Archive for: January, 2010

DWI Defendent Sentenced to Prison for Ten Years

John Robert Wheeler, 38, formerly of Albany, Texas, is now an inmate awaiting transfer to state prison to serve a (10) ten year sentence for the felony offense of Driving While Intoxicated, Third Offense or More. Wheeler was apprehended on January 10, 2009 by the Rising Star Police Chief and a DPS Trooper after Eastland [...]

Arlene Hines McCurry - Eastland

Arlene Hines McCurry, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Summers-Bakker Funeral Chapel in Eastland. Interment will follow at Murray Cemetery in Carbon. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, January 29th from 6:00 [...]

Dean Smith to speak at Eastland Rotary Club

Speaker for the Rotary Club program on January 28, 2010 will be Dean Smith a famous Olympic athletic, Hollywood stuntman, Actor, Horse trainer and Humanitarian.  In 2009 he was inducted into the Ft. Worth National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame. The public is invited but you need to call Saul Pullman 254-629-8058 to [...]

Autism Speaks Lunch and Jewelry Sale

The 4th Take a Bite Out of Autism Lunch will be held Thursday, February 4 in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church of Eastland.  The menu this year is homemade meatloaf, black-eyed peas, salad, and amazing desserts – all for $5.  Serving will be from 11am – 1pm with take out available. [...]

Carolyn Marie Seay - Cisco

Carolyn Marie Seay, 50, of Cisco passed away January 22, 2010, in Eastland. Services will be 10:00 AM Thursday in the Kimbrough Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at 3:00 PM in the San Saba Cemetery. Carolyn was born December 21, 1959, in Arlington, Texas, to Cecil and Jessie Marie (Ringo) Bessent. Her family moved [...]

9/11 Survivor To Speak At Local Event

The Eastland County 9/12 Project will be hosting Brian Birdwell on Thursday, February 4, 2010 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM at the Myrtle Wilks Community Center Auditorium in Cisco, Texas. Lt Col (Ret) Brian Birdwell is a survivor of the terrorists’ attacks on 9/11/2001. After the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 collided into the Pentagon, [...]

Visionaries in Preservation First Town Hall Meeting

You are invited to the Eastland Historic Board's Visionaries in Preservation First Town Hall Meeting, Thursday, February 4th, at 6:00 PM, At the Daugherty Street Church of Christ Fellowship Hall Located at 309 s. Daugherty street Visionaries in Preservation (VIP) is the community planning program of the Texas Historical Commission. VIP asks residents how they [...]

Ranger City Council Meeting Agenda for January 28

Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the Governing Body of the City of Ranger, Texas will be held on Thursday January 28, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in City Hall, 400 West Main Street, Ranger, Texas. The following subjects will be discussed, to wit: Agenda Item 01: Call to Order- Mayor Green Agenda [...]

2010 Eastland County Jr. Livestock Show Results

2010 Eastland Co. Livestock Show Results –

Richard Sparks - Dallas

DALLAS - Richard "Dick" Sparks, age 79, passed away on January 23, 2010 in Dallas. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at Eastland City Cemetery under the direction of the Summers-Bakker Funeral Home in Eastland. Richard Edgar Sparks was born on July 18, 1930 in Eastland, Texas, the youngest [...]

Tonight’s Ranger City Council meeting canceled

To All, The meeting for 25 January 2010 is cancelled due to the absence of two Commissioners.  Commissioner Gerdes is still in the hospital and the Commissioner Archer has been called away for business related to the company he works for.  What this means is that there is only one Commissioner and the Mayor that [...]

Judge Ronald (Ronnie) White Announces for Re-election

Judge Ronald (Ronnie) White Announces for re-election for Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Eastland County, Texas. It’s time for the 2010 elections! And, yes, I am, once again, asking for your vote and support to re-elect me as your Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 of Eastland County. I have enjoyed serving the people [...]

Cecil Funderburgh running for County Clerk of Eastland County

Hi! My name is Cecil Funderburgh, and I am running for election to the office of County Clerk of Eastland County. I’d like to take just a few moments of your time to tell you about myself and why I want to be your County Clerk. I was born in 1940 at the old Blackwell [...]

Giant Estate Sale

Title: GIANT ESTATE SALE Location: Main St., Mingus, TX Next door to City Hall Description: Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. A portion of the proceeds go to the C.A.R.E animal rescue group. Start Date: 2010-01-30 End Date: 2010-01-31

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