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Lady Lions 4×200 relay places third at Texas Relays, Sparks finishes seventh in pole vault
AUSTIN – The Brownwood Lady Lions 4×200 relay placed third, and Grace Sparks came in seventh in the pole vault Saturday before rainy conditions, a damp track, and the impending District 6-4A meet led to an early

PHOTOS: Great Easter Egg Hunt in Early
Due to recent rains, the egg hunt at the Early Town Center was replaced by an egg giveaway, trick or treat style, at the Early Boardwalk Saturday afternoon. The event was formerly held at Coggin Park in

LUKE CLAYTON: Outdoor Folks Make Friends Fast
Our Seventh Annual Outdoor Ron-de-Voux took place at the Top Rail Cowboy Church in Greenville this past weekend and, as the saying goes, a good time was had by all. The idea for the event started with

Lady Lions 4×200, 4×400 relays advance to finals of Texas Relays, 4×100 to compete Saturday
AUSTIN – The Brownwood Lady Lions 4×200 and 4×400 relay teams on Friday qualified for the Division I High School Girls finals of the 98th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, which will be run Saturday at Mike A.

Fifteen months into the job, Emily Fulton making her mark as Early band director
Story, photos by Steve Nash – Special Contributor to BrownwoodNews.com EARLY – As a December 2024 graduate of Abilene Christian University, Emily Fulton knew she eventually wanted to be a head band director. She didn’t expect it

Fishing Reports 2/18/26
The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of February 18: LAKE BROWNWOOD SLOW. Water stained; 51 degrees; 3.11 feet below pool. Black bass to 8.19 pounds are excellent

321 early voting ballots cast Wednesday, 618 in first two days
Wednesday was the second day for early voting in Brown County for the March 3 primary election, and 321 ballots were cast, bringing the total thus far to 618. Early voting continues at the Brown County Elections

Five students honored at HPU’s Currie-Strickland Lectures
Howard Payne University named five students as Currie-Strickland scholars during the 18th annual Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics, on Thursday, February 5. The event featured guest lecturer John Litzler, director for public policy at the Christian Life Commission




Stephenville police investigating apparent murder-suicide
The Stephenville Police Department posted the following press release on social media early Wednesday: On February 17 at approximately 9:39 p.m., officers with the Stephenville Police Department responded to a report of shots fire in the 100


ROC Black History Youth Spotlight: Brenda Allen
Brenda Allen was born and raised in Brownwood, Texas and is the daughter of Bridney Allen and John Hudson. She is currently a freshman at Brownwood High School. One of Brenda’s biggest passions in life is playing

ROC Black History Spotlight: Vic Cooper
Victoriano aka Vic Cooper is a senior music and biochemistry major at Howard Payne University. He is active in theatre, concert band, jazz band, choir and chapel band. He loves making music and playing piano, violin, saxophone,