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SHERIFF'S REPORT

News Staff
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
April 5 At 8:21 p.m. a three-vehicle accident happened at the Hwy 377 Loop and FM 219 North, unknown injuries. April 6 At 5:48 p.m. ten loose cows and one bull were reported penned from the day before on CR 225, awaiting owner. At 6:38 p.m. a 4-wheeler was noticed missing from a property on CR 180.
People, poses and plants

People, poses and plants

People, poses and plants

News Staff
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The Stephenville Historical Museum grounds were filled with people for the annual Plant Fair Saturday Cindy Combs | Citizen staff photo
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Dublin sales down in Feb.

News Staff
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Dublin sales tax collections was down around 20% in February 2022 compared to February 2021, according to the March state sales tax report released by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar this month. This was an exception to reports over the last couple of years which have mostly been up or about the same.
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Area asked to ‘Stop the Silence’

Paul Gaudette
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The local community is invited to gather in support of those hurt by violence during a Stop the Silence Rally on Thursday, April 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

OAP hosts free performance

News Staff
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The Dublin High School One Act Play team will host a free public performance of their regional-qualifying play, “The Book Of Everything” on Monday at 7 p.m. in the old school auditorium (419 N. Camden). —Citizen staff report
Sermons were often heard on Dublin radio station KFPL. Pastor Doc Lovell (above, left) and Johnnie Lovell (right) are seen here along with KFPL owner Charlie Baxter (center). KFPL was a very early radio station starting in 1924 with 15 watts of power. Brother Jack Hathaway and Sister Helen (below) were on KFPL mornings in 1940. The call letters stood for Kind Friends Please Listen. | archive photos

Sermons were often heard on Dublin radio station KFPL. Pastor Doc Lovell (above, left) and Johnnie Lovell (right) are seen here along with KFPL owner Charlie Baxter (center). KFPL was a very early radio station starting in 1924 with 15 watts of power. Brother Jack Hathaway and Sister Helen (below) were on KFPL mornings in 1940. The call letters stood for Kind Friends Please Listen. | archive photos

MUSEUM MATTERS

Ben Pate
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Radio in Dublin, may have started with Guy Neel, the son of the editor of the Dublin Telephone newspaper. He started experimenting with sending and receiving radio transmissions as early as 1909 and 1910 with his state of the art equipment.
Lones Star grows in second year

Lones Star grows in second year

Lones Star grows in second year

News Staff
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The second annual lone Star Equipment Show and Tractor Pull brought even more to see at DeLeon City Park with a high school ag mechanics competition, heavy equipment from local vendors and of course, powerful tractors. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photos

Arrest made in shooting of auditor

Paul Gaudette
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Erath County officers have arrested Garrett Dale Reeves, 22, in connection with the April 9 shooting of Erath County and Hamilton County Auditor Kent Dale Reeves, 62 (the defendant’s father). According to an arrest affidavit prepared by Texas Ranger B.J.
This 37.848 acre plot of land, framed around the Dublin Shamrock Apartments and continuing north, was officially annexed by the City of Dublin during the regular meeting Monday night. | submitted graphic

This 37.848 acre plot of land, framed around the Dublin Shamrock Apartments and continuing north, was officially annexed by the City of Dublin during the regular meeting Monday night. | submitted graphic

Dublin grows by annex

Paul Gaudette
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The Dublin City Council officially annexed nearly 39 acres of land on the north side of town following a public hearing in which no comments were issued Monday night.
Balloons were released on the Bob and Norma Cervetto Field in honor of the 16th birthday of DHS student Eddie Hernandez. Hernandez was lost in a two-vehicle accident Thursday night on Highway 67. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photo

Balloons were released on the Bob and Norma Cervetto Field in honor of the 16th birthday of DHS student Eddie Hernandez. Hernandez was lost in a two-vehicle accident Thursday night on Highway 67. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photo

DISD remembers Big Eddie

Paul Gaudette
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
On Monday afternoon, a crowd of parents, students, and Dublin ISD staff gathered on Bob and Norma Cervetto Field to release balloons in honor of DHS student Eddie Hernandez’s 16th birthday.