🌱 How Azle’s own Eric McAlister just joined TCU football history

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• How Azle’s own Eric McAlister just joined TCU football history

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and increasingly windy, with a high of 66 and low of 36 degrees.
• Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 63, low: 49.
• Saturday: Sunny, windy and warmer, with a high of 81 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• McAlister Picks Up Pair of All-American Honors (gofrogs.com) — Azle football fans have a hometown star to cheer, as TCU wide receiver Eric McAlister, an Azle native, has earned All-American honors from both the Associated Press and Sporting News after a record-setting season. His 1,121 receiving yards rank second all-time at TCU, and he’ll cap the year when TCU faces USC in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 30.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Azle

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• Letters to Santa Cookie Decorating Class [1221]
  Southern Honey Giftique, 252 W Main St Suite B, Azle
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Crafty Quilters
  Azle Memorial Library Green Room , 333 W. Main St. , Azle
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Fit4Mom Community Playgroup 2025
  The District at Willow Park , 460 Shops Blvd , Willow Park
  10:30 am
• Fit4Mom Community Playgroup
  The District at Willow Park , 460 Shops Blvd , Willow Park
  10:30 am
• B2B Leads Group
  Los Vaqueros , 4899 E Interstate 20 Service Rd S , Willow Park
  11:30 am
• SMS GBB @ Irma Marsh
  Irma Marsh Middle School , 415 Hagg Dr , River Oaks
  5:00 pm
• Pictures with Santa MMS
  McCarroll Middle School , 1201 W Thompson St , Decatur
  5:00 pm
• IMMS Girls Basketball 8 (A) vs Springtown MS - Basketball (F) - 8th grade
  Irma Marsh Gym Home -
  6:00 pm
• LIVV Social Comedy Open Mic
  SIETE , 3005 Bledsoe St , Fort Worth
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Pre-School Discovery Club - Hibernation Celebration - Fort Worth, TX 2025
  9601 Fossil Ridge Rd , Fort Worth
  3:30 pm
• CHS Girls Soccer (JV) vs Polytechnic HS - Soccer (F) - Junior Varsity
  W.O. Barnes Stadium Home -
  4:00 pm
• GBB at Burkburnett
  Burkburnett High School , 109 W Kramer Rd , Burkburnett
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: Pet Reunited
  A dog who went missing in Fort Worth, TX, has been safely reunited with their family after 1 hours, 2 minutes. Message from Finder: "This baby was… (Nextdoor Lake Crest Park)
• Missing since 11/10/25
  My sweet Mavis has gone missing since 11/9 some time. She is an indoor cat and she is pregnant. She wears a white flea collar and black harness… (Nextdoor E Reno Rd)

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🗞 Nearby News

Boyd

• Boyd, Decatur combine for seven TGCA all-state selections (wcmessenger.com)

Fort Worth

• Fort Worth Report receives $1.5M grant to expand Tarrant County news (fortworthreport.org)
• Fort Worth ER doctor remembers rare hour with Rob Reiner after filmmaker's death (wfaa.com)
• DFW Film Critics Pick One Battle After Another (fwweekly.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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