Alexa Garza has been out of prison for three years, but she still remembers how confining it felt. “I was surrounded by walls,” said Garza, who was incarcerated for two decades starting when she was 19.
LEE VINING, Calif. – About five hours north of Los Angeles and five hours east of San Francisco lies California’s Mono County, a picturesque region known for its towering, snowcapped mountains and close proximity to Yosemite National Park.
BARCELONA, Spain – Qatar committed Wednesday to investing $4.9 billion in Spain as the European country launches an economic overhaul with its share of European Union pandemic recovery funding. Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, announced that the energy-rich gulf state would boost its investments in Spain at a state dinner with Spanish King Felipe VI late Tuesday.
MIAMI – “The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced Wednesday.
The Promise hosting auditions The Promise in Glen Rose will be hosting Fall 2022 auditions on Saturday, June 4 at First Baptist Church, 13017 William Dodson Parkway in Farmers Branch and Saturdays June 11 and June 18 at The Promise Glen Rose, 5000 Texas Drive, Glen Rose. For more information or to schedule an audition, email auditions@thepromiseglenrose.com The Promise is a one-of-a-kind musical production performed annually at the Texas Amphitheater in Glen Rose.
Glen Rose ISD hosted a reception on Tuesday night for 13 Glen Rose ISD employees who are retiring at the end of the 2021-22 school year. The group has a combined total of 339 years of experience. From left: Esparanza Sanchez (18); Debbie Morris (25); Laura Mapes (32); Tina Navarrete (25); Patti Flanary (41); Connie Skills (27); Lynn Dillard (30); Claire Downing (32); Kristi Snow (22); Jill Evans (28); Doug Ogletree (35); Randall Bozarth (30); not pictured: Kris Phillips (20). CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Weekly Jail Log • Conner, George Randal, 32, Morgan; public intoxication • Johnson, Garland Scott, 54, Granbury; evading arrest; theft; warrants • Castillo, Shania Elise, Euless, 23; possession of marijuana • Freeman, Michael, 42, Granbury; public intoxication • Salas, Roque Issac, 18, Fort Worth; purchase/furnish alcohol to a minor; possession of marijuana • Draper, Donald Brian, 44, Cleburne; assault • Lopez, Andrea, 20, Fort Worth; possession of a controlled substance • Campbell, Heath, 51, Granbury; serving 60 days (consecutive) Crashes • May 10: 90 block of Stadium Drive; minor accident • May 10: South FM 56/SH 144; accident with injury • May 11: 500 block of NE Big Bend Trail; minor accident • May 14: North SH 114/ US 67; minor accident • May 14: East US 67/FM 200; accident with injury • May 14: CR 2009/CR 2008; minor accident • May 16: 1900 block of East US 67; minor accident Fires • May 12: 1000 block of CR 1002; brush fire • May 12: 1000 block of CR 1004/West US 67; brush fire • May 14: 4600 block of CR 2011; brush fire • May 15: 100 block of Rio Grand Street; structure fire .
The Bosque River Chapter of Daughters of the Republic of Texas met for lunch at New York Hill Restaurant in Mingus on May 10, followed by a tour of the W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas. During the meeting, the new Texas Honor Day, The Treaty of Velasco, signed on May 14, 1836, was explained by prospective new member Sarah Jane Patton Miller. Members were encouraged to register for the state convention in Austin to be held May 26-28. PROVIDED PHOTO
GLEN ROSE — The bun ban in Somervell County has been lifted. Somervell County Judge Danny Chambers said the ban was lifted at the end of April, some 70 days after it was first imposed earlier this year.
GLEN ROSE — The Glen Rose City Council voted unanimously in its meeting last Tuesday night to the hiring of Staci King as the new city secretary. King, who has been the city secretary in Stephenville since July 2017, replaces Stephanie McDonald, who resigned Feb.