Over the top

The Gatesville Messenger - Wed Nov 25

Gatesville Care Center director Deral McWhorter almost couldn't reach the top of the scale recording the giving in the 2009 Food for Families drive.

County OKs video equipment

The Gatesville Messenger - Wed Nov 25

Attorneys assigned to indigent defendants who may be housed outside Coryell County may soon have a way to meet with their clients prior to court dates.

County starts ball rolling for off-channel reservoir

The Gatesville Messenger - Wed Nov 25

Coryell County commissioners approved a resolution Monday they hope will eventually lead to an off-channel reservoir for the western part of Coryell County.

Memorial to honor 3 McLennan County Medal of Honor winners

Waco Tribune-Herald - Sun Nov 15

Three Waco men who received the military's highest service distinction for bravery and valor in combat are being honored with a new memorial to be unveiled at Rosemound Cemetery next year.

Bagpiper has been witness to hundreds of soldiers' memorials

Austin American Statesman - Sat Nov 14

Bill Herridge figures he has volunteered to play his bagpipes at more than 300 fallen soldiers' services, including this one Thursday at Fort Hood for four who died in the Nov.

Explosion burns man

Killeen Daily Herald - Sat Nov 14

From staff reports A gas tank exploded and severely burned a 34-year-old Gatesville man Friday.

Gatesville man severely burned when torch ignited truck's gas tank

Waco Tribune-Herald - Sat Nov 14

A 34-year-old Gatesville man was being treated at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on Friday for severe burns officials said he suffered when the gas tank of the pickup he was working underneath exploded, Coryell County officials said.

Man Cutting Truck Apart Burned by Exploding Fuel Tank

KWTX - Fri Nov 13

That was the call however that went across the radio at 7:52 a.m. Friday. The third a oeexplosiona call in Central Texas in as many days, units from Gatesville Vol.

The Poppies Still Blow In Flanders Fields... A Veteran's Day Salute...

Houstonpress.com - Wed Nov 11

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. - and the author's daughter - Sara Blount, on duty in Afghanistan "In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

G'ville bagpiper Bill Herridge had brush with tragedy

The Gatesville Messenger - Wed Nov 11

Gatesville businessman Bill Herridge has been at Fort Hood hundreds of times for various types of ceremonies, but last week's was unlike anything he had experienced before at the military post.