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Local arrest report

Parker County

Erick Cole Floyd, 20, of Springtown, was arrested Dec. 12 by Parker County Sheriff’s deputies and charged with possession of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 1, less than one gram, a state jail felony and possession of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 3, less than 28 grams, a Class A misdemeanor. He posted $13,000 bond and was released later the same day.

TC grand jury indicts nine locals

During meetings of the Tarrant County grand jury in Fort Worth Nov. 27-Dec. 14, the body returned 809 indictments.

Among those named were seven Azleites, a Springtown woman, and one Poolville woman.

• John William Chiles, 41, of Azle, was indicted Nov. 27 on a charge of fraudulent use or possession of bank account information, a state jail felony.

• Mysti Burdette, 42, of Springtown, was indicted Dec. 3 on a charge of possession of one to four grams of methamphetamine, a third-degree felony.

Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns 54 years later

As usual, plenty of interesting movies are being released at Christmastime.

That means, as usual, that the Movie Man will not officially review a couple that, any other time of the year, would be worthy.

The Movie Man will let a couple sneak over into the New Year.

This year, the Movie Man is watching Mary Poppins Returns and Aquaman.

Springtown’s Angels come through

Through their angel tree projects, the Springtown Chamber of Commerce helped brighten Christmas nearly 150 people this year. SENIor aNGElS Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Amy Walker said that the

UMC’s decorations up through New Year

As they have annually for years, a small group of dedicated volunteers gathered the week after Thanksgiving to transform the Family Life Center of the Spring-town United Methodist Church into

Annual race nets $4.5K for Project Celebration

Originally set for the morning of Christmas on the Square, bad weather postponed the race from its original date, but Project Celebration 2019 held the fourth annual Jingle on the

SISD TMSCA team wins sweepstakes

When the Springtown Intermediate and Middle School Texas Math and Science Coaches Association (TMSCA) teams hosted their third annual practice TMSCA meet Saturday, Dec. 1 at the intermediate school campus,

City, ISD, county holiday closures

With the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays quickly approaching, several entities will have closures. City of Springtown City offices in Spring-town will close early at noon Friday, Dec. 21

Santa visits Reno children

Mr. Claus himself stopped by Reno City Hall Dec. 15 to hear the wishes of area children during the city’s annual Cookies with Santa event. Photo by Christina Derr

Springtown’s musical Christmas

Clockwise from top left: Members of the Sound of Springtown concert band including Zach Hentschel, Asher Thetford, Jayla Stevens, Shawna Head, Sage Morfin, Katherine Johnson performed “Pacem Noel,” “The Christmas