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This is Milo. Milo was found roaming the McLelland addition. Milo is not wearing a collar or any other identifying information. He seems to be well cared for and understands simple commands. Milo will be microchipped before leaving the shelter. If you’re interested in adopting Milo, please contact Officer Dobson with the City of Groesbeck Animal Control at 254-7293293 option 7 or visit their Facebook page.

Rising water levels at Canyon Lake have resulted in the reopening of several boat ramps closed for months. It’s still a ways to water, but Boat Ramp 19 is now usable, according to Canyon Lake Marina. Photo courtesy of Canyon Lake Marina

Spiked: Some Lake Levels Rise in Wake of Hill Country Flood Events

It’s difficult to find a single thread of silver lining in the catastrophic flooding that devastated parts of the Hill Country and claimed well more than 100 lives over the July 4th weekend. If there was one good thing to come out of the biblical flooding event it’s that several major reservoirs across the region got a badly needed drink of water following years of extreme drought.

Pulled from the Texas Tech University archives of the Iowa Park Herald.
Photo from the 1940 TOAG
Contributed by William Reagan.

Shot Down in Silence: A Texas Family’s Cold War Tragedy

It has been over seventy years since an international tragedy stunned the world — and the quiet towns of Groesbeck, Thornton, and Iowa Park — during a Cold War confrontation in the skies. Among the passengers aboard the British airliner shot down by Chinese fighter planes off the coast of China on July 23, 1954, was one of Groesbeck’s own: Frances Pringle Parish, her husband Leonard, and their three young children.

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