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Arrow Child & Family Ministries celebrated the season with its annual Christmas Party on December 14 at First Methodist Church in Brownwood.

A Brownwood man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for stabbing his mother-in-law, and to a concurrent 10-year sentence for attempting to stab another family member.

Calling themselves the Brownwood Senior Pickers, a group of guitar players and singers made their debut Thursday morning, Dec. 19, at the Brownwood Senior Citizens Center, filling the facility with Christmas cheer to the delight of a large crowd of senior citizens.

During her clinical teaching experience at Woodland Heights Elementary School in Brownwood, HPU December graduate Zoe Sprayberry learned many practical lessons for classroom management, teaching preparation and how to care for students. Sprayberry worked in Mary Lehrer’s fifth grade class and loved the opportunity to put her education into practice. Upon graduation, she will begin as a fourth grade teacher at Northwest Elementary School in January.

Howard Payne University’s Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance and Administration Michael Rodgers will retire at the end of 2024. Rodgers has served in the position for eight years, providing leadership to the finance, human resources and facilities and planning divisions of the university.

BANGS —A  steady stream of visitors strolled through the renovated wood hallway building — once the former home of Bangs High School, and now part of the middle school campus — during an hourlong open house Tuesday evening to see how the old has blended with the new.

Howard Payne University recently held activities to celebrate recognition as a Tree Campus USA Higher Education University by the Arbor Day Foundation. The university hosted the planting of two live oak seedling trees involving 10 HPU students from different campus organizations.

More than 1,400 wreaths were placed on the graves of veterans at Greenleaf Cemetery following a ceremony hosted by the Welcome W. Chandler Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Saturday, Dec. 14.

EARLY — The City of Early presents the first annual Holly Jolly Tree Trail at Early Town Center Park, located at 109 Kelcy Way

The Big Country Apartment Association (BCAA) held its Annual Awards Dinner Gala to recognize excellence among local professionals and properties in the apartment and housing industry. The event celebrated achievements within the Central Texas region, bringing together members from over 100 apartment communities under BCAA’s membership.