WEATHER CHANGES ARRIVE FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND — Fall temperatures have arrived just in time for Thanksgiving, and it could be followed by rain.

Most meat markets will be closed Thursday. For Wise Choice Custom Meats in Decatur, it’s the busiest day of the year. It’s ...

Addy Delgado didn’t need the spotlight to cement her place in Boyd volleyball lore, but it found her anyway. The senior ...

As a freshman, Ava Green watched from the bench as the Decatur Lady Eagles captured the 2024 4A Division I state title. Then ...

KEONA’S THANKS-GIVING DAY EVENT — Wise Choice Custom Meats in Decatur will hold its Sixth Annual Keona’s Thanks-Giving Day ...

In this week’s paper, we planted Wise County’s flag as the volleyball capital of Texas. Here’s why. For starters, Wise County volleyball teams have brought home a whopping 15 state championships since ...

Stats submitted by coaches before Messenger’s print deadline on Wednesdays.   Offense   Player, Team — Rush/Yards/TD Zane Fuentes, Alvord — 236/2,107/35 Caris Sela, Northwest — 251/1,670/15 Maddox ...

In her first season at Decatur, coach Stormi Snider led the Lady Eagles to the top of the 4A Division I mountain. But after the departure of a large senior class last season, the path was uncertain ...

Decatur post Bralyn Peck capped off her junior season by leading the Lady Eagles’ run to the 2025 4A Division I state title and being recognized as the top athlete in the conference. With her senior ...

One year ago, I sat inside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland and watched a first-year head coach in Stormi Snider lead the Decatur Lady Eagles to their sixth state title — a feat that many people ...

Clark Oberle never meant to build volleyball dynasties.  But the man who once arrived in the coaching world without a football résumé or a clue how to run a rotation has spent the last 30 years ...

It was another lights out performance by the Paradise defense that paved the way for the Panthers’ (11-1) second consecutive ...