A fire that destroyed a gym and caused significant smoke damage at Hale Center’s Akin Elementary School last week has been ruled an accidental electrical fire, according to fire chief Ronald Groves.

Fighting through roaring flames, Girl Scout Cecilia Ward of Troop 6211 places another flag on the pyre. Several organizations combined their resources to conduct a flag retirement ceremony on Saturday

 

Though thunderstorms kept the speaker for Monday’s Business Success Series at the Chamber of Commerce in Dallas, small business owners were still able to learn vital information about Plainview’s reta

 

When it becomes necessary to remove a child from his or her home, the child has some very basic needs. Working with Child Protective Services, Rainbow Room serves as a resource to meet those needs.

Forty-five years after leaving Wayland to join the Army during World War I, the Rev. O.L. Englemann returned for his first visit in 1963, and he was surprised at how much the college had grown.

Area Community Hospice owners Nancy and Kenny Kernell (left) and Plainview Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours coordinators Kim Street and Lacy Todd remind those in the local business community o

Taylor Schertz of Denton exhibited the Supreme Champion Heifer in Ring A at the 31st Parade of Breeds Calf Show on Friday.

Instead of listening to the speeches and musical performances during Saturday’s Plainview Juneteenth Celebration in Givens Park, 2-year-old Tristian White Coleman entertains himself with a pinwheel. H

NOTE: The Herald continues a weekly series featuring local and area World War II veterans. To recommend a veteran for this series, email hmarquez@hearstnp.com or telephone 806-296-1350.

 

June 14, 1943: The lunch room at the Liberty School will be open and available to the public for canning all day on Thursday until further notice.