Glen Rose Current

11/21/2020

Spread the word, not the virus.

Eight miles from the nearest town, our ranch felt like a sanctuary. Until it didn’t.

04/13/2015

If you have this "flower," known as bastard cabbage, on your property, please obliterate it. This invasive plant is crowding out bluebonnets. See the Dallas Morning News story below and thanks to Robert Taylor for sending it to us.

A tall, weedy, yellow-flowered invader is crowding out the state flower on roadways, construction sites and even in parks, Jacquielynn Floyd writes.

03/24/2015

Did you see and hear the V's of geese flying north all day? We caught a pic of some. What honkers! Thank goodness spring is here!

03/16/2015

Check out this fossil dig and hike coming up at Fossil Rim next month. Sounds like fun!

Join us for the Fossil Dig and Hike on Saturday, April 4 from 9am-12:30pm. We’ll load into one of our tour vehicles and drive to one of our fossil pits and dig in! You’ll be able to keep at least a couple of the fossils you find. Includes a full, 2 hour guided tour of the park. All ages welcome.

Reservations are required. Call 254.897.2960.

03/12/2015

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center's Nature Store grand opening is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 21. You can take the "Overlook Road," County Road 2009. We'll see you there!

03/11/2015

As the "American Sniper" film racks in half a billion dollars, Erath County had to tap into its reserves to cover $900K to $1 million for the capital murder trial of the killer of real life "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield...partly because the film generated so much pre-trial publicity that extra security was needed. Doesn't seem fair, does it?

Erath County commissioners met Monday to discuss several agenda items, including the costs associated with the capital murder trial of Eddie Routh.

03/11/2015

The film "American Sniper" keeps breaking records.

There's no eliminating Clint Eastwood's American Sniper.

03/10/2015

Don't forget tonight's Barnard's Mill Art League meeting at 6 p.m. Sculptor Margaret Drake will demo her clay bas relief plaques. Should be very interesting.

Barnard’s Mill Art League will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, March 10, at 6 p.m. Sculptor Margaret Drake will demonstrate the clay plaque she has been doing in the bas relief technique.

03/10/2015

Suzanne Gentling has written a new letter to the editor about the hospital district. Read it at the link below.

It was no surprise at the last meeting of the Somervell County Hospital Board when Eugene Brode and Paul Harper voted themselves both to be seated for two-year terms. Instead of abstaining from the vote because of the obvious conflict of interest, or resolving their tie by honoring the district’s by…

03/10/2015

Friends of the Brazos needs your help to continue its fight to keep water in the Brazos River. Find out more at the link below and don't forget the annual river cleanup day is April 11.

Friends of the Brazos, a nonprofit formed in 2005 mainly to try to block the Brazos River Authority’s unprecedented water rights application to take water out of the Brazos River, needs your help.

03/07/2015

The National Weather Service is forecasting much more tranquil weather for the Glen Rose area over the next week. Chance of showers, partly cloudy some days, sunny others...but no ice or snow. Hope it will be a great spring break for Glen Rose attractions and businesses!