The total solar eclipse that will pass directly over Central Texas is less than two months away, and hotels in Gatesville are already booked out or charging around $800 per night for the weekend …

The Oglesby Lions Club will host the 54th annual Rattlesnake Roundup, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, and Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Oglesby Community Center. Admission to the event is …

With Valentine’s Day soon upon us, the Valentine Cupid will be making his yearly appearance on greeting cards and advertisements. Just who was Cupid? Today, he is pictured as a …

Gatesville mail carrier, Ronald Herbelin, recently retired from the U.S. Postal Service after serving for 36 years. In September of last year, Herbelin received an award from the National Safety …

Say hello to our neighbor, Jeanette Abrahamson! Jeanette is a cashier at our local Walmart Supercenter. She expressed that she loves assisting and interacting with customers and has been for …

This recipe appeared in the “Methodist Best” cookbook in 2008. The Gatesville Messenger plans to run a series of recipes from that cookbook. If your church has a cookbook or if you would …

Just a few days following Christmas, the home of Rodney and Alesha Thornton and their three children was destroyed in a fire just as the Thornton children were preparing for the Coryell County Youth …

Local hospital Coryell Health will host a Health and Recruiting Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The fair will be held in the public conference room on floor two of the Coryell Health facility. The …

The Gatesville Lions Club will host its 47 th  annual Homer Davis Chili Supper on Friday, Feb. 2, at the Gatesville High School cafeteria. The supper will begin at 5 p.m. and continue through 7 …

The Gatesville Primary School will hold a free, one-day medical clinic, which will be hosted by Feed My Sheep on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The clinic will offer a complete …

The Meals on Wheels program will host a benefit at the Texas Station Event Center on Saturday, Feb. 10. The benefit will begin at 12 p.m. with a cornhole tournament that will last until 6 p.m. …

The City of Gatesville will host an art exhibition called Art in the Shadow Saturday, April 6. The event will be held at Leaird’s Furniture & Appliance at 10 a.m. The city encourages …

The Gatesville Public Library is offering the community a chance to experience its brand-new genealogy class. The class is for community members who are interested in discovering the depths of …

The Sterling C. Robertson Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas will meet on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held at the new location, Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce …

This recipe appeared in the “Methodist Best” cookbook in 2008. The Gatesville Messenger is running a series of recipes from that cookbook. If your church has a cookbook, or if you would like to submit your own recipe of a favorite dish for possible publication, please email it to: editor@gatesvillemessenger.com

Oglesby Independent School District will hold a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) night for students Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 5 - 6 p.m. The event will be held in the computer lab on …