Wed, 08/19/2026 - 5:48am
SENIOR SUNRISE
News
Reversing course, TOTR Media is back for another season of Hamilton Bulldog athletics. Hamilton High School sports enthusiasts were saddened to learn in May of this year that TOTR Media Owner and Operator Clay Tarpley would no longer be broadcasting Bulldog sporting events after a decade of doing so.
Enrollments and opening activities for the new 2026-27 school year were the highlights at the Hamilton Independent School District board meeting on Monday. Numbers in HJH are up with 198 students compared to 184 at the end of the last school year.
Three cases of rabies have been recently reported in Hamilton County in a cat, raccoon and goat. Two cases were reported within City of Hamilton limits and one outside city limits. As rabies poses a serious public health threat, residents should be aware of the dangers.
Hamilton City Council approved the appointment of Nayda Santana as the new Hamilton City Administrator at their regular scheduled meeting Thursday, Aug. 17. Santana takes over the role vacated by Stacey Norris last Friday. Her first day on the job was Monday. Santana comes to Hamilton from the City of Jarrell, where she headed up the finance department.
Lifestyle
at Circle T and the High School Cafeteria for the 23rd annual BBQ Cook-ou. Both locations sold BBQ lunch plates and served around 600 plates, causing them to use all of their food and run out before 2 p.m.
The Hamilton Historic Main Street Program, in partnership with the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, invites businesses, organizations, churches, schools, civic groups, families, and individuals to be part of one of the biggest community celebrations of the year by participating in the 54th Annual Dove Fest Parade on Saturday, September 5.
Sports
Early morning runs have already started for the Hamilton High School cross-country teams. Head Coach Brandun Massingill returns for his 14th year leading the cross-country teams with the last four Lady Bulldog teams winning state championships. In all, Massingill has coached Hamilton’s Lady Bulldogs to five total state titles, matching the five earned previously by Mona Gloff-led squads.
Though the Hamilton Bulldogs graduated 16 seniors following a 2A Division I state title grab last season, the Dog squad returned four starters on offense and five on defense, and by the looks of Friday night’s pigskin scrimmage, have effectively reloaded.
The Region X Texas Junior High and Texas High School Rodeo Associations will be held at Circle T Arena Aug. 29 and 30. The junior high contestants will begin at 8:30 a.m., and high school will follow immediately afterwards on Saturday.
Computing jobs are growing three times faster than other fields, with 55 percent of those jobs found in non-tech industries such as medicine, art, fashion and business. Yet the field remains largely male-dominated. That’s a statistic Catherine Gruetzner hopes to help change this fall at Hamilton Public Library, where she will lead a Girls Who Code club for girls in 5th through 8th grade.
Columns
Dear Grant, I hope this finds you well! As we have been out for Summer break I have had time to bask in the Sun and contemplate the past year and I have come to the conclusion that I owe some folks an apology. Now allow me to go the long way about it because that is who I am and how I was raised! I write a lot about raising three daughters and about being one of three daughters.
Breaking a 54-year silence, an ex-priest best known as the creator of the Kaepa brand athletic shoe revealed his role in the UT tower tragedy in the Aug. 6, 2020, edition of the San Antonio Express-News.
Dear Editor, I’m glad to see the Yard of the Month Program! We need more positive, uplifting moments to promote community involvement, pride and participation. I support Mayor Jordan’s program 100%.
1.6 million eggs in Texas are recalled Several brands of white and brown eggs sold in Texas are under a recall because they may be contaminated with salmonella, the Statesman reported. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Midwest Poultry Services is voluntarily recalling nearly 1.6 million eggs.
Puzzled crew members watched from the deck of the “Indianapolis” on Jul. 26, 1945, as the top-secret cargo that had taken them to the Pacific island of Tinian in the Marianas was wrestled ashore.
Obituaries
If asked to describe herself, Darla might have said that she was just a simple Texas country girl. Those who knew her best would know that was an incomplete answer. There are many, many pieces that made up the mosaic called Darla Riley.
Doug Calhoun, 86, passed away peacefully on August 5, 2026. Graveside services were held Saturday August 8, 2026, at Live Oak Cemetery.
Roger Dale Kelm, 83, passed away on July 28, 2026, in Denton. He was born in 1942 in Hamilton to Leeman and Leona (Braun) Kelm.
