Barbara Jean Sanders, age 87, of Blanket passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023, at her residence. Celebration of Life for Barbara will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Grace Baptist Church in Early, with Jerry Payne officiating. Burial will be private at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Blaylock Funeral Home of Brownwood. Condolences for the family can be made online at www.blaylockfuneralhome.com ..read more

Brookesmith FFA is holding a fundraiser at POTTER’s PIZZA, 1107 Clement, in Brownwood on Monday, April 3 from 11AM until 9:30 PM. Place an order and 10 percent of all proceeds will go to support students of the Brookesmith FFA. We are excited to have this opportunity and are grateful to POTTER’s PIZZA for their support. Come out and have lunch at POTTER’s on Monday ..read more

12u Glory Potts took first place at the Spring Fling one day event in Weatherford last weekend. Glory was undefeated in the tournament. Our pitching staff and defense was extremely competitive and we only allowed 2 runs all tournament. Offensively our bats were hot, putting together 24 hits for 38 runs. Glory Potts will travel to Red Oak this weekend to participate in an 81 team tournament ..read more

The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets announced their 2023 football schedule on Monday, which will feature three non-conference games followed by seven American Southwest Conference contests. The season begins Sept. 2 at George Fox University in Newburg, Oregon. The Bruins visited Gordon Wood Stadium last season, and Howard Payne made the trek to GFU previously in 2018. Non-conference home games against Southwest Assemblies of God and Lyon College follow on Sept. 9 and Sept. 16, then HPU’s bye falls Sept. 23 – the week prior to the start of ASC competition. The Yellow Jackets kick off conference ac ..read more

Dr. Leonard Underwood Howard Payne University recently announced the first Robnett Founders Dinner, an annual event inviting alumni, friends, corporate partners, communities of Brown County and other members of the HPU family to come together to honor an individual who has made a significant impact on the university and in the furtherance of its work in the lives of students. Distinguished Brownwood leader Dr. Leonard Underwood has been named as the first recipient of the Robnett Founders Award and will be recognized at the event, to be held on Thursday, March 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the ..read more

On Thursday, March 23 at about 9:06 p.m., Deputy Chris Williamson was dispatched to a burglary call located at CR 183, Bangs. A victim stated multiple musical instruments were stolen from her residence. Information was collected, and a report made. On Friday, March 24, Deputy Francisco Valencia was dispatched to an address on CR 564. This was in regards to criminal mischief. Information was gathered, and a report was made. On Saturday, March 25 Deputy John Geis was dispatched to handle a call involving someone driving through someone’s fence on County Road 488. Information was gathered, and ..read more

David Spiller AUSTIN – State Representative David Spiller has outlined the upcoming Texas House of Representatives floor schedule, introduced his first bill of the session and details border security legislative priorities.  In a statement released on Saturday, Spiller noted that the Texas House would be in session from Monday through Thursday, with the first House calendar scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. The House will convene at 2:00 pm on Monday, and on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, they will be on the House Floor starting at 10:00 am. On Wednesday, the House Committee on Stat ..read more

Brownwood City Hall, Landfill and Recycling Center and other non-emergency facilities will close Friday, April 7th. Regular operating hours will resume Saturday, April 8th for the Landfill and Monday April 10th for all other non-emergency facilities. Brownwood curbside trash routes for the week will be collected as follows: * Monday and Tuesday’s routes will be collected on regular schedule. * Thursday, April 6th routes will be collected on Wednesday, April 5th. * Friday, April 7th routes will be collected Thursday, April 6th. Please have your carts out by 7 a.m. to ensure collection. Call 325 ..read more

Photo contributed The Sandlot won the Brownwood Outlaws ‘Spring Shootout’ 7U tournament championship over the weekend ..read more

Tenure has been a popular practice across institutions of higher education to attract talent and ensure academic freedom from persecution. However, in Texas, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has been an outspoken member of the Texas Government against tenure. Dan Patrick made going after tenure a top priority last year, believing that tenure has furthered initiatives by leftist professors who aim to teach critical race theory and promote woke political ideology among students with no accountability.  That is why he and other Republican legislatures have pushed to end tenure in the state of Texas ..read more