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FDA OKs vaccines for 12-15

The Food and Drug Administration Monday approved Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, and Dr. Randy Lee, Hamilton County Health Authority, said that while Hamilton Healthcare System does not currently have Pfizer vaccine, an allotment is expected this week from Bell County.

Pfizer vaccine also remains available at area vaccine hubs, he said.

Cemetery walk reset for Saturday

Six notable Hamilton citizens will be featured in the Hamilton County Historical Museum’s Cemetery Walk Saturday.

The fifth annual walk begins at 10 a.m., weather permitting.

Local historians will relay the tales of George and Frankie Golightly, Roy “Spot” Brazil, Ted Jones, Bob Riley and Chester and Ella Atkinson.

Come hear Tom Locke deliver the tale of a secret treasure held by the automobile business building of George Golightly - Hamilton’s last train station.

HCAD: Demand causes increase in property values

Hamilton Central Appraisal District said Monday that notices have been mailed to taxpayers whose value increased from 2020 to 2021.

While many owners feel that the values of property have decreased due to the COVID epidemic, the data throughout Texas does not support a decrease.

Record interest rates and people moving to Texas from other states have driven up the demand for all types of housing, and HCAD must keep pace with the increases in order for local schools to re ceive full funding and to comply with equal and uniform taxation.

ER nurse knows watt’s up with amped pain therapy

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Pain – injury, aching, throbbing, stinging, burning, swelling, chronic or inflammatory pain – affects 86 million American adults, according to WebMD, and costs $635 billion a year to treat, according to the Journal of Pain.

Court lowers speed limit on 421

Three citizens expressed concern about changing the speed limit on County Road in Evant during last Monday’s Hamilton County Commissioners Court meeting.

Building projects top HCHD discussion

Hamilton County Hospital District board of directors last Wednesday discussed building projects, passed a Certificate of Order evidencing the intent to issue revenue bonds and revised the Financial Assistance Policy.

Hits kept on coming for “The Possum”

“White Lightning” climbed to the top of the country music chart on May 10, 1959 giving George Jones the first of ten Number One hits in a phenomenal career that spanned six decades.

Rodney Craddick is the new mayor of Hamilton

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Rodney Craddick is the new mayor of Hamilton and will be joined on the Hamilton City Council by Doug Baker and incumbents Todd Jordan and George Beard. In Saturday’s election, Craddick received 134 votes, Baker 125, Jordan 104 and Beard 83. Candidate Gary Haggard received 48 votes. In the Hamilton Independent School District board of trustees race, Randy Lee and Diana Freeman were elected with 170 and 134 votes, respectively, and incumbent Brenda Andrews narrowly missed election with 121 votes. Pictured l-r, Craddick, Baker, Jordan, Beard, Lee and Freeman.

Mom It’s your day!

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Kids don’t come with a manual, but they do come with a mom.

Cemetery Walk Saturday

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History comes to life this Saturday at the Hamilton County Historical Museum’s fifth annual Cemetery Walk.

Beginning at 10 a.m. local historians will tell tales of historical figures in Hamilton County history at the IOOF Cemetery, located on Hwy 281 beside Ranglers Convenience Store.

This year’s Cemetery Walk will spotlight eight historical figures: Felix Cadus Williams, George Golightly, Frankie Golightly, Henry Martin Weiser, Roy “Spot” Brazil, Ted Jones, Bob Riley and Chester and Ella Atkinson.