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Near the top of the scenic Texas Hill Country, at the crossroads of Highways 281, 6 and 220, Hico is a quick trip from Dallas, Fort Worth or Austin--- the perfect getaway for an afternoon or a weekend. From unique shopping in the historical downtown district and comfortable and inviting bed and breakfasts, to beautiful Hill Country scenery and nearby hunting, fishing and equestrian opportunities, you will find it all here in Hico, Texas. For more on area attractions, visit the Chamber of Commerce portion of our website .

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Hico's Wood wins state gold in pole vault
by Brad Keith (Stephenville Empire Tribune)

AUSTIN - Blake Wood is the best pole vaulter in Class A Division I in 2013, and just missed becoming the best pole vaulter in the history of that classification.

Wood, a Hico senior who has signed with Texas Tech, cleared 12 feet to win the gold medal at the 2013 UIL Track & Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium Friday afternoon. She tried 12 feet, 4 inches for the Class A state record and went over the bar but hit it with her arm on the way down. The record is 12-3. Read more....

Bob Perry, Prolific GOP Donor, Dead at 80
by Ross Ramsey (The Texas Tribune)

Bob Perry, a wealthy homebuilder and philanthropist who was among the nation's largest political givers, has died at his home in Nassau Bay, near Houston. He was 80. [His father, Baylor Dean of Men W. C. Perry, had roots in Hico.] Read more...

Cody Ohl Brings Bull Riding to Hico

PRCA champion tie-down roper Cody Ohl (featured in an artcle near the bottom of this page) is bringing a Professional Bull Riders sanctioned bull riding event, The Texas Steak Cookoff Chute Out, to Hico as a grand finale for the 10th Annual Texas Steak Cookoff. The event, featuring 35 bull riders, will be conducted at Hico City Park on the banks of the Bosque River beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18th. Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover Champion Bobby Kerr (featured in a video near the bottom of this page) will be providing entertainment during a break from the bull riding. Ticket information is available through the PBR calendar .

Good News on the Financial Front
by City Administrator Michael Leamons

In recent weeks, the City has received some good news. We were able to free-up about $80,000 a year by restructuring our Utility System debt, and we received notice from the Texas Water Development Board that the City's request for funding for improvements to our water system had been approved. Read more...

Tickets on sale for Texas Steak Cookoff
E-T Staff Report, Stephenville Empire-Tribune

The 10th annual Texas Steak Cookoff is just around the corner. On Saturday, May 18, cooks, vendors, and tourists from around the state will make their way to historic downtown Hico - rain or shine. The Texas Steak Cookoff is the largest steak cookoff in the Southwest...Read more...

Fossil Rim [between Glen Rose and Hico]
Works to Save Texas Prairie Chicken
by Steve Cambell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

GLEN ROSE -- Like a preening Texas cowboy strutting his stuff on a barroom dance floor, the testosterone-stoked little guy is doing his best to attract a cute hen. His neck sac is inflated like two orange balloons; he's stamping out a steady drum roll with his feet, extending showy feathers over his head, puffing up his chest, throwing back his wings and letting loose a mesmerizing booming sound. But what makes the Attwater's prairie chicken's mating ritual all the more imperative is that it also represents a last dance by a bird on the edge of extinction. Read more...

Hico ISD Adds New Portable Classrooms From Ramtech
Mansfield, TX (PRWEB) March 26, 2013

Commercial modular building firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, TX has announced that the company has secured a contract for the design, manufacture, and construction of a new eight-classroom modular building and two portable classrooms for the Hico Independent School District in Hico, TX. Part of a district wide facility consolidation program, the multiple classroom building will be installed on the parking lot at the current junior high school location...Read more...

Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover Crowns Champions in Four Divisions

published @ horseback online

In the Legends Division, Bobby Kerr [who lives in Hico, MWL] and Maypop wowed the judges and the crowd with precise maneuvers in the compulsories and an entertaining freestyle that ended with Maypop sitting beside Kerr in an antique car as they exited the arena. In addition to the $50,000 winner's check, they also earned $5,000 as the Fan Favorites. Read more...

And, his 2011 performance .

Cody Ohl Roping in Reno

Hico competitor Ohl surpasses $3M in earnings

by Brett Hoffman, San Angelo Standard-Times

West Texas roping fans are very familiar with Cody Ohl. The six-time world champion lives in Hico and has been a standout competitor at high-profile shows such as the Roping Fiesta in San Angelo and the Windy Ryon Memorial Roping in Fort Worth. He also has finished in the money many times at major PRCA rodeos in San Antonio and Houston. Last weekend the 38-year-old Ohl became the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's fourth competitor to surpass $3 million in career earnings after placing at three rodeos on the West Coast. Read more...

Equine educators never stop learning

by Barbara Duckworth, The Western Producer

"We never stop learning and that is why we don't call ourselves trainers. We educate." The couple [Michael and Tiffany Richards, based in Hico, ed.] teaches relaxation, harmony and balance for rider and horse. Harmony and balance are especially important for Michael, who has been a paraplegic since 1986 after a Jeep rollover. He had to develop a new perspective about the world around him, which came partly from therapeutic riding that started five weeks after his accident. Read more...

At Home With: Don Edwards (America's Cowboy Balladeer opens up about his life in music, his love of the cowboy way, and his latest recording project.)

by Tom Wilmes (published in American Cowboy)

Don Edwards [a resident of the Hico area], 72, is known as America's Cowboy Balladeer and recently celebrated his 50th anniversary in the music business. Read more...

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