Vice Commander of VFW Post #8553 Jose Cano had just turned 20 when he joined the fight in Vietnam in October of 1971. As a Specialist E-5 in Army Aviation he was a crew chief door gunner and had some mechanics and aviation maintenance training at Fort Rucker.

The 23rd annual Lucky Clover Golf Tournament, Bosque County 4-H’s primary fundraiser went over well this past Saturday as teams and sponsors teed up to help raise funds for camps, events and scholarships for Bosque County youth. Ashley Barner

At the January 2021 planning meeting the Ringness Museum once again prepared for their annual Spring Social money raising fund. They soon realized this could not happen this year. Instead, they decided to mail letters to friends of the Ringness House Museum asking for help during this second year of COVID-19.

The Meridian City Council met Friday, May 14 in special session to discuss the employment of Meridian Police Chief Will Stevens. After a closed executive session, the council reconvened to make a motion regarding Stevens’ employment.

During Monday’s Bosque County Commissioners Court meeting, Bosque County Emergency Management Coordinator Chris Anderson said zero deaths from COVID-19 were reported across the state. “This is the first time in a year and a half that that number was actually zero,” said Anderson.

The Meridian Public Library is kicking off its 2021 summer reading program, Tails and Tales, starting June 1 and will run through August 10. The program will start at 10 a.m.

HOTCOG recently received a grant that will directly affect Bosque County. “We will have new equipment, reprogramming or repurposing of the existing equipment and at all sites in the county that house infrastructure,” said Bosque County Emergency Management Coordinator Chris Anderson.