Ground Breaking Ceremonies held for new School

 

Principal Mark Merrell welcome the crowd.

 

School Board President Sally Neff addresses the gathering.

 

Superintendent Reggie Spencer takes his turn at the podium.

 

Students and School Board Members get ready!

 

First dirt at the ground-breaking ceremony!

The Railhead Trade Days continues today

Be sure you head downtown today for the final day of the Chamber of Commerce's Railhead Trade Days in the Railhead Building...lots of great vendors and food too!

Mobile home destroyed by fire

A fire yesterday destroyed a mobile home on CR 412, photos courtesy of Shady Mitchell.

Adandoned house comes down

An adandoned house on 9th Street, allegedly used as a drug house, came tumbling down yesterday in an effort to clean up the area and curb drug use in Colorado City.

New storage containers for Recycling!

The City now has 2 40' containers available for recycling at the street barn west of downtown at the City maintenance building. One for paper and the other for plastics and electronics later.

 

 City Manager David Hoover, Eppy Mendoza and City Judge Belinda Blassingame.

 

 

City Employees Polo Espinosa and Eppy Mendoza.

 

DPS Trooper Frank Casares Honored

Yesterday was a rewarding day for our law enforcement in Mitchell County.  Recognized at a luncheon at the Civic Center was DPS Trooper Frank Casares, who was fired upon by two men earlier this year. 

 

Also recognized at the luncheon was District Attorney Ann Reed, who prosecuted and convicted the two men.