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AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott officially signed Senate Bill 2, the landmark school choice program that is the largest day-one launch…
SAN ANTONIO – Brownwood Lady Lion senior Sidney Adkins took part in the TASCO Senior Showcase Saturday and recorded an…
WOODROW – After digging themselves an insurmountable hole in Game 1 of their Class 4A Division I Region I semifinals…
Well, when I became one of the “Voices of the Brownwood Lions” sometime back in the early ‘60’s one program…
Randy Ray Oehrlein and Christi Lingard were married on March 22, 2025 at the Grapevine Methodist church in Grapevine, Texas. …
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work…
5 Straight Amazing Years and Getting Better! For the fifth consecutive year, the Toyota ShareLunker program has produced an exceptional lunker collection…
HOLLIDAY – The Bangs Lady Dragons softball season reached its conclusion in the Class 2A Division I Region I semifinals…
ABILENE – For the second day in a row, the May Tigers fell victim to a shutout loss as their…
May 9, 2025 Friend, Welcome back to the weekly Pfluger Fly-By, a collection of events and happenings to keep you…
ABILENE – The May Tigers suffered their first defeat of the season Friday as their Class 1A Region I Baseball…
LUBBOCK – Making their first-ever appearance in regional competition, the Brownwood Lady Lions doubles team of Ashlyn Bundick and Lanie…
After a 32-season career, Brownwood Lions baseball head coach Blake Sandford announced his retirement Friday. Sandford – in his second…
Big Country Blitz reported the following information on Friday: Jeremy Phillips is leaving Zephyr after six seasons as head coach…
Howard Payne University is now offering the Organization Matching Scholarship for full-time or part-time students enrolled in any of HPU’s…
The Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce shared the following information Friday afternoon: We’d like to inform our members, partners, and…
The Barricade ‘GoTopless’ Day is scheduled for May 17, 2025 at Lake Brownwood. Join the biggest annual Jeep event in…
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Obituaries
Keenan Wilcox
Keenan Wilcox passed away on May 6, 2025, at the age of 67. He was born on March 8, 1958,…
Janet (Jan) Petty Bingham
Janet (Jan) Petty Bingham, 75 of Blanket, Texas passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The…
Sue Beth Ragsdale
Sue Beth Ragsdale passed away peacefully on May 8, 2025, in Granbury, Texas. She was born in Eastland, Texas on…
Betty Wallis May
Betty Lou Wallis May, 93, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, May 8th, 2025. She was…
Beverly Ann Gee
Beverly Ann Gee, born on July 26, 1944, in Coleman, Texas, passed away peacefully at her residence in Coleman on…
Trending Stories
Lions baseball head coach Blake Sandford retires
May 9, 2025
After a 32-season career, Brownwood Lions baseball head coach Blake Sandford announced his retirement Friday. Sandford – in his second stint with the Lions, this one lasting two seasons – led Brownwood to the District 6-4A baseball
Brownwood City Manager Emily Crawford resigning to take same position in Abilene
May 8, 2025
The City of Brownwood issued the following press release Thursday morning: The City of Brownwood announces that City Manager Emily Crawford will resign her position to assume a new leadership role as the City Manager of Abilene,
High School Principal Chad Dail named lone finalist for May ISD Superintendent
May 7, 2025
May ISD announced late Wednesday night that Chad Dail, Current High School Principal, has been named the lone finalist for May ISD Superintendent by the May ISD Board of Trustees Following a thorough and comprehensive search process,
Brownwood celebrates Lady Lions track and field state championship team
May 7, 2025
Brownwood residents flocked to Warren Gym Wednesday afternoon in celebration of the 2025 Lady Lions track and field team, the first team state champion in a girls sport in school history, and the first team state championship
PHOTOS: Downtown Cinco de Mayo Celebration 2025
May 4, 2025
Nearly 90 photos of the Saturday, May 3 festivities, courtesy of Dee Hail – Be Okay Photography
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Coaches Show
Well, when I became one of the “Voices of the Brownwood Lions” sometime back in the early ‘60’s one program that was waiting on me was the Coaches Show. I think I was in on the very…
DIANE ADAMS: The Uranium Trail explosion
“The halt and the lame came by the hundreds Monday to the ranch of Jesse F. Reese to cover themselves at a cost of more than a dollar an hour, with dirt from a mildly radioactive dried-up…
UNDER THE STETSON: Mom
Go get em’ Tiger!” That was the extent of my mom’s motivational speeches before my sporting events. It did not matter if I was playing a peewee football game or the Texas Longhorns in a college baseball…
THE IDLE AMERICAN: A pullman pushed and pulled
It’s got to be a borderline miracle when Eastland–a town with fewer than 5,000 people–can lay claim to not one, but TWO “facts” worthy of the Guinness Book of Records recognition. “Facts” has quotation marks for a reason.…
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE: Christian Persecution in Africa, and Religious Developments in the United States
*SENSORY WARNING: The following content contains gruesome accounts of religious persecution taking place in the sub-Saharan region of Africa. The truth is gruesome, so if you choose to read, let this be a point of caution.* For…
Pfluger Fly-By: May 9, 2025
May 9, 2025 Friend, Welcome back to the weekly Pfluger Fly-By, a collection of events and happenings to keep you updated on everything I am doing week by week to represent you in Congress. It was another…
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Announcements /Public Notices
Keep Your Horse Vaccinations Current
Texas has more horses than any other state in the nation, according to Texas Farm Bureau. They say Texas 4 times as many horses as Kentucky. Summer is close. Many horse related activities are beginning in our…
VETERANS CORNER: April is The American Legion’s Children and Youth Month
The American Legion was founded in 1919 and is based on the “Four Pillars of the American Legion” being: (1) Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation (2) National Security (3) Americanism and (4) Children and Youth. In the American…
Three sentenced in 35th District Court
The office of District Attorney Micheal Murray issued the following press release regarding felony cases recently heard in 35th District Court by Judge Mike Smith. Amber Nicole Bergman aka Amber Nicole Copher, on probation for the felony…
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Statewide News
Governor Abbott Signs Landmark School Choice Legislation Into Law
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott officially signed Senate Bill 2, the landmark school choice program that is the largest day-one launch…
Texas Arrests Wanted Human Smuggler, Seizes $400,000 Worth Of Cocaine
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work…
Salvadoran Child Sex Predator Named Featured Fugitive
AUSTIN – A criminal illegal immigrant wanted for sexually abusing a child is this month’s Featured Fugitive. Kevin Galileo…
Governor Abbott Signs Texas DOGE Into Law At Texas Capitol
AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 14, also known as Texas DOGE, into law at the Texas Capitol in…
Texas Arrests Mexican Mafia Gang Member, Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant
AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work…
National News
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- 'Nonpartisan' CBO's health division overwhelmingly staffed by Dems, GOP-aligned group says May 12, 2025 Louis Casiano
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