Celebrating seniors of 2023

A total of $271,250 was recently awarded to Gatesville High School graduates from local organizations and individuals. The scholarships and their recipients are as follows: Brack Jones Memorial: …

 The Gatesville Fiber Arts group is to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day on Saturday, June 10. The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Junction on Route 36 in the meeting …

Gatesville Independent School District will provide summer meals at no cost for children ages 18 or younger, and enrolled students who are up to 21 years of age with disabilities. The program began …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003) --The Gatesville Lions Club honored Jack Maxwell as their “Teacher of the Month.” Maxwell, the junior high athletic coordinator was retired after 36 years as a teacher …

Pearl Bluegrass and Pearl Cottage Bookstore are going on today, so drive on out to Pearl and enjoy some great music, fellowship, food, and shopping! Remaining dates for these events for 2023 are: …

Kinsley Elizabeth McPherson spent a week in Rock Wall with Kyle, Holly, Ruby, Truett and Jacklyn Pullen. Emma Blakley has been here for a week. Emma will be going back to College Station to start …

Pictured above is an oak tree located in the backyard of Ted and Lori McConville of Gatesville. In the early morning hours of May 24, McConville and his wife were awakened by a lightning strike …

Amber is a Banker at Extraco Banks. She began working at the bank when she first moved to Gatesville six years ago. She likes how the community is supportive of one another in times of need.  She …

The Gatesville Exchange Club will hold their annual Fire Ant Tour on Saturday, June 10, at the Gatesville Civic Center located at 301 Veterans Memorial Loop. On-site registration and packet pickup …

The following is a breakdown of activity reported through dispatchers during the period of May 24 – 29.  While there were many calls to the dispatcher, this is a partial list of more …

Local Disabled American Veterans Chapter 74 will hold its first-ever car show on Saturday, June 17. The car show will be held at the Gatesville Chamber of Commerce, located at 2507 South TX-36 from 9 …

The Coryell 4-H Gun Club recently held their last meeting of the school year. At the meeting the officers for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year were announced. Pictured above, from left to right, …

The Gatesville City Council took action related to three substandard houses during its May 23 meeting - one at 506 and a half S. Sixth St., one at 506 Lutterloh St. and a third at 2006 Bridge …

Construction has begun on a monument being built by the Texas Department of Transportation at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Business 36 that will feature a 229-foot limestone wall about …

Tanner Brown, the son of Brian Brown, a 1981 Gatesville High School graduate and Veronica Brown, formerly of Waco, and the grandson of Barbara Herndon of Gatesville, recently signed a contract with …

Coryell County leaders and consultants Natural Resources Solutions have big plans for significant roadwork funding and are awaiting the next step from the Texas General Land Office that could result …

After Coryell County - along with every other Texas applicant - was shut out from funding from the U.S. Forest Service for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant - representatives of the Texas A&M …

In an effort to secure reliable access to water, the Gatesville City Council approved the purchase of a water pump for the Lake Belton intake structure during the May 23 meeting of the …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003)    — John E. Roberts had been chosen to head the Gatesville High School band program. Roberts was replacing Tom English, who had been the band director at GHS for six …