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Sunday Fisherman’s Chapel United Methodist Church at North Lake Brownwood, located in Thunderbird Bay, holds services is 9:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
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HPU students recognized for academic success
Howard Payne University recognized 211 students for academic success during the spring 2022 semester. Students must earn a 4.0 grade point average to be named to the President’s List, a 3.65-3.99 grade point average to be named to the Dean’s List and a 3.5-3.64 grade point average to be named to the Honor Roll. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in 12 or more semester credit hours and have no grade of Fail (F), No Grade (NG) or Incomplete Grade (I) for all courses attempted.
May grand jury returns 51 indictments
The May session of the Brown County Grand Jury returned 51 indictments against 49 individuals, District Attorney Micheal Murray’s office announced. The DA’s office does not release names of defendants who have been indicted but not yet arrested because of an indictment being sealed until the time of arrest.
Defendants sentenced, cases filed in Brown County courts
The following defendants were sentenced in 35th Judicial District Court, District Attorney Micheal Murray’s office announced: Jeremy McConnell pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with deadly weapon and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bo Earl Blair, on probation for DWI, was revoked and sentenced to seven years in prison.
Stocks drift higher on Wall Street at close of a brutal week
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting upward on Friday, as Wall Street nears the end of one of its worst weeks since the 2020 coronavirus crash.
Brownwood ISD School Spotlight: East Elementary
East Elementary is among the schools in Brownwood which will see a host of changes for the upcoming school year. With the implementation of Project Neighborhood the school located at 2700 Vincent will now house PK-5th grade classes, which will add the energy and smiling faces of fourth and fifth-grade students to the campus.
Russian economy ‘won’t be as it was,’ central banker says
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The head of the Russian Central Bank warned Thursday that the country’s economy faces pressure from abroad that could persist indefinitely, dampening hopes that conditions could return to what they were before Russia sent troops into Ukraine.
European leaders bear witness to war’s horror
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before meeting Ukraine’s president, a group of European leaders took a tour of the devastation wrought by Russia. To understand Ukraine’s fight for survival, they had to see it themselves, with their own eyes. The blown up buildings. The smashed cars. And a message of hope spray-painted on a damaged building despite mounting Ukrainian deaths. French President Emmanuel Macron spotted it immediately amid the ruins. It said “Make Europe, not war.” Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Premier Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis toured the small city of Irpin on Thursday. It bore the full brunt of Russia’s failed assault on the Ukrainian capital in the first weeks of the war. Later, they met with Ukraine’s president.
Texas pastor Bart Barber elected Southern Baptist president
ANAHEIM, California (AP) — Bart Barber is a staunch Southern Baptist conservative who would welcome bans on abortion, opposes critical race theory and believes only men should serve as pastors. Yet Barber, elected Tuesday as the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, says he has a track record of dialogue with those who disagree on those and other issues.
Brownwood soccer camp
Jaclyn Salazar, an incoming freshman at Brownwood High School, kicks the ball toward the net during the Lady Lion Soccer Camp Wednesday at Gordon Wood Stadium. The threeday camp ended Thursday. Steve Nash / Brownwood Bulletin