAC was able to get benefits renewals out to counties about two weeks early this year, good news for counties as they approach finalizing their budgets for... + continue reading
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After spending last week in Hawaii our local newspaper took a trip over the ocean to Beijing, China with a group of students studying abroad from the Business Department of Abilene Christian University. Ridgdon Terry, a 2015 graduate of Roby High School, along with his friends had this photo taken in front of The Nest building. This was where the... + continue reading
Stonewall Memorial Hospital was awarded a Multi-Plan Rural Grant on July 18, 2017 in the amount of $10,000.00. Stonewall Memorial Hospital applied for the grant to help with their Transition of Care program. This program identifies patients who are in need of assistance with their discharge plan for the 30 days post hospital discharge. The... + continue reading
By Adrian Daniel
Hurricanes captured a total of of 22 medals and qualified a total of 16 kids for the State track meet July 27-30th in McAllen, Texas. Zachary Morgan placed 2nd in both the mile and the 800 M for 16U. Anna Daniels placed 1st in the 200 M , 2nd in the 100 M and 3rd in the long jump in the 14U division. Hudson Smith placed 3rd in... + continue reading
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by Kyndra Vaught
The Texas Girls Coaches Association selected Kolbi Helm, one of only 15 students awarded this honor, to represent Roby CISD on the Texas All-star Track Team in Austin July 11th -... + continue reading
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by Jeff Hurt
When you work for a newspaper, one of the many duties is attending public meetings. A lot of meetings. They are not always fun. Sometimes they aren’t even terribly informative. But... + continue reading
County Life
Richard Gaona, president of the Fisher County Appraisal District board, presented Elaine Field with a beautiful clock in honor of her 38 years of service for the Appraisal District. Co-workers,... + continue reading
