Schneider retiring

Dublin ISD Superintendent Dr. Rodney Schneider announced his retirement during Monday night’s regular meeting of the DISD School Board, capping off a career that includes 20 years serving as a Superintendent.

Weekly COVID Report - Feb. 26, 2021

Erath County officials reported four new cases of COVID-19 in the report from Thursday, Feb. 25 that was released the next morning. This included two positive cases within the city limits of Stephenville and two among rural residents.

UCS votes to assist members with storm costs

On Tuesday, Feb.

Berry’s Picks

Tough Week By the time you read this, I hope you have about gotten all your wells, plumbing and equipment up and running. Many of you probably still have blue PVC glue stuck on your hands. We can usually get by calving this time of year with little trouble, but this year was different.

Lone Star Ag Credit distributes $22 million

Lone Star Ag Credit is distributing a total of $22 million in patronage dividends to its customer-owners, based on its strong financial results for 2020. The cash patronage payment is a record for the rural lending cooperative.

Fishing report

BROWNWOOD Water stained; 47 degrees; 5.20 low. Largemouth bass are slow with swimbaits, blade baits, and jigs near creeks. Crappie are slow on minnows in brush piles and timber edges near a creek channel or drop-off. White bass and hybrids are slow on slabs and trolling swimbaits.

Storm leaves shelves empty- again

The shelves of Texas grocery stores were seriously picked over, if not empty, for the second time in less than a year, said a Texas A&M AgriLife expert. But winter storm-related supply chain shortages are different than those consumers experienced during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.