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The family of Jimmy Moncrief would like to express our sincere gratitude for the many calls, messages, prayers, love, and support during this difficult time. A special thank you to Dr. Johnson, Wings Over Texas, and Riley Funeral Home for their compassion and care.

Sip and learn will feature Steeped in Wellness Thursday at Hamilton Public Library The public is invited to this interactive herbal tea class led by family herbalist Gayle Edwards of Gypsy Greens at 5:15 p.m. in the Teague Community Room.

By the time you read this, Hamilton will have gone through probably one of the worst winter storms in its history. If there’s any good side to this, it’s that we had plenty of notice to prepare. The city also had several meetings this week and took measures to be prepared. It’s times like this, when most of us will have a warm place to stay and not have to go outside, that we unsafe and an engineering report has been ordered to determine what will be needed to provide the required repairs to make the bridge safe for travel. This bridge will be closed for quite some time, so be aware and plan an alternate route.

Council meeting time changed The City of Hamilton Feb. 12 meeting will be held at a different time because of the TXDOT meeting scheduled at the same time. The 12 council meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

Erie, PA — In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in Texas.

In the Jan. 20 Hamilton Independent School District board of trustees meeting, it was announced that three trustee positions for three-year terms are open for candidates for the HISD board election on May 2.

Despite the ice storm, low temperatures and heating units running overtime, there were no power outages in Hamilton County this weekend, said Hamilton County Emergency Management Director Lacy Alexander in Tuesday’s Hamilton County Commissioners meeting.