By Charlotte Heldenbrand  Overton Press editor When Julia Dailey and Phil Caldwell got married on New Year’s Day, they had no reservations about exchanging vows in a local restaurant. The couple met around six months ago at the Dairy Queen in Overton and several times prior to Saturday’s ceremony the bridegroom pointed out the booth […]

NEW LONDON — Mass for Maria del Socorro Perez de Alaniz, 60, New London, was Saturday, Jan. 15, at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Overton with Father Patrick Fenton officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mrs. Perez-Alaniz died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, in Zacatecas, […]

    ARLINGTON, VA. – The beginning of the new year marks the final two weeks for Texas Guard and Reserve members and their families to nominate supportive employers for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. During the 2011 nomination period, Guard and Reserve members have nominated military supportive employers in all 50 […]

AUSTIN — A Valley man who was added to the Texas Most Wanted list on Monday, Jan. 3, was arrested Tuesday night, Jan. 4, in Rio Grande City — the first arrest of a Most Wanted Fugitive in 2011. Abel Barrera, 35, was arrested at the Las Brisas Apartments in Rio Grande City that evening […]

    LONGVIEW – Floyd “Bugs” Sartors, former longtime resident of Overton and most currently of Longview, Texas, passed away on Dec. 24, 2010 after a brief illness at the age of 88. He was born in Chisum, Oklahoma to Noel and Floy Sartors on June 24, 1922. Private services were held at a later date. […]

Services for Louis Nicklas “Nick” Conner Jr., 41, of Overton are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at the Bar None Cowboy Church in Tatum with Jason Taylor and Jake Wommer officiating. Burial will be in the Overton City Cemetery under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton.   Mr. Conner died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, […]