Aledo

As students head back to classrooms across North Texas, some Aledo High School engineering students got an assignment to help make going to school safer during the pandemic.

As students head back to classrooms across North Texas, some Aledo High School engineering students got an assignment to help make going to school safer during the pandemic.

A strange sight showed up in the backyard of the Wersal family’s home in Aledo. A big ball in colors like Earth with yellow sticks and green pom poms hung from a tree. What was it? A COVID-19 piñata, of course! Jennifer Wersal said family friends showed up with the piñata to help celebrate her son’s 18th birthday. With...

A big ball in colors like Earth with yellow sticks and green pom poms hung from a tree. What was it? A COVID-19 piñata, of course!

For 10 years Issy Powell has posted messages outside her house to bring joy to passing drivers. Driving through the heart of Aledo on Farm-to-Market Road 1187, you can’t miss them. Posted outside the cozy white house with the white picket fence is Powell’s gift to the city. She’s known as the “Aledo Message Board Lady.” Every day for 10…

For 10 years Issy Powell has posted messages outside her house to bring joy to passing drivers.