Filings for city and school elections began on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and will continue until Friday, Feb. 14. The city and school elections will be held on Saturday, May 2. The City of Somerville has the seats for alderwoman Shelly Gotte and aldermen Don “Skipper” Murray II and Jeff Schoppe up for…

Somerville ISD is moving forward with making needed facility improvements. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the school board approved issuing $1.5 million in maintenance tax notes from Amegy Bank of Texas from Houston for financing facility improvement needs around the district. A maintenance tax note does…

On the coldest days of this winter, it will be good to think of Bruce Aspgren. Aspgren, who died on Dec. 1, 2019, after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was a passionate advocate for Burleson County’s homeless through his Rockin A Ministry. And it was in winter time, that Aspgren perhaps worked…

Around Burleson County, if you want a non-profit to succeed, call Marsha Kocurek. Kocurek is best known as the president and a founder of the Caldwell Education and Leadership Foundation (CELF), but she also works with many other organizations. Some of those include the Boys and Girls Clubs of…

Billy Currington and Whiskey Myers will be this year’s headliners for Chilifest 2020. Chilifest organizers announced this year’s entertainment lineup on Friday, Jan. 17, during its annual “lineup unveiling,” hosted this year at Shiner Park in College Station. Chilifest is a two-day music festival…

Somerville residents now have a new, enlarged clinic that should serve their needs for many years. Local residents have long awaited completion of the new Health Point clinic, and they celebrated that achievement at a grand opening on Monday, Jan. 20. The clinic officially opened on Jan. 13.…

Seventh-Grade All A’s Luna Bahena, Daniela Bahena Bonilla, Catalina Bautista, Riley Broaddus, Isabel Burlin, Dylan Chapman, Callie Fletcher, Brook Fry, Braysen Garcia, Paulina Hernandez, Antonio Hernandez-Guerrero, Eunice Hernandez-Vazquez, Dale Hott, Alison Krueger, Brenden Lee, Koy Macik, Colby…

First-Grade All A’s Mckayla Collins, Joseph Dudensing, Mason Giesenschlag, Taylor Hargrove, Hadley Holden, E’Mari Jackson, Lily Jolly, Eliana Lewis, Joseph McDaniel, Courtlyn Nicks, Bianca Romero, Samiyah Sims, and Craig Whitis. A-B Kyzar Brock, Tyler Haile, Kaylor Malmstrom, Christopher Farquer…

Sixth-Grade All A’s Ben Mynatt. A-B Shayona Allen, Marissa Batiste, Yaretzy Carrizales, Jeremiah Curry, Taylor Groce, Jimmy Kearney, Gabriel LaCaze, Patricia Morse, Melanie Parmer, Elizabella Powell, Olivia Valdez, and Kayla Workman. Seventh-Grade All A’s Robert Carter, Le’Ron Mathis,…

First-Grade All A’s Sadie Arledge, Dixie Ethridge, Lorelei Giesenschlag, Jaxton Groce, Charlie Speckman, and Jayden Thomas. A-B Christopher Jackson and Fred Kouatli. Second-Grade All A’s Lylah Ayers, Greyson Behler, Elijah Condon, Harlow Ferguson, Jeune Hoot, Mia Howell, Rocket Jackson, Caleb…