🌱 Meet the couple behind the friendly voice of Hornets sports.

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• Meet the couple behind the friendly voice of Hornets sports.

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• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and very warm, with a high of 92 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Humid with heavy t-storms, temps: high: 89, low: 73.
• Thursday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• McWhorters lend friendly voice to Gatesville sports (kdhnews.com) — Longtime announcer and pastor Deral McWhorter and his wife Debbie have become beloved fixtures at Gatesville Hornets games, lending their voices and careful stat-keeping to football and basketball. The couple's decades of service, from the press box at McKamie Stadium to the Gatesville Care Center and local schools, highlight the town's trademark hospitality and the community support behind Hornets athletics.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gatesville

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Wednesday September 30
• JH Cross Country at Belton
  Gatesville ISD Gatesville, TX 76528
• GJH Cross Country: Belton
  Gatesville ISD Gatesville, TX 76528
  5:00 pm
• JH Volleyball at Connally
  Gatesville ISD Gatesville, TX 76528
  5:30 pm
Thursday October 1
• JH Football vs Lampasas
  Gatesville H S Gatesville, TX 76528
  4:30 pm
• JH Football vs Lamapas
  Gatesville ISD Gatesville, TX 76528
  4:30 pm
• HS JV Tennis vs Whitney
  Gatesville H S Gatesville, TX 76528
  4:30 pm
• Choir: Fall Concert A (HS Varsity & Treble + INT Girls)
  Gatesville H S Gatesville, TX 76528
  7:00 pm
• IN-Girls Fall Choir Concert
  Gatesville ISD Gatesville, TX 76528
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Volleyball vs Robinson
  Gatesville H S Gatesville, TX 76528
  4:30 pm
• Choir: Fall Concert B (JH + Varsity + INT Boys)
  Gatesville H S Gatesville, TX 76528
  7:00 pm
• Choir: Fall Concert B (JH + Varsity)
  Gatesville ISD Gatesville, TX 76528
  7:00 pm
• IN-Boys Fall Choir Concert
  Gatesville Int Gatesville, TX 76528
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The next Brazos River Authority bimonthly Board of Directors meeting is today, September 28, 2026, at 10:30 a.
  m. at the BRA's Lt. Gen. Phillip J. Ford Central Office, 4600 Cobbs Drive in Waco. You can access a livestream of today's meeting and learn more… (Nextdoor )

• UTMB Health posted a job opening for Correctional Dentist - Hilltop Unit in Gatesville. Apply here.
• Aventiv Technologies, LLC posted a job opening for Field Service Technician I in Gatesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gatesville here.

🗞 Nearby News

McGregor

• Musk's One for the Roadster (thedailyupside.com)
• Tesla delays Roadster demo two weeks to October 15, blames weather (electrek.co)
• Tesla (TSLA) Delays Roadster Unveiling to October 15 Amid Weathe (gurufocus.com)

Fort Hood

• CTC Horticulture students help Ft. Hood Soldiers develop healthy habits (fox44news.com)
• CRDAMC to transition Heights patients to other Ft. Hood clinics (fox44news.com)
• Fort Hood is becoming Central Texas' next workforce pipeline (kdhnews.com)

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