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Flags honoring fallen veterans in a Mineral Wells Cemetery. (Credit: CBSDFW.com)

Mineral Wells City Council To Revisit Gravestone Ordinance Amid Backlash

During the week of Independence Day, family members of veterans buried at the Woodland Park Cemetery are still lamenting a city ordinance that limits the dates they can place an American flag alongside their loved one’s headstone.

2012/07/04

City Limits When Flags Can Be Placed Near Veteran Graves

The Mineral Wells City Council is reconsidering an ordinance that bans flags from being displayed at the graves of veterans at any other time than two weeks around Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

2012/06/27

Longtime Mineral Wells Small Business Owner Preps For Final Black Friday

In downtown Mineral Wells, in the clothing shop she’s run for 31 years, Margaret Colton was ready for Black Friday.

2011/11/26

Krishonda Townsend, 19, went missing in July of 2010. Her skeletal remains were found on Oct. 27, 2011.

Skeletal Remains Identified As Missing 19-Year-Old’s

Skeletal remains found Thursday in a remote part of Mineral Wells belong to Krishonda Townsend, a 19-year-old mother who went missing in July 2010, Palo Pinto County Sheriff Ira Mercer said.

2011/10/29

Salvatore Giambanco and daughter Rosealea Giambanco, who went missing on April 4, 2011.

Mineral Wells PD Searching For Missing 7-Year-Old

Mineral Wells Police are searching for the father of a 7-year-old girl who was abducted in front of her home Saturday afternoon and hasn’t been seen since.

2011/06/07

The dry banks of a river are pictured on July 14, 2010. (credit: ROBERT MICHAEL/AFP/Getty Images)

NWS Says Rain Didn’t Bust Historic Texas Drought

Most of North Texas saw some much needed rain earlier this month. However, the National Weather Service says it barely made a dent in the historic drought the state is suffering.

2011/05/09