Holliday finished off its second-straight sweep of a 4A school on Friday, Aug. 28, as the Lady Eagles dominated Vernon (25-14, 25-11, 25-20) to remain unbeaten at home. Holliday improves to 5-3 on the year.

Friday night was not quite the start the Eagles envisioned in their season opener against Iowa Park. The Hawks used a 21-point second quarter to break the game open in a 28-0 win at Holliday.

The city council of Archer City approved a resolution for use of 4B sales tax funds to be used on an Archer City Country Club project during its meeting Thursday, Aug. 20.

Drew Springer made several whirlwind campaign stops in Archer and Young counties last Saturday, Aug. 29.

The city of Scotland will be sponsoring a Town Clean-up Weekend on Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept.

Four Archer County nonprofit organizations are participating in the 24-county area fundraising program Texoma Gives, which kicks off at 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, with donations able to be given before the event.

The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/libby/.

Dr. Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor.

It rained good around 3 o’clock this Sunday morning. We have 1.8” in the gauge today. This was so welcome after the heat wave last week. The weather guys said Friday was the hottest day so far this summer. We were out laying stone on our current landscape. We were obliged to lay our tools in the shade so they would not burn our hands. We worked straight through lunch and all were back at the nursery by max heat around 4 PM… “Not our first rodeo.”

The Sheriff’s Office received 110 Calls for Service during the past seven day period ending Sunday, Aug. 30. On the day of this report there were 30 individuals incarcerated in the Archer County Jail consisting of 27 men and three women.