The Crockett County Commissioners’ Court approved purchasing of a new Dodge 5500 truck for Crockett County EMS. The purchase will be done through Buy Board. Crockett County EMS Director Eddie Martin said the cost would be $64,000 and that there is money available to purchase the vehicle. Sheriff-…

Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Marty Baker said rancher Ed Mayfield has added $5,000 of his own money to the $1,000 reward offered by the association. The reward will be paid to an individual or divided between individuals who provide information leading to the…

The Ozona Stockman will close at noon today (Nov. 25) and be closed all day Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Deadline is noon Monday, Nov. 30, for the Dec. 2 edition. Crockett County offices, the library, senior center and civic center will be closed Thursday…

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Texas enters the holiday season at a time when COVID-19 is spreading rapidly and hospitalizations continue to rise throughout the state. The Texas Department of State Health Services is providing guidance on how to decrease the risk of spreading the novel…

Crockett County CCSD will be going to remote learning for two days after this week’s Thanksgiving break. Superintendent Raul Chavarria announced Thursday, Nov. 19, that the district will go to remote learning for two days after students and staff return from Thanksgiving Break. “To the CCCCSD…

Rural Texans have a lot to say about the lack of broadband service in their communities. Since we covered the topic earlier this month, many readers have emailed to share their stories and pleas for help. An example is the email from reader Kathryn Steuart of Freestone County, who reads the column…

I love nuts, bolts and hardware so much that we came real close 40 years ago to opening a hardware store in our small town. Instead we opened a stationery store and someone else opened the hardware store. We made a little money but the hardware store owner struck a gold mine and is now living on…

WIt is tempting--ever so tempting--to claim authorship of the headline introducing a column written a dozen years ago. To make such a claim, however, wouldn’t set well with my conscience, even if no libel charges took me to task. The account detailed travails of a then 15-year-old Alabama girl…

Neighborhood Watch One evening, a Bosque County game warden received a call from a resident within a local neighborhood who said they had just witnessed their neighbor dragging a deer from a large ranch behind the neighborhood. The warden contacted the suspect at his residence and saw a whitetail…

November 2020 • Alexis Gerardo, 27, pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance, state jail felony. He was sentenced to 135 days (time served) in the Crockett County Jail. • Aric Raymond Robicheaux, 22, pled true to possession of a controlled substance, third-degree felony. He was…