Congratulations to The Gatesville Messenger’s “Bonnets in Bloom” week 5 Bluebonnet photo contest winner, Claire Latham. Claire will receive a free one-year subscription to The Gatesville …

This photo captures the five generations of JoAnn Paul. On the top row from left to right is JoMarrs, great- grandmother and JoAnn Paul, great-great grandmother. On the bottom row from left to right …

A spelling bee will be hosted by Righteous Roots for the community’s youth on Saturday, April 29. The event will begin at 1 p.m. at the Gatesville High School auditorium and is open to second grade …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003)                 --Several Jonesboro High School students held a bake sale to raise money for their junior-senior prom. Erin Lord and Karri Miller visited …

Logan and Dave Howard were early carpenters in Henderson who designed and built a beautiful six-room brick house on the city’s main thoroughfare in 1858. “Logan never married,” said Joan …

The Gatesville Education Foundation will stage its Ties and Tiaras Daddy-Daughter Dance on Saturday, April 22 at the Gatesville Civic Center. For some, fathers may be uncles, grandfathers, etc. …

The Gatesville Junior High School Stingettes Dance Crew Training Camp is scheduled for Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the junior high school in the new gym. The training camp is open …

Those of a “certain age” can still recall the days when consumers could order merchandise from mail order catalogs from such retail businesses as Sears and Roebuck and Montgomery Wards among many …

The Gatesville Independent School District Community Outreach will host “Spring into Summer” which will be held Thursday, May 4, from 4:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Gatesville Elementary …

Remembering Uncle Bob Robert Lee “Uncle Bob” Saunders was an early-day resident of Gatesville and the son of one of Gatesville’s early business pioneers. Born in 1880 in Gatesville, Uncle …

The Exchange Club of Gatesville hosted a Day of the Child event April 15 at Freedom Park. The event is held across the country by Exchange Clubs to promote child abuse prevention …

April 22, 2023 Don’t Forget that April 21 and 22 are the dates for the Pearl Community Center Flea Market. Also, the Pearl Cottage Bookstore and Resale Shop will have a big indoor/outdoor sale. …

Pearl Community Center quarterly meeting will be Monday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. Anyone with business to bring before the board may contact Connie at 254-223-0621.

The town of Oglesby will hold a community-wide garage sale on Saturday, April 29. Sales will begin at 8 a.m., unless announced otherwise at the Oglesby Community Center, located at 118 Main Street in …

First Methodist Church of Gatesville, 2600 E. Main St., will host the National Day of Prayer from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4 in the church sanctuary. The focus will be on prayer in …

On April 8, members of The Morris Federation enjoyed a program presented by Bronwen Kirby of Waco. Bronwen said she remembers being attracted to the violin (or violin music) from the time she was …

Memphis Wells, a GHS sophomore, was able to compete at the Houston Livestock Show and rodeo in the “Rodeo Rockstar” contest. Wells advanced to the third round and eventually made it to the Top 5 …

The Bell County Master Gardener Association will hold a free special event seminar “Groundwater in Texas,” on Thursday, April 27, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Texas Agrilife Extension Office, BCMGA …

Jase Jones, age 10, recently shot a wild boar weighing 265 pounds. Jones, a student at Gatesville Intermediate School, is a son of Matthew and Ashley Jones. They reside in Purmela.

While the choir program has claimed many sweeps over the years, this year marked the first time in GISD history that two Varsity Choirs from Gatesville High School have performed at UIL and both …