Rick Mauch

Fort Worth

Writer, Editor, and Broadcaster at Freelance

Married to Junell Mauch. Freelance journalist.

Articles

Need a Lawn Mower? More D-FW Cities Are Letting You Borrow Tools

2 days ago | candysdirt.com | Rick Mauch

Borrowing tools is a tradition as old as time — maybe even the first person chiseling out a wheel had to wander over to the neighboring cave to borrow a bigger blade. Several cities around North Texas are giving that age-old habit a modern upgrade with a free tool-sharing program that lends everything from lawnmowers to leaf blowers: no neighbor negotiations required. The goal?
Sheriff's Posse Rodeo: Annual event all next week - The Community News

3 days ago | community-news.com | Rick Mauch

Bronc riding and many other events will be part of the 78th Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days Rodeo. It all begins Saturday, June 7 with the annual cattle drive, parade, and street dance, with rodeo action Tuesday through Saturday, with concerts each night.
Sports Briefs for June 6, 2025 - The Community News

3 days ago | community-news.com | Rick Mauch

AWARDSRandriamahefa honored by THSCASenior soccer player Austin Randriamahefa of the Aledo Bearcats was named to the Super Elite Academic All-State Team by the Texas High School Coaches Association. Student athletes chosen for the honor must be a senior, in good standing at the time of the nomination, and an elite member of their sport.
Fort Worth actor coming home with latest Broadway show at Bass Hall

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Rick Mauch

Jay Armstrong Johnson of Fort Worth returns home as Christian in the North American tour of ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical.’Jay Armstrong Johnson is returning to the place his professional career as a performer began. At the age of 13 in 2000, he joined the touring company of “Peter Pan” starring Cathy Rigby when it came to Bass Hall.
Rodeo: Area hopefuls seek prep titles - The Community News

1 week ago | community-news.com | Rick Mauch

The 2024-25 North Texas High School Rodeo Association season concludes this weekend when champions in each event are crowned at the NTHSRA Finals at Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The field of finalists features competitors from throughout Parker County. The top 15 in each event at the end of the regular season qualified for this weekend’s finals on May 30-31. The list of qualifiers from the area and their respective events includes:Barrel racing — 2. Marli Donegan, Perrin; 3.
Fort Worth area veteran recalls fire on USS Kitty Hawk. 'I prayed a powerful prayer'

1 week ago | star-telegram.com | Rick Mauch

As the great Marty Robbins once sang, some memories just won't die. Hal Cleveland, 72, of Burleson has such memories, having served on the historic naval aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The ship was legendary for several reasons, being one of the longest ever commissioned (1961-2009), having the largest shipboard race riot in naval history in October of 1972 - and a devastating fire onboard that claimed the lives of six seamen on Dec. 11, 1973.
Have sermon, will travel - The Community News

1 week ago | community-news.com | Rick Mauch

Whatever the setting, Aubrey Robertson has a sermon for anyone willing to listen. His first church met in a YMCA for four years, then a strip mall in a rough neighborhood, and not just one movie theater, but two. “The goal has never been to have a ‘church’ building, but to reach people that aren’t being reached by traditional churches,” he said. Both vision and hardship have allowed the 59-year-old Robertson to pastor in a variety of settings.
Track and Field: Garrison’s success just keeps building - The Community News

1 week ago | community-news.com | Rick Mauch

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:05 pm Aledo High School junior Molly Garrison competing in a race. In the midst of her life, Molly Garrison said she had a simple thought. “I was just focused on doing the best I could,” the Aledo High School distance runner said. The best she could do resulted in one of the best improvements ever at the UIL State Track Meet. She came into the Class 5A Meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus seeded eighth in the 1600-meter run. She left...
This North Texas couple finds dogs no one’s ever loved, then spoils them rotten

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Rick Mauch

Adrienne Wyse and her husband Adam are driven by a simple belief. “Everyone deserves to leave this world knowing that they were loved and mattered to someone,” Adrienne said. This is not only true for humans, but also for animals. Which is why the Burleson couple in their early 1960s run a nonprofit called Forgotten to Spoiled Rotten. Working out of their home, they take in dogs who are elderly, in hospice or have special needs, caring for them when no one else will.
Football: Bearcats wrap up spring drills - The Community News

2 weeks ago | community-news.com | Rick Mauch

Posted Thursday, May 22, 2025 8:00 pm In the high school football world, successful fall seasons begin in the spring. No program is more evidence of this than the Aledo Bearcats, who have been turning productive spring workouts into victories in the fall.