The Turnersville Community Center will host its quarterly meeting on Monday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Turnersville Community Center, and the meeting is open to the public. …

The City of Gatesville hosted a breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 16, where residents of Gatesville had the chance to visit with Santa Claus at the Civic Center. Each child was able to have …

The 2023 Winter Wonderland Walkthrough recently called a massive number of toys and monetary funds for the Hidden Gem Family Care Center. Admission to the walkthrough event, which was held on …

The following article and recipe about shortbread appeared in the Christmas edition of The Gatesville Messenger 80 years ago on Dec. 24, 1943. Want to please someone who “has …

The Turnersville Cemetery Association will host its quarterly meeting on Monday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Turnersville Community Center and is open to the public. …

Saturday, Jan. 13 The Bell County Master Gardener Association (BCMGA) will host a hands-on seed starting workshop on Saturday, Jan. 13 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Texas …

The Gatesville Public Library will hold a teen night on Thursday, Dec. 21 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is for ages 14 through 17 years old. Teens of the community will have the chance …

The Gatesville Education Foundation will host a mother and son movie night on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Last Drive-In Picture Show for students at Gatesville Independent School District. Tickets …

The 2023 Gatesville Winter Wonderland Walkthrough and Toy Drive will be held on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. In the walkthrough, there will be numerous decorated Christmas trees, …

The Boys and Girls Club of Gatesville will hold a Christmas concert on Thursday, Dec. 21 at the Gatesville City Auditorium. The concert will begin at 6 p.m., and the public is welcome to attend. …

Cover2Cover Ministries will host its second annual free Christmas meal for the community on Saturday, Dec. 23. The meal will begin at 5:30 p.m., and food will be served until 7 p.m. All children …

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 …

To kick-off the new year of 2024, Mother Neff State Park will host its annual First Day Hike on Monday, January 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program is free, but park entrance fees will apply at …

Gatesville Primary School will present the community with an Ugly Sweater Christmas Concert on Thursday, Dec. 14. The concert will be held in the Gatesville High School auditorium and admission …

The cheerleading team of Oglesby Independent School District will be hosting a holiday sock drive from Monday, Nov. 27, to Friday, Dec. 15. A box will be placed in the foyer by the front office …

The Gatesville Fire Department continues its annual Santa Run. Santa Claus and his team will leave the fire station promptly at 6 p.m. and will make their rounds to designated areas throughout the …

The Gatesville Country Music Hall of Fame is proud to welcome the Gent Mountain Grassburs to the Gatesville City Auditorium stage on Friday, Dec. 15, for a free concert, which will begin at 7 p.m. …

The community of Gatesville will have the chance to have breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 16. The breakfast will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gatesville Civic Center. Each ticket …

To get into the Christmas spirit, a movie in the park will be showing “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” at 6 p.m. The movie will be played at Faunt Le Roy Park, which is located at S. 7 …