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Outdoor Specialties adds Ranger and Stratus to Dealership

The Eastland Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Outdoor Specialties on February 1st. Outdoor Specialties is a dealer of  Ranger, Stratos, and SunChaser boats and Hustler mowers.   They are a warranty service center for Evinrude, Yamaha, Ranger and Stratus, and will do the warranty work even if you bought it somewhere else.  [...]

Eastland County Museum Reopens with Grand Event

“It is a great day for Eastland County” State Representative Jim Keffer said in his speech during the Eastland County Museum’s ribbon cutting event.   Keffer spoke of many people and events that have been a part of Eastland County history.  “This is a county-wide spirit…. a celebration of our history, a celebration of our hertiage” [...]

2012-2014 UIL Realignments

UIL today announced the 2012-2014 tentative football and basketball district assignments and realignments. The following are the Microplex ISD district alignments UIL 2012-2014 Reclassification and Realignment          

Boil Water Rescind Notice

The Morton Valley Water Supply Boil Water Notice has been rescinded

Ranger College Spring Enrollment Reaches New Height

Spring Semester enrollment at Ranger College has topped out at 1655 students, an increase of 171 over the Spring 2011 headcount of 1484, an 11.52% increase.

Account Set up for Aspen Lang

Ranger, Texas – The Ranger High School class of 1965 has set up an account at First Financial Bank for Eric Lang’s daughter..

Eastland Co Commissioners’ Court Lifts Burn Ban

Eastland County Commissioners’ Court, meeting in a Special Session at 8:45 a.m. today, voted to remove the outside burning ban in Eastland Co.

Rain!!

Tuesday and Wednesday the area received some much needed rain.   4″ to 5″ have been reported around the area.  Runoff  from that rainfall is still raising lake levels. Thursday morning the Eastland County Water Supply District reported that water had spilled over the Lake Eastland spillway about six inches since Wednesday night. All water over [...]

A Faster Drive Through the Microplex

Eastland and Palo Pinto counties are included in I-20′s speed limit increase.

Nominees for Academic All-American Team

These nominees for the prestigious USA Today PTK Academic All-American Team spoke to the Ranger College Board of Regents  at their January meeting on Monday evening. Tavon Thomas hails from Washington, DC and is an accomplished vocal performer. Winston Edwards, a native of Ranger, has compiled an incredible academic record and plans to continue his [...]

Cisco VFD Receives Donation from AEP

Cisco Fire Department receives $1,000.00 contribution from AEP Foundation and AEP Texas. Cisco, Texas, December 16, 2011 – Russ Greene, a service tech with AEP Texas, today presented a check for $1,000.00 for the Cisco Volunteer Fire Department on behalf of the company and the AEP Foundation. The $1,000.00 check is part of a $40,000.00 [...]

City Remains Under Mandatory Water Restrictions

EASTLAND – The City of Eastland wants to remind everyone the Mandatory Water Restrictions remain in effect until further notice. Some violations have been reported with violators receiving conservation education tips and or citations. Under the current restrictions ALL city water users are restricted to ONE DAY outside watering during the hours of 7 a.m. [...]

Eastland Co. Enacts Burn Ban

In an Eastland County Commissioners Court meeting this morning, action was taken to enact a burn ban for the unincorporated areas of Eastland County.  The burn ban is effective immediately Burn Ban Notice

Randy Wharton is Candidate for Eastland Co. Precinct 1

I would like to take this opportunity to address the voters of Eastland County before the primary election on April 3, 2012, with early voting beginning on February 21, 2012. My name is Randy Wharton; I am announcing my candidacy for Eastland County Commissioner in Precinct 1.  I am an Eastland County native; I was [...]

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