Weatherford Democrat CNHI News Service Originals

Of weddings and bail money

2009-10-16T15:22:09-05:00

Memorable mistakes happen at almost every wedding.

The ring bearer’s tux is too large, the maid of honor’s shoes are the wrong color, the videographer shows up drunk, the mother of the bride gets too close to the candles on the altar and singes her dress.

The curse of Friday the 13th

2009-12-09T03:24:44-06:00

Be extra careful tomorrow.

Don’t walk under any ladders, break any mirrors or cross the paths of black cats.

It’s Friday the 13th.

Congressman misplaces priorities

2009-12-09T03:25:19-06:00

North Texas weathering financial downturn

2008-11-28T11:34:47-06:00

Headlines tell of a faltering stock market, grim job prospects and an economy in free fall as the country welcomes a new administration.

However, Texas, and specifically Parker County, may be a good place to ride out the current financial storm.

It’s not just your usual Sunday buggy ride ...

2009-12-09T03:25:07-06:00

‘You just passed gate three, looking for gate four!” yells the navigator as the vehicle careens action-movie style — two wheels on the ground, two in the air — around the tight curve. The navigator hangs on precariously, leaning to the high side to balance the rig.

Voting never gets too old for this centenarian

2008-01-12T10:02:34-06:00

LAWRENCE, Mass. — Anna French has an airtight alibi for not voting when she turned 18._In 1919, women couldn't vote.

Pay gap still separates men, women of equal education

2009-12-09T03:27:10-06:00

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Clinton administration ushered in America’s first woman secretary of state, Madeleine Albright; the George W. Bush administration was witness to the first woman speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

Will Joe Tison run for state rep?

2009-12-09T03:28:00-06:00

Local scuttlebutt whirred last week after Texas Weekly, a political newsletter based in Austin, suggested four-term Weatherford Mayor Joe Tison is a likely future candidate for the District 61 House seat currently held by State Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford).

Voters overwhelmingly approve groundwater district

2009-12-09T03:27:58-06:00

Slightly over 78 percent of voters in Montague, Wise, Parker and Hood Counties supported the creation of the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, according to election results announced Tuesday.

Survival of 10-year-old Alabama boy called miracle

2009-12-09T03:27:46-06:00

TONEY, Ala. — Jim Wiese doesn’t know why he was so compelled to go to find his son on a warm September day as the 10-year-old and a friend rode the family’s go-cart in a nearby pasture in Toney, Ala.