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Fatal Accident On I-20

According to Senior Trooper Sparky Dean, one person was killed and two were injured in a two-vehicle crash occurring Monday at 11:04 a.m.  The crash was located on Interstate 20, 0.4 miles east of mile marker 347 in Eastland County.  Russell Lawrence Geiger, 54, from McKinney was pronounced dead at Eastland Memorial Hospital.   Anita Kay [...]

Eastland Grand Jury Returns 37 Indictments

After convening on March 9, 2009 in the Eastland County Courthouse, an Eastland County Grand Jury of twelve citizens returned 37 indictments and one no bill.  One persons were indicted for Driving While Intoxicated – With Child Passenger, eight persons were indicted for burglary offenses, two for theft related offenses, three persons for sexual assault [...]

Candidate Requests Recount

Eastland -  Monday, March 7, Cecil Funderburgh filed a petition for a recount of the County Clerk ballots.  The petition was filed with the Eastland County Republican Chair, Sean Schaefer.  Mr. Schaefer will appoint four people to serve on the recount committee.  The request was for a manual recount rather than an electronic count.   Election [...]

McGough Receives 99 Year Sentence

A conviction of Michael Jarrod McGough of Cisco for the offense of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child, came with the maximum sentence of 99 years from an Eastland County Jury. This past week, in the 91st District Court, with Judge Steven R. Herod presiding, the 32 year old defendant was on trial [...]

King Kong Project Progressing Through City

EASTLAND – Progress continues with the King Kong Project on West Valley moving towards Dixie Street with crews taking advantage of the warm weather and putting in extra hours to try to get back on schedule.
Additional crews continue with tie-ins along South Seaman, North College , aka Hwy. 3101, and at [...]

Friday AM – IH20 EB will be closed.Traffic will be routed through Eastland for about two hours.

Advisory Message has been issued by the Eastland Police Department.
Thursday March 4, 2010 20:00 PM CST
Friday AM – IH20 EB will be closed.Traffic will be routed through Eastland for about two hours.
On Friday morning, 3/5/10, the eastbound lanes of IH20 will be closed for accident reconstruction investigation. Traffic will be diverted [...]

King Kong Changes Eastland Skyline

After two years of studies, head scratching and consultations, the City of Eastland took a big step towards improving the city water system back in December 2009 when they approved the construction of a brand new water storage tower atop Park Hill.
The $1.1 million dollar project was awarded to Kentucky based Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors [...]

March 2nd Election Results

EASTLAND COUNTY LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS:
First, I want to thank the Eastland Volunteer Fire Department who volunteer their time to set up the election board on the square and record for the public the latest election counts as they happen. It’s a valued service to our local community. – Julie Elrod
County Clerk
Cathy Jentho – [...]

Golden Deed Award Banquet: A Touch Of The Past, A Look At The Future

Last Thursday night the Eastland Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual Golden Deed Award Banquet.   The, oh-my-gosh-good dinner was provided by Hardin’s BBQ.  It was hard to keep from tapping your feet while dining as the Eastland High School Jazz Band provided the dining entertainment. More EHS Jazz Band Music
The theme was designed around the [...]

Mavericks Advance Over Holliday 43-38!

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Podcast of Ranger City Meeting Feb 22, 2010

Ranger Meeting – Intro
Ranger Meeting – Pt. 1
Ranger Meeting – Pt. 2

Marsha Vermillion Awarded UIL Sponsor Excellence Award

The University Interscholastic League is proud to recognize nine of the top UIL sponsors in Texas as the 2009 UIL Sponsor Excellence Award winners.
The winners were selected by a panel of judges in the areas of music, athletics and academics from nominations submitted by school principals and superintendents across the state.
The award, now in its [...]

Deadline Looming for Strawn Elections

Two city council seats and the position of mayor are up for election on May 8.   As of this morning, no applications for ballots have been filed with the city secretary.   The deadline to file is March 8 by 5:00 p.m.  The council seats up for election are presently filled by Kevin West and [...]

Arrests Made in Nunez Burglary

Jacob Aldridge, 17, and Robert Sybesma, 17, both residing in Ranger, were arrested Wednesday in connection with the two burglaries at Nunez Tire Shop in Strawn. Thursday night, February 11, Nunez’ shop was broken into and $2500.00 worth of old bills were stolen. The following Sunday night the burglars struck again and [...]

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