The Mason Independent School District boys basketball program has a new head coach. Seth Slover will take over a Punchers team that finished as the District 29-2A runner-up and won a bi-district title. Slover spent the last two years as the boys basketball head coach at Era High School, about 30 miles from Denton, and at Snyder.... read more

The Mason High School linemen won the Hardin Simmons University State Lineman Qualifier Challenge recently to punch their tickets to the state meet. The Punchers scored 76 points, while runner-up De Leon earned 60 and rival San Saba scored 10 to finish seventh. The Mason team includes Derric Burch, Hudson Contrucci, Jackson Contrucci, Cass Dutton, Anden King, Omar Landeros, Koen Soto and Patrick VanDelist. This is the second summer the linemen have competed in th ...... read more

The Mason High School celebrated another year for the record books by awarding four members of the class of 2026 with the athletic department's highest honors. Ainsley Burns and Corbin Martinez were named the Athletes of the Year and Hannah McFarland and Jaxson Reichenau were named the Academic Athletes of the Year.... read more

Mason County is closer to having an updated Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) as well as an outdoor emergency warning system, following measures approved Wednesday by the Mason Commissioners Court. The court approved the acceptance of the HMP reimbursable grant award of $102,875 along with the terms and conditions of the grant.... read more

The Panther baseball team finished the season as District 5-3 Co-Champions with an 18-13-1 overall record and an 8-2 record in district. Comfort was 8-2 in district. Llano and Ingram were both 6-4, Blanco played the Wall Hawks in the Bi-District playoff May 29 falling 3-0 and 12-1. Wall lost to Paradise in the 3A D2 State Semifinals May 30.... read more

The 21st Annual Lavender Festival takes place this weekend with live music, food and beverages, shopping, and lavender, of course! Hours are Friday noon to 6:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If the fest was a person, it would finally be able to sample the famous “Lavender Lizzie”, a blend of locally available lavender syrup and dry brut champagne named after Liz Waller-Broyal, the spirited and social proprietor of Liz's on The Square ...... read more