Archer County was well represented at the 84th Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl as 16 county athletes competed one final time in the annual all-star game. Luke Haehn and Max Owen went head-to-head on the basketball court on Friday. Delaini Hanna, Brittany James, Kacee Teichman and Bree Zellers suited up in Saturday’s volleyball game before Cy Belcher, Ethan Belcher, Layne Briggs, Connor Cullar, Tryston Harding, Crae Jackson, Crosby Jurecek, Callen McCasland, Andrew Scheffe and Kyle Wolf competed in the football game Saturday night. Courtesy photos

Connor Cox steps up to the plate in the THSBCA All-Star Game in Round Rock on Saturday, June 19. Courtesy photo/Amy Cox.

A pair of former Archer County standouts make a return to their old stomping grounds. Josh and Julie Castles return to Archer City as assistant coaches for the 2021-22 school year.

June 14, 2021 – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking Texans to reduce electric use as much as possible today through Friday, June 18. A significant number of forced generation outages combined with potential record electric use for the month of June has resulted in tight grid conditions.

An Archer County man was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, and indecency of a child, a second-degree felony, on Friday, June 10. According to an Archer County Arrest Warrant during a forensics interview conducted at Patsy’s House Child Advocacy Center in Wichita Falls, Bobby Crawford McNair, 31, was accused by a 10-year-old and a six-year-old of inappropriately touching them.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court discussed compliance issues with Trinity Wind Farm over its road use agreement with them during its meeting Monday, June 14. Precinct 2 Commissioner Darin Wolf led the discussion about the agreement made with the wind farm on maintaining Andrews Road.

A Mount Pleasant man died from his injuries sustained in an ATV wreck on Little Lease Road on Monday, June 7. According to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt.

The Windthorst ISD School Board accepted the resignation of Elementary School Principal Ann Armendarez during its board meeting Monday, June 14. The elementary school principal is leaving the district to take the position of principal for John G.

June is considered Dairy Month and Windthorst celebrated by having a dairy show. The 2021 Windthorst Junior Dairy Show was held on June 8, at the Archer County Show Barn with a total of 37 entries this year.